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 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...
Commemorating the 27th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Carl Gershman, President of NED, spoke at "Exploring the contested history of the Tiananmen Massacre," an event hosted by Initiatives for China and Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation at...
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...
Founding Statement of Principles and Objectives, 1984
Strengthening Democracy Abroad: The Role of the National Endowment for Democracy The National Endowment for Democracy is a U.S. initiative to strengthen democratic institutions throughout the world through private, non-governmental efforts. It is a privately incorporated nonprofit organization...
Authoritarian Media and the Era of Disinformation
In this episode of Democracy Ideas, Peter Pomerantsev discusses modern innovations in Russian propaganda techniques and the effect they have on audiences within and beyond Russia’s borders....
History
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A Fight for Democracy: Why Ukraine Matters
A Fight for Democracy: Why Ukraine Matters NED President Carl Gershman's article as it appeared in the World Affairs Journal on January 22, 2015. On November 19th...
NED President’s Four Reasons to Be Optimistic in 2015
Article by Carl Gershman as it appeared in the World Affairs Journal on Dec. 31, 2014. The year 2014 has been commonly viewed as a very bad one for democracy, which it was....
NED President’s Remarks to the Ukrainian American Bar Association
There are two important post-communist anniversaries this week. The first is on Monday, November 17 - the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, on which occasion a bust of Vaclav Havel will be unveiled in the U.S. Capitol. The second, just as...
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