Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Oleksandra Matviychuk: Justice & Accountability for Russia’s Aggression
Oleksandra Matviychuk, recipient of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Ukrainian NGO Center for Civil Liberties, joined NED…
Theme: Civic Space
Commanding Ideas: Think Tanks As Platforms For Authoritarian Influence
This report describes the ways in which authoritarian countries seek to use think tanks as instruments of sharp power, focusing…
Double-Edged Sword: China’s Sharp Power Exploitation of Emerging Technologies
This report describes how the People’s Republic of China (PRC) leverages emerging technologies to undercut democracies’ stability and legitimacy while…
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…
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…
2020 Annual Report
This report is the summary of activities and achievements of NED. The report highlights that democracy is a very difficult…
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…
2019 Annual Report
This report is the summary of activities and achievements of NED. The report highlights that the past year, like the…
‘Outside the Revolution’: Cubans anticipate new revolt a year after historic protests
This article examines how the Cuban government committed systematic human rights violations in response to massive anti-government protests in July…
2018 Annual Report
This report highlights how in recent years, the NED and other organizations working to advance democracy have been challenged by…