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Spotlight:
Esther Dyson on "A Virtualist Tours the World: The Internet and the Emergence of Democracy"Esther Dyson, longtime analyst of the IT and Internet worlds and author of the blog "Release 0.9," addressed the topic, "A Virtualist Tours the World: The Internet and the Emergence of Democracy," at the New York Democracy Forum on Nov. 27. Saad Eddin Ibrahim on Toward Islamic Democracies Toward Islamic Democracies was the topic for the Third Annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World, delivered by Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim on Nov 1. [more...] Dr. Jorge Castañeda on Democratization in the Western Hemisphere: Prospects and Challenges Jorge Castañeda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico and renowned public intellectual, political scientist, and prolific writer, addressed the topic, Democratization in the Western Hemisphere: Prospects and Challenges, at the New York Democracy Forum on Oct 30. Electoral Systems and Democracy: What Have we Learned? October 25, panel launched the latest Journal of Democracy book. [more...]
Four Africans receive NED 2006 Democracy AwardOn June 27, the National Endowment for Democracy presented its annual Democracy Award to four democratic activists from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, Sudan and Zimbabwe. [more...] The Backlash Against Democracy Assistance The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has issued a comprehensive new study examining the efforts of foreign governments to impede U.S. programs for democracy assistance. NED President Carl Gershman will present the report in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 8. Read the full report (pdf).
The New Assault on Democracy AssistanceNED President Carl Gershman addressed the topic The New Assault on Democracy Assistance at an April 25 panel at Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies. The panel also featured comments by Barry Lowenkron, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy Human Rights and Labor, and Michael McFaul of Stanford University. Gershman's remarks were based on a recent article, co-authored with Michael Allen, published in the April 2006 issue of NED's Journal of Democracy. [more...] |
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