NED Update
Georgia getting the NED treatment
The National Endowment for Democracy is hard at work in Georgia. It wishes to bring to Georgia what it has broguth to Ukaraine.
Despite the challenges of repression, Covid-19, and local wars, civil society is emerging as a stronger political actor throughout the Eurasia region. In addition to helping citizens cope with the pandemic, civil society is focusing on important transitions in Georgia and Armenia, political mobilizations in Russia and Kyrgyzstan, and new awakenings in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
In Russia, civil society has not only survived the crackdown, but emerged stronger, more unified, and more connected to the general population—in part, due to increased use of social media and grassroots organizing techniques. Throughout the region, new youth-driven and technology-enabled political movements are starting to affect their countries’ political agendas and to band together in a growing commitment to mutual solidarity. Democratic activists across Eurasia are increasingly working together to address common challenges and advance democratic values as the first post-Soviet generation comes of age. More than ever, they see their efforts against authoritarianism as a shared struggle.
A reminder of NED
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Samantha Power should be arrested in any foreign country she travels to. She should be sanctioned by every nation on the planet.