Fellowship Programs - National Endowment for Democracy

Fellowship Programs
Ilyas Akhmadov
(Chechnya)
Fellows Program was established in 2001 by the U.S. Congress to enable democratic
Chechnya’s Struggle
for Independence
October 2004–February 2005
activists, policy makers, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen
Ilyas Akhmadov has long been an out-
Named in honor of two of NED’s principal founders, former president Ronald Reagan and the late congressman Dante Fascell, the Reagan-Fascell Democracy
their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic
spoken advocate of peace, moderation,
change. Reagan-Fascell fellowships are typically five months in duration and focus on
and independence for Chechnya. He
the political, social, economic, legal, or cultural aspects of democratic development.
was appointed foreign minister in 1999
by Aslan Maskhadov, who was demo-
In 2004–2005, the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program hosted leading demo-
cratically elected to the presidency of
cratic activists, journalists, and scholars from every region of the globe, including
Chechnya in 1997. In February 2003, Mr.
Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Chechnya, China, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Monte-
Akhmadov presented a comprehensive
negro, Nigeria, South Korea, South Africa, Tajikistan, Turkey, and the United States.
peace proposal, titled, The Russian–Chechen
Tragedy: Conditional Independence under
The Reagan-Fascell program seeks to deepen the knowledge, enrich the skills, broaden
an International Administration (coau-
the perspectives, and strengthen the morale of some of the world’s most committed and
thored with Roman Khalilov), in which
courageous democratic practitioners, journalists, and scholars. Fellows are in residence at
he argued that the only way to solve the
the International Forum for Democratic Studies, NED’s research and publications arm, in
Chechen conflict was through democ-
Washington, D.C., which offers a collegial environment for fellows to conduct research and
ratization of the region and its integra-
writing, to develop contacts and exchange ideas with counterparts in Washington, and to
tion into the international community.
build ties that contribute to the development of a global network of democracy advocates.
During his fellowship, Mr. Akhmadov
conducted research on the history of the
Through its outreach efforts, the Reagan-Fascell program seeks to connect its fellows
Chechen conflict and explored potential
with the media, policy, and academic communities in Washington, D.C. The program
mechanisms to end the current stalemate
organizes an active calendar of public presentations by the fellows, and promotes con-
in the region. On January 27, 2005, he
tacts between fellows and experts in the U.S. Congress, the State Department, and other
gave a public presentation at NED, titled
government agencies, as well as at universities, think tanks, and media organizations.
“Chechnya’s Struggle for Independence.”
Reagan-Fascell Fellows in 2004–2005
Dragan Djuric
(Montenegro)
Fatima Ahmedova
(Tajikistan)
based in Khujand. During her fellowship,
Democracy and Conflict
Resolution in Central Asia
March–June 2005
and political conflicts in the Ferghana
Valley of Central Asia could potentially be
Prospects for Democracy
and European Integration
in Montenegro
October 2004–January 2005
resolved to bring peace and democracy
Dragan Djuric is Montenegro’s assistant
Fatima Ahmedova has served as a lecturer
to the region. On June 21, 2005, she gave
minister for European Integration at the
at Khujand State University in Tajikistan
a seminar at NED, titled
Ministry for International
and as a leading specialist at the Center
“Conflict and Democracy
Economic Relations and Euro-
for Democratic Transformations, an NGO
in the Ferghana Valley.”
pean Integration in Podgorica.
working to prevent conflict and curb hu-
Her article, “The Future
Before joining the Montenegrin
man rights violations in Central Asia. She
of the Ferghana Valley
government, he served for five
has worked as a country coordinator and
States,” was published in
years as director of the NGO
conflict-management specialist for the
the September 2005 is-
Center for the Development
Swiss Peace Foundation and the United
sue of democracy@large.
of Industrial Democracy, in
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Ms. Ahmedova researched how ethnic
Fatima Ahmedova
Podgorica. During his fellow-
chapters on
Korean politics.
During his
fellowship, Dr.
