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Democracies must not only speak but also act decisively & boldly. At the Lipset Lecture with LarryDiamond, I advocated for sustained support for #Belarus in our continuing pursuit of freedom. I also highlighted the critical need to stand with 🇺🇦. Forum @ NED NEDemocracy

Jimmy Lai turns 76 today. This marks 1073 days he has spent as a political prisoner in Hong Kong. The British and other Western governments should campaign vigorously for his release, and for freedom for Hong Kong. thecfhk.org

"We stand in solidarity with our Filipino partners against the rollback of democratic values being carried out by tyrannical governments around the world." SENTRO BIEN Philippines PSLINK AFL-CIO Global

#Ukraine risks being left on its own against #Russian aggression, RUSI's Natia Seskuria tells FRANCE 24's #ShonaBhattacharyya. f24.my/9z6H.X

Alexei Navalny collapses in prison cell last week and put on an IV, team unaware of his whereabouts theins.ru/en/news/267452

Democracies must not only speak but act decisively & boldly in support of #Ukraine & #Belarus's pursuit of freedom, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said after Forum @ NED's #Lipsetlecture by FSI Stanford's LarryDiamond. demdigest.org/russian-revanc…

Essential reading via former NEDemocracy #PennKemble Fellow Robbie Gramer.

DON'T MISS: Congratulations to NEDemocracy core partner National Democratic Institute! #NDIat40 #DemocracyGala

The #Ukraine war is only the first phase of a broader conflict between Western democracies and an emerging axis comprising #Russia and its allies, VoxUkraine's Ilona Sologoub & Yuriy Gorodnichenko write for Project Syndicate. demdigest.org/russian-revanc…

“Ordinary people doing extraordinary things,” #Ukraine’s civil society remains resilient, Anna Bondarenko 🇺🇦 , head of the Ukrainian Volunteer Service, said during a special tribute to #Ukraine during NEDemocracy's 2023 #NEDat40 Democracy Awards. demdigest.org/russian-revanc…

Delivering the NEDemocracy's 20th annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture, FSI Stanford's LarryDiamond outlined the grave threats that global #democracy faces—and three things we need to survive this moment, Journal of Democracy reports. Forum @ NED

Even without premediated intention, bluffs and demagogic bluster can create momentum toward an end that was never fully thought out, especially if a government [like #Venezuela's] is autocratic, erratic and weak, Chatham House analyst Christopher Sabatini observes. #Maduro

To prevent the development & spread of ideologies, cultivate a pluralistic mindset, Stanford University's #DanEdelstein writes for National Interest. 'Reason is fallible; different opinions do exist, and no single narrative has a monopoly on the truth.'nationalinterest.org/feature/return…

We’re partnering with Urban Ahlin, Ambassador of Sweden to USA for a presentation of our Global State of Democracy Report 2023 and a discussion on the challenges and opportunities for #democracy worldwide. #GSoD2023 🗓️ Dec 13 at 12-2 pm EST Join us in person or virtually ⬇️ idea.int/events/global-…

Kosovo stands out as a comparatively successful case of state building when many question whether the West overinvested in failed liberal interventionist projects of #democracy promotion, fmr Forum @ NED fellow Agon Maliqi writes for Atlantic Council. atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…

#Russia’s actions at the OSCE illustrate one of multilateral institutions' most difficult challenges – what to do when founding policies are used to prevent them pursuing their fundamental values, Forum @ NED's John K Glenn writes for Justin Dumas. justsecurity.org/90577/when-aut…

Former NEDemocracy board member Linda Thomas-Greenfield @USUNAmbassador U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations announced this morning that the President Donald J. Trump has signed a Presidential Proclamation restricting the entry into the United States for those who enable #corruption. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/… via @whitehouse

DON'T MISS! McCain Institute hosts an event marking #HumanRights75 anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Spkrs incl Jamila Afghani Gerardo Berthin Freedom House sarah margon Open Society Foundations #ZerxesSpencer NEDemocracy Forum @ NED demdigest.org/unsilenced-emp…

DON'T MISS! "The Global State of Democracy" with Birgitta Ohlsson International IDEA Urban Ahlin, Ambassador of Sweden to USA with Kevin Casas Mike Abramowitz Freedom House Laura Thornton German Marshall Fund Annika Silva-Leander Urban Ahlin #DefendDemocracy National Democratic Institute NDI Parties Team eventbrite.com/e/the-global-s… @Eventbrite

Doing well by doing right, by Timothy Snyder open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/d…