Suvash Darnal (right), was highly devoted to the cause of marginalized groups in Nepal, particularly the Dalit community. As founder and managing director of the Samata Foundation, a Kathmandu-based research and advocacy organization, Darnal worked to bolster the involvement of …

2011 Democracy Award to Jamel Bettaieb from National Endowment for Democracy on Vimeo.

A young teacher and labor union activist has been chosen as one of the emerging leaders from Egypt and Tunisia to be awarded fellowships to work …

The Center for International Private Enterprise invites youth (aged 18-30) from around the world to tell their stories about democratic and economic development. Essay topics include youth in democratic transition, economically sustainable development, and corruption.

Winners of CIPE’s Youth Essay …

Is there an Obama Doctrine for foreign policy and, more specifically, for promoting democracy? After initially downplaying democracy as a foreign policy priority, have the events of the Arab Spring forced the Administration to adopt a more vocal and …

In the absence of a “standard template” for democracy, a new European tool for supporting democratic reform should develop a customized approach to assistance that reflects country-specific circumstances, says a leading practitioner.

The European Union’s proposal for a new European …

Viewed in the West as a tourist haven and a lucrative business venue, Vietnam remains a repressive one-party state, says one of the country’s leading democracy advocates. Vo Van Ai, founder of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, …

“Do new information technologies advance democratization?”, asks Philip Howard. “Among the diverse countries with large Muslim communities, how do such technologies provide capacities and constraints on institutional change?  What are the ingredients of the modern recipe for democratic transition …

Democracy activists and media analysts will join New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Canadian premier Kim Campbell – now Chair of the World Movement for Democracy – and more than 40 democratic former heads of state and government in New …

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“The Legal Enabling Environment for Independent Media in …

The experience of post-communist transformation in Central and Eastern Europe carries a vital lesson for the reformers of the Arab Spring, writes Anna Nadgrodkiewicz. Citizens need bread as well as freedom, so democrats must convert revolutionary zeal into concrete …