Held at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, NED’s 2026 Democracy Awards celebrated the fundamental freedoms at the heart of America’s founding and honored those defending them around the world today.
On September 17, NED President and CEO Damon Wilson delivered remarks at the “Second Washington Dialogue: Building a Strategy for Russia’s Democratic Future” convened by NED in Washington, D.C.
NED convenes the Second Washington Dialogue in partnership with the U.S. Russia Foundation and Free Russia Foundation.
NED welcomes the release of 25 prisoners held by the Belarusian regime following diplomatic efforts by U.S. Special Envoy for ...
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is an independent, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world. Each year, NED makes more than ...
Rapid technological advances are testing democratic principles. Autocrats are leveraging technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things to deepen state surveillance and ...
More than 500 political, civil leaders, Nobel Laureates and pro-democracy institutions have signed an open letter to defend democracy, warning that the freedoms we cherish are under threat from ...
Kenneth Wollack is Vice Chair of the National Endowment for Democracy. He served as chairman of the Endowment from 2021 – 2025. He is a member of the George W. Bush Institute’s Advisory Council on ...
Transnational kleptocracy is a growing threat to democracy with urgent consequences for national security, human rights, and human development. Kleptocracy combines 19th-century autocracy with ...
In the UN system and beyond, authoritarian maneuvers and democratic disillusionment are fundamentally challenging the participatory, multistakeholder models that have so far prevailed in governing ...
The abuse of overly broad or repressive cybercrime laws poses a serious threat to democratic actors worldwide. In authoritarian regimes, vague legislation nominally aimed at combating cybercrime ...
Chairman Díaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss how the American people stand by those who seek freedom through the National ...
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