Democracy Practitoner Organizations
- Atlantic Council of the United States
www.acus.org - From the Atlantic Council Mission Statement: "The Atlantic Council of the United States promotes constructive U.S. leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the central role of the Atlantic community in meeting the international challenges of the 21st century."
- Carnegie Corporation
www.carnegie.org - Committed to expanding innovative teaching and research on important social issues, the Carnegie Corporation’s International Program initiatives focus on critical contemporary topics like globalization, communal conflict, and economic development.
- Center for Preventative Action
www.cfr.org/thinktank/cpa/ - Established in 1994 by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Center for Preventative Action produces innovative research aimed at conflict prevention. The Center is especially interested in assessing conflict resolution in transitioning states.
- Ford Foundation
www.fordfound.org - Among the most prominent grant-making foundations, the Ford Foundation maintains a strong commitment to expanding democratic principles of governance and conflict-resolution. The Foundation makes grants to both academic research and pragmatically oriented projects that improve human welfare and democratic sustainability.
- International Crisis Group
www.crisisgroup.org - The ICG was founded in 1995 and is an immensely respected source of information for contemporary global political conflict. The Crisis Group’s bulletins on current conflicts and political hotspots provide excellent analyses that eschew force-based solutions to seemingly persistent conflicts in favor of institutionally-based approaches.
- National Endowment for Democracy
www.ned.org - The NED is a non-profit organization founded in 1983 that focuses on disseminating the fundamental tenets of democracy. The NED provides grants to democratization groups all around the world based on the idea that democracy building requires time, the fusion of formal and informal social institutions, and a fundamental recognition of traditions of collective governance in diverse contexts.
- Social Science Research Council
www.ssrc.org - Founded in 1923, the SSRC works to link current social research with contemporary political and economic problems. With a focus on inter-disciplinary cooperation, the SSRC has consistently sought innovative approaches to a broad array of global policy problems.
- United States Institute of Peace
www.usip.org - Founded by Congress in 1984, USIP focuses on enhancing peace-building initiatives, promoting post-conflict reconciliation, and developing tools for conflict-management. USIP employs a wide array of area experts with extensive experience in contemporary global affairs.
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
www.wilsoncenter.org - Established by Congress in 1968, the Wilson Center is a non-partisan organization for scholarship on global affairs. While it has no stated policy mission, it works to, in its own words, "…shed the light of timelessness on the timely." The IDC is especially interested in the topics discussed by Dr. Howard Wolpe and his associates at the Wilson Center's Africa Program.
