Are elements of global public opinion accepting or even supportive of the current authoritarian resurgence? A new academic study finds that while democracy is widely preferred as a system of… Read more »
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Chief Operations Officer Chief of Staff, Office of the President Grants Officer, Latin America, and the Caribbean (LAC) Program Officer/Program Officer, Africa Program Officer, Iraq… Read more »
The Third Wave expansion of global democracy was underpinned by the success and durability of democracy in the United States itself — what the political scientist Joseph Nye labels its… Read more »
Human rights groups have called for Tesla to change course after the company opened a new dealership in the Xinjiang region of China. Reports out of the province have revealed… Read more »
Internet Freedom: The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announced a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) from organizations interested in programs that support Internet Freedom. In support of… Read more »
American Purpose hosts a discussion with Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of Realism and Democracy, on Democracy Promotion—Lessons Learned…. Read more »
China, Russia, and Turkey have increased their economic, political, and cultural influence in the region, as U.S. focus has waned and EU membership effectively stalled, according to new research from… Read more »
After 18 months of Covid-19, incoherent, slow-moving responses to high mortality rates have called into question the legitimacy of governing institutions in many countries, notably but not solely democracies, according… Read more »
“TRUST ME” Documentary VOD from TRUST ME Documentary Film on Vimeo. “Trust Me,” a documentary from acclaimed director Roko Belic and Joe Phelps of The Getting Better Foundation, highlights the need for media literacy to… Read more »
Authoritarian governments have reacted to the prospect of color revolutions by adopting a range of actions and policies described by the late Belarusan political scientist and former NED Reagan-Fascell fellow… Read more »