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Don't know what to read this year? Challenge yourself by checking out books you normally wouldn't. Take a look at our 2023 Reading Challenge and see what sparks your interest from the NED Library collection
2023 Reading Challenge Challenge yourself by reading books you wouldn’t normally check out. Find all of these exciting reads in the NED Library and explore the diversity of the DRC collection.
Happy Holidays everyone and we will see you in 2023!
Just updated our Ukrainian Democrats at Risk Resources and Support list! Check it out to find scholarships and opportunities from the College of Europe, University of Oxford, and more
Last updated December 20, 2022 This list is maintained by the staff of the Democracy Resource Center. If you would like to have your institution added to the list, please do not hesitate to reach out…
22 Notable Books of 2022! Check out our full list of recommended reads including authors such as Maria Ressa, Gideon Alex Rachman, Lucan Ahmad Way, Iuliia Mendel, Francis Fukuyama, and more
22 Notable books of 2022 From our shelves to yours! 22 recommended reads published in 2022 from NED's Library – the Democracy Resource Center. Book descriptions provided by publishers. The Age of the…
Did the Fight for Freedom event leave you wanting to learn more? Here at the DRC we have plenty of books to quench your curiosity so feel free to pop by and check them out!
Are you looking forward to the Anne Applebaum Lipsit Lecture as much as we are? Tune in tomorrow and in the meantime, grab one of her books from our library!
Anne Applebaum will present the nineteenth annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World on the topic of "Autocracy, Inc."
📣 PAID INTERNSHIP: The International Forum is accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students for the spring semester. Contribute to our research and events work while learning about challenges and opportunities for democracy around the world.
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Want to learn more about AI? Our recommendation this week is "The New Fire: War, Peace, and Democracy in the Age of AI," by Ben Buchanan & Andrew Imbrie. Read the review below and let us know what you think! https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2022/03/book-review-the-new-fire-by-ben-buchanan-and-andrew-imbrie/
UPDATE: New additions to our Ukrainian Democrats at Risk Resources and Support list:
Last updated October 3, 2022 This list is maintained by the staff of the Democracy Resource Center. If you would like to have your institution added to the list, please do not hesitate to reach out to…
Reading recs for International 2022! 10 books focusing on freedom of expression and challenges to the info space: https://www.ned.org/ideas/democracy-research-guide/democracy-day-booklist/
Ten books focusing on freedom of expression and challenges to the information space for this year's International Day of Democracy. Check out our Media & Freedom of Speech and Digital Activism…
We continue to update our Ukrainian Democrats at Risk Resources and Support list with opportunities for journalists, scholars, and artists. View and share:
Last updated August 22, 2022 This list is maintained by the staff of the Democracy Resource Center. If you would like to have your institution added to the list, please do not hesitate to reach out to…
Weekend Read - 'No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs' Check out a International Forum for Democratic Studies event with the author earlier this week here:
Please join the International Forum for a one-on-one discussion with Nury Turkel to discuss his book, "No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide Against the Uyghurs," and the wider implications of…
Weekend Read- 'Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century' featured on our Summer Reads list and reviewed in American Purpose here:
These aren’t your great-grandparent’s dictators. Arch Puddington reviews a new account of modern authoritarianism by Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman.
Weekend Read - 'Getting China Wrong' featured on our summer reading list. Listen to a Lawfare podcast episode with the author:
For decades, experts and analysts have written in great detail about the importance of liberalization and its role in promoting democracy and other western values. Specifically, many believed that once a state began this track towards liberalization, open markets and a liberal democracy was inevitab...
Looking for some exciting and informative nonfiction to read this summer? Check out the books we recommend you add to your reading list:
DRC Recommended Reads The following is a selection of books published in the first half of this year that we recommend you add to your Summer Reading list! Check out the full list here.
In advance of next week's book event, our weekend read is, 'Give Me Liberty: The True Story of Oswaldo Payá and his Daring Quest for a Free Cuba' Register for the event:
Lunch Available for In-Person Attendees 12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m. ET Program and Livestream Begin at 12:30 p.m. Give Me Liberty: The True Story of Oswaldo Payá and his Daring Quest for a Free Cuba…
Weekend Read - 'The Age of the Strongman: How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World' Read a review:
Putin is the archetype and role model for a generation of hardline populist leaders, from Bolsonaro to Trump
Weekend Read - 'The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey' Read a review: https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781784538262
and check out a recent article on Turkey's authoritarianism in the Journal of Democracy - National Endowment for Democracy here: https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how-authoritarians-win-when-they-lose/
Cagaptay, a political scientist who directs the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, argue...
Weekend Read - 'The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology Is Reshaping Power, Politics, and Resistance' Read a recent International Forum for Democratic Studies report by the author here:
This report explores the challenge of safeguarding democratic principles and processes as AI technologies enable governments to collect, process, and integrate unprecedented quantities of data about…
UPDATE: New additions to our Ukrainian Democrats at Risk Resources and Support list include support for students from the
School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University
Gracias Family Sunflower Current Use Scholarship Fund. View the full list:
Last updated June 14, 2022 This list is maintained by the staff of the Democracy Resource Center. If you would like to have your institution added to the list, please do not hesitate to reach out to…
Our Weekend Read on the eve of the 33rd anniversary of the is 'Black Hands of Beijing: Lives of Defiance in China's Democracy Movement' Read a review:
After the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, China's communist leaders scapegoated ``black hands,'' individuals portrayed as sin...
Planning on joining the National Endowment for Democracy for our event on June 8th? Check out our reading list honoring Ukrainian Civil Society:
NED Library recommended reads The following is a selection of books and articles recommended by the NED library. Take a look at our Democracy Award reading list! This year'
Weekend Read - 'Liberalism and Its Discontents'. Read a review:
In this slim, elegant book, the author of The End of History outlines with crystalline precision why the liberal spirit, for all its qualities, cannot grow complacent
Weekend Read - 'Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?' featured on our recent research guide on kleptocracy. Read a review of the book:
A damning account of Vladimir Putin’s rise to power and of the vast dimensions of the corruption—political and economic—that both reigns and rots in Russia.
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