Jaung worked
Dragan Djuric
Raul Gangotena
on a major essay concerning
Hoon Jaung
Raul Gangotena
(Ecuador)
the “accounticy making since the country’s democratic
Serbia and Montenegro. On January 19,
Inclusion and Democracy
in Ecuador
April–September 2005
2005, he gave a public presentation at NED,
Ambassador Raul Gangotena served
zation and Foreign Policy Making in South
titled “Montenegro’s Prospects for Democ-
recently as Ecuador’s ambassador to the
Korea: From Secret Garden to Town Square.”
racy and European Integration.” His article,
United States. Over his lengthy public
His article, “Political Parties and Foreign
“Montenegro’s Prospects for European
career, he has been actively involved in
Policy Making in South Korea,” was sched-
Integration: On a Twin Track,” appeared in
Ecuadorian politics, business, education,
uled for publication in the January 2006
the Winter 2004 issue of the South-East
and journalism. He has published widely
issue of the Taiwan Journal of Democracy.
Europe Review for Labour and Social Affairs.
on business and public administration in
ship, Mr. Djuric analyzed Montenegro’s
prospects for accelerating its European
integration process within the constitutional framework of the State Union of
ability deficit” in South Korean foreign poltransition. On May 31, 2005, he gave a public presentation at NED, titled “Democrati-
Latin America and has been a respected
Andrew Finkel
(United States/Turkey)
op-ed columnist in Ecuador for more than
Strengthening the Role of
the Press during a Process of
Reform: The Case of Turkey
March–July 2005
sador Gangotena examined the history of
Andrew Finkel is a prominent freelance
of Ecuador’s minority populations. On July
journalist who has been based in Istanbul,
14, 2005, he led a luncheon roundtable
Turkey since 1989. He has served as a cor-
on “Corporate Strategies for Promoting
respondent for and as a freelance con-
Indigenous Poverty Reduction in the
tributor to a number of publications and
Americas,” and on October 19, he gave a
broadcasting organizations, including Time,
public presentation titled “Inclusion and
The New York Times, the Economist, and
Democracy in Ecuador: The Way Forward.”
fifteen years. During his fellowship, AmbasEcuador’s inclusion of indigenous people
and looked at poverty reduction as a strategy for greater political and social inclusion
CNN. He has also been a featured columnist
in the Turkish language press for the daily
newspapers Sabah and Milliyet. Mr. Finkel’s
Hoon Jaung
(South Korea)
Guobiao Jiao
Guobiao Jiao
(China)
Historical and Contemporary
Perspectives on the
Media in China
April–August 2005
Guobiao Jiao was, until recently, associate
professor at Beijing University’s College of
methodology whereby Turkish journal-
The Accountability
Deficit in South Korean
Foreign Policy Making
January–July 2005
ists can help raise the standards of their
Hoon Jaung is a professor of political sci-
government’s Central Propaganda Depart-
own industry. On June 22, 2005, he gave a
ence at Chung-Ang University in Seoul,
ment and his continued efforts to promote
public presentation titled “How Not to Read
Korea. He has served as editor-in-chief of
freedom of the press and human rights in
a Turkish Newspaper: Promoting Account-
the Korean International Studies Review and
China, he was suspended from his teaching
ability in a Globalized Media Environment.” is author of numerous articles and book
duties. During his fellowship, Dr. Jiao wrote
fellowship project focused both on the
media’s ambivalent role in Turkey’s current
process of reform and on formulating a
Journalism and Communications. Following the appearance online of his March
2004 essay condemning the Chinese
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a series of articles on the challenges and
Impact of Traditional Cultural Values in
prospects for the media in China, includ-
Africa and Asia: The Cases of South Africa
ing essays in Modern China Studies, Asia
and South Korea.” On June 17, 2005, Dr.
Weekly, and Guancha, an online newslet-
Mattes gave a public presentation at NED,
ter published by the China Information
titled “Democracy Without the People:
Center. On July 20, 2005, he gave a public
presentation at NED, titled “Perspectives on
Reassessing the South African Miracle.”
