Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Norms: Meeting the Authoritarian Challenge
This report discusses how to establish democratically accountable rules and norms that harness the benefits of artificial intelligence-related technologies, without…
Geographical Coverage: Global
Global Democracy & Covid-19: Upgrading International Support
This report highlights how some governments are using the public health crisis to further curtail democratic activities and provides recommendations…
Firming up Democracy’s Soft Underbelly: Authoritarian Influence and Media Vulnerability
This report explores how the leading authoritarian regimes have exploited democratic norms and transformed the market for information into a…
A New Invisible Hand: Authoritarian Corrosive Capital and the Repurposing of Democracy
This report explores the issue of corrosive capital—or capital flows from authoritarian regimes that undermine democratic processes and institutions in…
Compromising the Knowledge Economy: Authoritarian Challenges to Independent Intellectual Inquiry
This report explores the compromising effects of sharp power on the civil society institutions that democratic societies depend on for…
A Strategy For Democratic Renewal: Meeting The Challenges Ahead
This document is the five-year strategic plan that the Board of Directors at the National Endowment for Democracy adopted in…
Global Insights: Covid-19 And The Information Space
The essays in this “Global Insights” series are the product of six workshops held by the International Forum for Democratic…
2020 Annual Report
This report is the summary of activities and achievements of NED. The report highlights that democracy is a very difficult…
Democracy’s Achilles heel threatens Ukraine’s ‘remarkable’ resilience?
This article argues that the Ukraine invasion could embolden authoritarian regimes, including Iran.
2018 Annual Report
This report highlights how in recent years, the NED and other organizations working to advance democracy have been challenged by…