Central Europe Today: Perceptions and Realities of Democracy

about the event For Central Europeans, 2019 marks key anniversaries, including 30 years since the end of communism in the region and 20 years of NATO and 15 years of EU membership. Three decades on, however,...

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Nigeria’s Democracy at 20: Reflections and Reform

about the event In February 2019, Nigeria held its sixth national election since the country returned to democratic civilian rule. While the elections were ultimately deemed largely free, fair, and credible by international and domestic observation...

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Islam and Democracy after Twenty Years: The Continuing Quest

Keynote Remarks by NED President, Carl Gershman to the 20th Anniversary Conference of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy September 12, 2019 I’m honored and delighted to be with you today to celebrate CSID’s twentieth...

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David Szakonyi

David Szakonyi is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the George Washington University, an Academy Scholar at Harvard University, and a Research Fellow at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia. His research interests include political...

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