Chingiz Mammadov
Censorship in China.” In July, Dr. Jiao was
also selected as “Outstanding Journalist
at the Baku office of Mercy Corps Interna-
and Writer of the Year 2005” by the Chan
tional, a leading humanitarian assistance
Journalism and Culture Foundation.
organization. He is also chairman of the
Azerbaijan Micro-Finance Association
International Dimensions of
Democratic Breakthroughs
April–July 2005
Abiodun Kolawole
(Nigeria)
and part-time lecturer on management
Michael McFaul is associate professor of
and organization theory at Western and
political science at Stanford University,
Rural Empowerment and
Popular Participation in Nigeria
October 2004–February 2005
Khazar Universities. During his fellowship,
where he is also a senior fellow at the
Mr. Mammadov explored the variety of
Hoover Institution. While in residence at
regional and international influences on
NED, he conducted a comparative study of
Abiodun Kolawole has served as a research
democratization in Azerbaijan. On February
countries that have undergone successful
officer at the Center for Constitutionalism
11, 2005, he gave a public presentation
democratic breakthroughs and those that
and Demilitarization, an NGO affiliated with
at NED, titled “Democracy in Azerbai-
have not, paying special attention to the
the Committee for the Defense of Human
jan: Crazy Idea or Realistic Possibility?”
role external actors have played in shaping
Rights and the Alliance for Democracy, a
along with Brookings Institution scholar
political outcomes. His article “Transitions
Nigerian political party. A leading partic-
Fiona Hill, who served as discussant.
from Postcommunism” was published in the
July 2005 issue of the Journal of Democracy.
ipant in Nigeria’s student and democracy
Robert Mattes
(South Africa/United States)
During his fellowship, he gave a number
seminar at NED, titled “Transitions from
Mr. Kolawole laid the groundwork for a
Democracy Without
the People? Citizens,
Institutions, and Economics
in the New South Africa
March–July 2005
rural development advocacy organization
Robert Mattes is associate professor of
intended as a mechanism to strengthen
political science at the University of Cape
Madala’s Grandchildren (a novel) October 2004–January 2005
civil society in Nigeria. On January 11, 2005,
Town in South Africa, where he is also di-
James Ng’ombe is executive director of
he gave a joint presentation at NED, with
rector of the Democracy in Africa Research
the Malawi Institute of Journalism, which
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow Akintola
Unit at the Centre for Social Science Re-
promotes media independence and profes-
Olaniyan, on “Nigeria at a Crossroads: Per-
search. He has played a leading role in the
sionalism through training, research, and
spectives on Civil Society and the Media.”
development of the Afrobarometer, a mul-
writing. One of Malawi’s most distinguished
tinational public-opinion research project
and prolific authors, he has published nu-
Chingiz Mammadov
(Azerbaijan)
that documents and analyzes what Africans
merous works on political themes, includ-
think and say about democracy, economic
ing the novels Sugarcane with Salt (1989)
The Impact of Regional and
International Trends on
Democratization in Azerbaijan
October 2004–March 2005
reform, and good governance. While in
and Madala’s Children (1996). Dr. Ng’ombe
residence at the International Forum, he
also manages a publishing company, runs
worked on a book exploring the successes
a radio station, and has taught language
and failures of South Africa’s democratiza-
and communication at the University of
Chingiz Mammadov was, most recently, an
tion process and coauthored an article
Malawi. During his fellowship, Dr. Ng’ombe
economic opportunities program officer
(with Doh Shin), titled “The Democratic
completed a sequel to his second novel,
movements, Mr. Kolawole was instrumental
in the formation of the United Action for
Democracy, a coalition of human rights,
labor, and prodemocracy groups committed to social justice, transparency, and
good governance. During his fellowship,
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Michael McFaul
(United States)
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of presentations, including a July 27, 2005
Postcommunism: An External Dimension?”
James Lapani Ng’ombe
(Malawi)
Madala’s Grandchildren, paying special
democracy
New Democracies,” was published in the
attention to issues of governance, corrup-
promotion,
February 2005 issue of democracy@large,
tion, and accountability. From November
based at
and her op-ed, “Waking Up to Revolution,”
2004 through January 2005, he led three
Australian
appeared in the April 3, 2005 issue of The
reading group sessions to discuss chapter
National
Washington Post. During her fellowship,
drafts with NED staff and Africa experts
University
Ms. Savchenko also gave a number of
from Washington, D.C. and New York.
in Canberra.
A former
interviews, presentations, and briefings,
Roland Rich
including a talk at NED, titled “Reinvent-
Akintola Olaniyan
(Nigeria)
diplomat
ing Democracy through Civic Journalism
with the Australian foreign service, he has
in Kyrgyzstan,” on February 3, 2005.
