Remembering Li Baiguang
Remarks Delivered by Carl Gershman at the Memorial Service Organized by ChinaAid Washington, D.C. , March 22, 2018 When the National Endowment for Democracy presented Li Baiguang with its Democracy Award in 2008, just weeks before the Beijing Olympics, we noted...
Chinese Expansionism and the Future of Tibet
Testimony by Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy At the Hearing of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on Foreign Affairs On “U.S. Policy Towards Tibet: Access, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights” Thank...
Prospects for Russia’s Democratic Movement
About the Event In March 2018, Russia's presidential elections will almost certainly result in a fourth term for Vladimir Putin. Putin's third term as president has been marked not only by Russia's invasion and occupation of Ukraine and the...
Remarks by Carl Gershman on Promoting Democratic Cooperation in Asia
Seoul Forum of the Asia Democracy Research Network I want to thank Sook Jong Lee, the East Asia Institute,...
NED Mourns Liu Xiaobo
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Remarks by Carl Gershman To the Parliament of Lithuania on Day of Restoration
Lithuania and the Struggle for Freedom Remarks by Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy on the occasion of the commemoration of the Day of the Restoration Lithuania’s Independence The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania President...
NED President Carl Gershman’s Remarks at ChinaAids 15th Anniversary Forum
The Struggle for Democracy and the Rule of Law in China The Library of Congress, January 31, 2017 I want to congratulate ChinaAid, which was founded in 2002 following the announcement of death sentences for five Chinese house church leaders. In...
Remarks by Carl Gershman at the Presentation of the Ion Ratiu Democracy Award to Manuel Cuesta Morua
Four Heroes and a Demagogue The Woodrow Wilson Center, December 5, 2016 Fidel Castro, who died on November 25, was a political tyrant who succeeded in convincing many people in the democratic world that he was actually...
Carl Gershman’s Introductory Remarks at “Hope and Democracy” Event with the Dalai Lama
It’s my great pleasure to welcome everyone to this important event. I want to begin by saying what a great joy it is for us to welcome His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the National Endowment for Democracy. Our theme today is “Hope and ...
A Strategy for Democratic Renewal
Carl Gershman delivers the annual John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture titled, "A Strategy for Democratic Renewal" on May 17, 2016.It’s a great honor for me to give a lecture in the name of John Hurford, who was a dear friend and member of the NED Board, and he was also an American...
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