NED will honor Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart with the 2026 Champion of Freedom Democracy Award at a ceremony in Miami, ...

On the International Day of Political Prisoners, the October 30 Coalition and NED release a joint statement urging support ...

The NED is a valuable resource for information related to democracy worldwide. Staff experts are available to comment on democratic development and related topics in Africa, Asia, Central Europe, ...

From cameras that identify the faces of passersby to algorithms that keep tabs on public sentiment online, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools are opening new frontiers in state surveillance ...

Ona Spreenberg is a Policy Analyst at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where she develops policy on the national security implications of emerging technologies, cybersecurity, and supply chains.

Emerging technologies are creating new digital privacy risks that can undermine key democratic values and practices. For example, generative AI tools simultaneously increase incentives for data ...

Damon Wilson is President and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a congressionally funded, private foundation dedicated to advancing freedom and democracy worldwide. NED is grounded in ...

Washington, D.C.—Veteran U.S. diplomat Ambassador Victoria Nuland is joining the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Board of Directors effective immediately. Ambassador Nuland previously served on ...

The U.S. Congress approved new legislation—the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020—condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for continued human rights violations against the Uyghurs and other ...

The 2022 NED Democracy Award recognizes the courageous effort of Ukrainian civil society. Pictured from left: Journalist Anne Applebaum, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Nataliya Gumenyuk of Public ...

A new report authored by Tim Niven explores how sweeping changes in the information environment are advancing the efforts of authoritarians in the information space and how coalitions provide civil ...

Authoritarian influence in multilateral institutions is growing rapidly and poses a serious threat to democratic and human rights principles. Repressive governments have worked to undermine mechanisms ...