NED President Carl Gershman's article as it appeared in the World Affairs Journal on March 5th.Last month marked the one-year...

Nicholas Hamisevicz is the Director of Research and Academic Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), where he focuses on issues affecting the U.S.-South Korea alliance, especially...

Helping democrats in closed societies Early investment by NED in the democratic struggles in the 1980s in Central Europe and the Soviet Union –  and many countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa – contributed to significant democratic breakthroughs.

HONORING HEROES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN NORTH KOREA July 16, 2003 On July 16, before giving out the Democracy Award, the NED hosted a day-long conference titled: Gulag, Famine, and Refugees: The Urgent Human Rights Crisis in North Korea. The Conference...