When Aid Fades: Impacts and Pathways for the Global Democratic Ecosystem
In January 2025, the United States (US) administration initiated a sweeping overhaul of foreign aid, closed USAID, consolidating it into…
Theme: Democracy
What Democracy Means for a Society’s Bottom Line
Democracy is in trouble. For nine consecutive years, more countries have suffered a weakening of democratic institutions than have experienced improvement –…
AmericasBarometer
The AmericasBarometer is the leading comparative survey on democracy and public opinion in the Western Hemisphere. Since 2004, the AmericasBarometer…
Bending the Arc of Democracy
The Kettering Foundation was a headline sponsor for this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, held in what many consider to be…
Women Are Leading Venezuela’s Fight for Democracy
On the morning of 10 October 2025, the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Kristian Berg Harpviken, placed a call…
Youth Are Strengthening Democracy
On the International Day of Democracy, we celebrate the essential role of young people in renewing and strengthening democracy worldwide.…
Advancing Women’s Rights: YWARPD Signs One-Year Project Cooperation Agreement With US-Based NED
In line with its Mission Statement, the Young Women’s Actions for Rights, Peace and Development (YWARPD) has signed a one-year…
When Words Become Weapons: How Hate Speech Threatens Democracy
In a time when democratic values are increasingly under strain, hate speech has emerged as one of the most pressing…
Open Measures Open Source Platform
Public and free tooling to conduct social media analysis
Urban Youth Council Guideline
“The Urban Youth Council (UYC) Guideline is a nationally approved policy framework, endorsed by the Ministry and developed in consultation…