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· Gershman: "The Fourth Wave" in The New Republic. more
· NED recognizes women's role in democracy support. more
· Egyptian Democracy Academy profiled by CNN more

Democracy Spotlight
Gershman: The Fourth Wave
The New Republic features NED President Carl Gershman's recent John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture at New York University on where the Middle East revolts fit in the history of democratization - and how we can support them. more

Gershman also wrote about "The Backlash Against Democracy," for The Washington Post (March 12). more

News & Events

International Women's Day
In 1989, Monica Jimenez - pictured here with President George H.W. Bush and Jacek Kuron - was the first of 18 women to receive NED's Democracy Award. On March 8, International Women's Day, NED recognized the important contributions of women in democracy support efforts. more

Egypt
CNN profiles the work of NED grantee Egyptian Democracy Academy in educating Egyptians for democracy. more

North Korea
"North Korea's Digital Underground," in The Atlantic Monthly, highlights the work NED grantees NKNet and Open Radio North Korea. more

Kyrgyzstan
Azimjan Askarov, a NED-supported human rights activist currently jailed for life in Kyrgyzstan, was honored by People In Need with its annual Homo Homini Prize at the opening of the One World Film Festival in Prague. more

New CIMA Report
Iraq's News Media After Saddam: Liberation, Repression and Future Prospects. more

NED in the News

Albert Hunt in Bloomberg Businessweek, "Mideast Without Despots Needs Different U.S. Surge." more

Doyle McManus in the Los Angeles Times, "Helping the Arabs help themselves: the U.S. must find a way, and funding, to promote democracy." more

Denis MacShane in the Wall Street Journal Europe, "How to Build Democracies in the Mideast." more

The Washington Post highlights the work of NDI and IRI in Egypt. more

Democracy, Dissent and Digital Media in the Arab World
On March 1, CIMA hosted a Capitol Hill discussion that featured analysis by prominent Arab journalists and media experts. more

New Reagan-Fascell Fellows

In residence this spring with the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program are leading practitioners, journalists and scholars from around the world, including Angola, Venezuela and India. more

Upcoming Events
May 1-3, 2011: UNESCO World Press Freedom Day, Washington, DC; this year's theme is 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers. more

Video of other recent events available online include Liberia: Elections, Corruption, Justice and the Role of the International Community. more