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THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world. Each year, NED makes more than 1,000 grants to support the projects of non-governmental groups abroad who are working for democratic goals in more than 90 countries.
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April 13, 2016

New and Serious Challenges to Democracy Emerge as Authoritarianism...

Over the past decade, leading illiberal powers have become emboldened and gained greater influence, according to a new Journal of Democracy book, Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy.

April 11, 2016

Journal of Democracy April 2016 Issue: “Latin America’s...

A number of Latin American countries are in the midst of turmoil. Brazil has been rocked by public anger over corruption, bringing President Dilma Rousseff to the brink of impeachment. Yet as Marcus André Melo explains in “Crisis and Integrity...

March 28, 2016

Authoritarianism Goes Global — The American Interest

In an article published by The American Interest, Christopher Walker, Marc F. Plattner, and Larry Diamond write about how a new global competition in “soft power” is underway between democracy and autocracy.

March 25, 2016

Stories From NED's Africa Grantees

The National Endowment for Democracy is using the Storify platform to showcase the work of some of our partners. Browse through the profiles in Democracy Stories.

March 24, 2016

Is Democracy in Decline? featured in Democracy & Society

The Fall/Winter 2016 issue of Democracy & Society, published by the Center for Democracy and Civil Society at Georgetown University, included as its leading article an essay by Journal of Democracy co-editor Marc F. Plattner reflecting...

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Initiatives

  • WORLD MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

    A network of activists, practitioners, scholars, policy makers, and funders who work

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  • INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR DEMOCRATIC STUDIES

    The Forum strives to bridge the gap between academic research and the practice of democracy.

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  • journal of democracy

    The Journal of Democracy is the world’s leading publication on the theory and practice of democracy

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  • CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ASSISTANCE

    Raises the visibility and improves the effectiveness of media development around the world.

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