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Supporting Democracy in Challenging Times

A conversation on the current state of democracy promotion and the challenges to it.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
CSIS Headquarters
For more than three decades, the United States has provided bipartisan support to secure freedom, human rights and democratic governance for countries around the world through the work of the National Endowment for Democracy, along with its four core institutes, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the International Republican Institute (IRI), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the Solidarity Center.  The Endowment was a shared vision by President Ronald Reagan and bipartisan members of Congress to invest in advancing democratic values, freedom and opportunity as a moral and political mandate.    

Over the past decade, the work of promoting democracy has been increasingly challenging amidst a phenomenon of democratic recession and resurgent authoritarianism, which is increasingly viewed by scholars as a new era of ideological and political contestation. Systemic corruption, deep inequality and injustice, and the failure of governments to address the needs of ordinary citizens breed political instability, terrorism, and massive flows of refugees – conditions that threaten our own security and well-being.  Authoritarian leaders are capitalizing on these conditions and accelerating their efforts to penetrate and corrupt fragile states through aggressive political, economic, technological and cultural mechanisms with the goal of reaping political influence and acquiring strategic resources.
Today’s investment in supporting democracy includes support for freedom and human rights, but also for transparency, the rule of law, private enterprise, and countering disinformation and ideological extremism.

Please join us at CSIS on July 17 as we host the heads of the NED, CIPE, IRI, NDI, and the Solidarity Center to discuss the new challenges in supporting democracy.


This event was made possible by general support to CSIS.

Featuring
Carl Gershman
President, National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Andrew Wilson
Executive Director, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
Daniel Twining
President, International Republican Institute (IRI)
Kenneth Wollack
President, National Democratic Institute (NDI)
Shawna Bader-Blau
Executive Director, Solidarity Center
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