Democracy and labor advocate Genie Kemble, R.I.P.
Democracy and labor activists are mourning the loss of Eugenia (Genie) Kemble, who passed away last evening. It is with great sorrow that we report the death of Eugenia Kemble,… Read more »
Tag: Carl Gershman
Kabila’s decision to step aside won’t change DRC’s power dynamics
Ever since its independence, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been an international concern, notes Stuart A. Reid, a managing editor at Foreign Affairs. In the 1960s, the country… Read more »
Supporting democracy in challenging times
When it comes to advancing democracy, the current period is very different, and we know its core features very well, the National Endowment for Democracy’s President Carl Gershman told a… Read more »
Playing the ‘long game’: a strategic approach to advancing democracy
During a recent congressional hearing, the heads of three non-profit democracy assistance groups revealed the benefits of a strategic approach – playing “the long game” – in advancing democracy in other countries,… Read more »
Time to resist China – ‘fueling corruption & autocratic behavior in struggling democracies’
Western-style multi-party democracy is inappropriate for Asia, the Chinese state-controlled Global Times said Monday. An op-ed titled “Multi-Party System Misfit in Asian Nations” suggests that pluralist democracy is inherently divisive, and that polarization… Read more »
Time for world to stand up to China’s ‘hegemonic’ sharp power
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen (left) called on the international community to “constrain” China by standing up for freedoms, casting her island’s giant neighbor as a global threat to democracy. Her… Read more »
Democracy ‘is on the ropes’: Democracy Promotion in a Challenging World
The U.S. should do more to boost the struggling state of democracy in countries around the world, lawmakers from both parties said at a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday, the Washington… Read more »
China must account for ‘ghosts’ of Tiananmen massacre
The United States urged China to account for the “ghosts’” of a crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 as tens of thousands in… Read more »
Mustafa Dzhemilev’s unwavering determination to defend Crimean Tatars’ rights
Two traumatic events, 70 years apart, frame the life and struggles of Mustafa Dzhemilev, according to National Endowment for Democracy President Carl Gershman. The first was Stalin’s forced deportation… Read more »
Illiberal Poland the ‘gravest challenge’ to European democracy – and Kolakowski’s vision
Poland represents the gravest illiberal challenge to European democracy, says the Economist: Since taking office in 2015 the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party has stacked the courts, skewed… Read more »