Watching the Watchdog:
The Media and Sustainable
Democracy
October 2004–February 2005
served as Australian ambassador to Laos
Akintola Olaniyan was, until 2004, deputy
his fellowship, Mr. Rich completed a book
editor at The Punch, Nigeria’s most widely
manuscript on democratization in East
read daily newspaper. An accomplished
Asia, titled Pacific Asia in Quest of Democ-
journalist whose writings have helped
racy, to be published by Lynne Rienner
Democratic Transitions
from Post-Communist
Authoritarianism:
Serbia and Belarus
October 2004–August 2005
cultivate an awareness of democracy in
in 2006. In his book, Mr. Rich surveys the
Vitali Silitski is a former associate professor
Nigeria, Mr. Olaniyan
democratic strides the region has made
of economics at the European Humani-
has been actively
thus far and gauges its potential for
ties University in
involved in the work
consolidating democracy in the future.
Minsk. He currently
of a Lagos-based
On November 22, 2005, he gave a public
works as a freelance
NGO, Journalists for
presentation at NED, titled “Political Parties
writer, comment-
Democratic Rights.
in Asian Democracies: The Weakest Link?”
ing extensively
and as assistant secretary for international
organizations at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. During
During his fellowship,
Vitali Silitski
(Belarus)
for the Belarusian
Yulia Savchenko
(Kyrgyzstan)
and international
writing for schol-
prepared a media handbook for activists,
“Civic Journalism” and
Democracy in Kyrgyzstan
October 2004–April 2005
titled “Reforming the Nigerian Media: A
Yulia Savchenko is a journalist who has
ship, he completed
Handbook for Activists” (later printed in
achieved
a book manuscript
Nigeria by the African Media Support Initia-
public
on political developments in Serbia and
tive). On January 11, 2005, Mr. Olaniyan
recognition
Belarus, titled The Long Road from Tyr-
gave a joint presentation at NED, with
for her talk
anny: Post-Communist Authoritarianism
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow Abiodun
show, “No
and the Struggle for Democracy in Serbia
Kolawole, on “Nigeria at a Crossroads: Per-
Edits,” on
and Belarus. He also wrote a series of
spectives on Civil Society and the Media.”
Pyramid TV
articles for Transitions Online, an article
in Kyrgyz-
on Belarus for Freedom House’s Nations in
he examined the relationship between the
Akintola Olaniyan
media and sustainable democracy and
press, as well as
arly publications.
Vitali Silitski
During his fellow-
Roland Rich
(Australia)
stan. During
Democratization in East Asia
March–July 2005
ship, Ms.
the October 2005 issue of the Journal of
Savchenko examined government-media
Democracy. On April 14, 2005, he gave a
Roland Rich was founding director of the
relations in the United States and American
public presentation at NED, titled “Demo-
Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI),
approaches to “civic” or “public” journal-
cratic Breakthroughs in Eurasia: Looking
Australia’s preeminent institution for
ism. Her article, “A Catalyst for Change in
Beyond the Color-Coded Revolutions.”
her fellow-
Yulia Savchenko
Transit 2004, and an essay titled “Preempting Democracy: The Case of Belarus,” for
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Visiting Fellows Program
In addition to the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program, the International Forum
for Democratic Studies hosts a small Visiting Fellows Program for scholars and practitioners with outside funding who wish to be affiliated with the Forum. During the
2004–2005 fellowship year, the Forum hosted visiting fellow Michael Allen (Britain).
