Category: National Endowment for Democracy

Ghana’s 2016 Elections: Public Confidence & State Preparedness

     

  eTV Ghana (below, right) has launched a policy assessment dialogue dubbed: “Manifesto Dialogue,” to give political parties platforms to enlighten civilians on the policies they would implement if they… Read more »

China to Strengthen Communist Party’s Role in NGOs

     

China has issued new rules demanding the establishment of Communist Party panels in non-government bodies, aiming to beef up the ruling party’s role in such social groups, amid a broad… Read more »

Putin’s shrinking circle shows return to Soviet politics

     

  Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, has made no secret of his ambition to restore his country to what he sees as its rightful place among the world’s leading nations…. Read more »

Survey raises concerns about Turkey’s democratic status

     

  European leaders have become increasingly uncomfortable with what they see as authoritarian tactics of the Turkish government, particularly since last month’s bungled military coup, Bloomberg reports. Focus groups convened… Read more »

Advancing democracy is not ‘regime change’

     

Advancing democracy is not the same as regime change, says a leading practitioner. “We have said over and over again that what this is all about is not changing a regime,”… Read more »

Putin bans 25th anniversary tribute to Soviet coup’s defeat

     

Russia has banned a 25th-­anniversary tribute to the thousands who helped defeat an attempted coup by communist hardliners trying to topple Mikhail Gorbachev, The Times reports: Critics said the order… Read more »

Global job opportunities

     

National Endowment for Democracy Program Officer, Global Senior Program Officer, China Assistant to the Vice Presidents, Regional Programs Research Associate- RF Fellows Program Program Officer, China Assistant Program Officer, West… Read more »