The ‘Dictator’s Endgame’: Explaining Military Behavior in Nonviolent Revolutions

About the event Dictators live dangerously. Historically, the most frequent threat to a dictator's political survival comes from regime insiders. In recent decades, however, threats from nonviolent mass mobilizations have increased sharply. In...

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Remarks by NED President Carl Gershman to the Zagreb Youth Summit

Building a Youth Movement for Democratic Renewal November 7, 2017 I’m grateful to Andrej Nosov, Anita Mitic, and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights for inviting me to address the Zagreb Youth Summit....

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Journal of Democracy October 2017 Issue: What is Putinism?

Defining Putinism Vladimir Putin is today the only living world...

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The Promise of Constitutionalism: Supporting Democracy and Human Rights in Emerging Democracies in Asia

ABOUT THE EVENT Scholars in both the West and Asia have lamented liberalism’s global retreat in the face of populist views that see liberal constitutionalism, with its built-in constraints, as “undemocratic.” Many...

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