International Forum for Democratic
Studies Research Council
Lahouari Addi
Institut d’Etudes Politiques (France)
Michael Coppedge
University of Notre Dame
Sumit Ganguly
Indiana University
Muthiah Alagappa
East-West Center
Wayne Cornelius
University of California at San Diego
Louis W. Goodman
American University
Abdulahi An-Na’im
Emory University
Gerald Curtis
Columbia University
E. Gyimah-Boadi
Center for Democracy and
Development (Ghana)
Lisa Anderson
Columbia University
Robert Dahl
Yale University
Pauline Baker
The Fund for Peace
Francis Deng
The Brookings Institution
Shaul Bakhash
George Mason University
Nikiforos Diamandouros
National Center for Social Research (Greece)
Joel D. Barkan
University of Iowa
Denise Dresser
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Peter L. Berger
Boston University
John B. Dunlop
Stanford University
Nancy Bermeo
Princeton University
Donald Emmerson
Stanford University
Ladan Boroumand
Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for the Promotion of Human
Rights and Democracy in Iran
João Carlos Espada
Portuguese Catholic University
Michael Bratton
Michigan State University
Daniel Brumberg
Georgetown University
Abdou Filali-Ansary
Institute for the Study of Muslim
Civilizations (United Kingdom)
Janusz Bugajski
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Steven Friedman
Centre for Policy Studies (South Africa)
Zora Bútorová
Institute for Public Affairs (Slovakia)
Francis Fukuyama
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies
Yun-han Chu
National Taiwan University
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Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr.
Johns Hopkins School of
Advanced International Studies
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Stephan Haggard
University of California at San Diego
Chaibong Hahm
University of Southern California
Peter Hakim
Inter-American Dialogue
John Harbeson
City University of New York
Harry Harding
George Washington University
Iliya Harik
Indiana University
Jonathan Hartlyn
University of North Carolina
Steven Heydemann
Georgetown University
Donald L. Horowitz
Duke University
Samuel P. Huntington
Harvard University
Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Ibn Khaldoun Center for
Development Studies (Egypt)
Richard Joseph
Northwestern University
Adrian Karatnycky
Freedom House
Fatima Mernissi
Mohamed V University (Morocco)
Ibrahim Karawan
University of Utah
Leonardo Morlino
Universita degli Studi di Firenze (Italy)
Terry Lynn Karl
Stanford University
Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Romanian Academic Society
Byung-kook Kim
Korea University
Joshua Muravchik
American Enterprise Institute
Atul Kohli
Princeton University
Yasmeen Murshed
Center for Analysis & Choice (Bangladesh)
Andreas Schedler
Center for Research and Economic Education (Mexico)
Ivan Krastev
Centre for Liberal Strategies (Bulgaria)
Andrew J. Nathan
Columbia University
Philippe Schmitter
Instituto Universitario Europeo (Italy)
Bolívar Lamounier
Augurium Consulting (Brazil)
Joan M. Nelson
Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars
Stephen Sestanovich
Columbia University
Peter Lewis
American University
R. William Liddle
Ohio State University
Arend Lijphart
University of California at San Diego
Juan J. Linz
Yale University
Seymour Martin Lipset
George Mason University
Abraham F. Lowenthal
University of Southern California
Scott Mainwaring
University of Notre Dame
Kanan Makiya
Brandeis University
Vincent Maphai
South African Breweries
José María Maravall
Instituto Juan March de
Estudios e Investigaciones (Spain)
Cynthia McClintock
George Washington University
Michael McFaul
Stanford University
Ghia Nodia
Caucasian Institute for Peace,
Democracy, and Development (Georgia)
Guillermo O’Donnell
University of Notre Dame
Martha Brill Olcott
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ergun Özbudun
Bilkent University (Turkey)
Thomas Pangle
University of Texas
Minxin Pei
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Adam Przeworski
New York University
Robert Putnam
Harvard University
Peter Reddaway
George Washington University
Pearl T. Robinson
Tufts University
Jacques Rupnik
Fondation Nationale des
Sciences Politiques (France)
Chai-Anan Samudavanija
Chaiyong Limthongkul
Foundation (Thailand)
Robert A. Scalapino
University of California at Berkeley
Lilia Shevtsova
Carnegie Moscow Center (Russia)
Richard L. Sklar
University of California at Los Angeles
Aleksander Smolar
The Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Stephen John Stedman
Stanford University
Nathan Tarcov
University of Chicago
Vladimir Tismaneanu
University of Maryland, College Park
Elizabeth Ungar
Congreso Visible (Colombia)
Ashutosh Varshney
University of Michigan
Nicholas Van de Walle
Cornell University
Laurence Whitehead
Oxford University
Jan Zielonka
Oxford University
Anibal Romero
Simón Bolívar University (Venezuela)
Richard Rose
University of Strathclyde (Scotland)
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