Fellowship Programs change. He is also a Named in honor of NED’s principal founders, former president Ronald Reagan and seasoned journal- the late congressman Dante Fascell, the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Pro- ist whose writings gram was established in 2001 by the U.S. Congress to enable democratic activists, have appeared in policy makers, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their un- La Parole, Nouvel derstanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change. Echo, and Le Temps, Reagan-Fascell fellowships are typically five months in duration and focus on the a newspaper he Dany Ayida political, social, economic, legal, and cultural aspects of democratic development. founded in 1999. Mr. Ayida remains an outspoken voice for In 2005–2006, the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program hosted leading democratic human rights and democratization in Togo. activists, journalists, and scholars from countries in every region of the globe, including In 1996, he was recognized as the Togolese Argentina, Burma, India, Iran, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Slovakia, Journalist of the Year, and in 1999 he was South Africa, Togo, Turkey, the United States, Uganda, and Uzbekistan. runner-up for the CNN African Journalist of the Year Award. During his fellowship The Reagan-Fascell program seeks to deepen the knowledge, enrich the skills, broaden at NED, Mr. Ayida explored strategies for the perspectives, and strengthen the morale of some of the world’s most committed facilitating the transition from authoritar- and courageous democratic practitioners, journalists, and scholars. Fellows are in resi- ian rule to multiparty democracy in Togo. dence in Washington, D.C., at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, NED’s research and publications arm, which offers a collegial environment for fellows to con- Joel D. Barkan duct research and writing; to develop contacts and exchange ideas with counterparts in (United States) Washington’s policy, academic, media, and nongovernmental communities; and to build “Emerging Legislatures in ties that contribute to the development of a global network of democracy advocates. Emerging African Democracies” October 2005–July 2006 Through its outreach efforts, the Reagan-Fascell program seeks to connect its fellows Joel Barkan is professor emeritus of politi- with the media, policy, and academic communities in Washington, D.C. The Forum cal science and international programs at hosts a series of public presentations by the fellows and promotes contacts between the University of Iowa and senior associate fellows and experts in the U.S. Congress, the State Department, and other govern- at the Center for Strategic and International ment agencies, as well as at universities, think tanks, and media organizations. Studies in Washington, D.C. A widely rec- ognized expert on democratic transitions Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows 2005–2006 in East Africa, he is the author of numerous The International Forum for Democratic Studies articles, books, and book chapters on Af- Dany Komla Ayida cal parties. A veteran activist for democratic rican politics, including Beyond Capitalism (Togo) reform in Togo, he founded and coordinat- versus Socialism in “Building Democracy on ed the Concertation Nationale de la Société Kenya and Tanzania the Ruins of Postcolonial Civile (CNSC), a network of prodemocracy (1994), “Uganda: Dictatorship” advocacy groups that observed Togo’s An African Success March–July 2006 2003 presidential election. In July 2003, he Past Its Prime” Dany Ayida most recently served as pro- launched a program named Alternative (Woodrow Wilson gram officer at NDI–Burkina Faso, where he Togo, which seeks to engage the Togolese Center, 2005), focused on capacity building among politi- diaspora in efforts to enact democratic “Kenya After Moi” Joel Barkan 144 2006 NED Annual Report (Foreign Affairs,2004), and “The Many Ann Bernstein Dogu Ergil Faces of Africa: Democracy Across a Varied (South Africa) (Turkey) Continent” (Harvard International Review, “Business and its Role in “Democracy and Citizenship in 2002). Over the past three years, he and Newly Democratic Societies” Turkey: Assessing Youth Training several collaborators collected a large October 2005–February 2006 and the Role of Public Opinion” amount of data on the role of legislatures Ann Bernstein is founding director of the October 2005–February 2006 in transitional African democracies, which Center for Development and Enterprise, Dogu Ergil is chair of the department he drew upon during his fellowship as an independent policy research institute of political behavior and a professor of he prepared a book-length manuscript based in Johannesburg. A leading pro- political sociology at Ankara University in on the legislative experience and de- ponent of the importance of economic Turkey. He is also president and co-founder mocratization in six African countries. growth in of the Centre for the Research of Societal The International Forum for Democratic Studies promoting Problems (TOSAM), based in Ankara. A Hossein Bashiriyeh democracy renowned expert on terrorism, European (Iran) and sustain- integration, and the Kurdish minority, Dr. “Political Mobilization and able devel- Ergil has written 21 books and dozens of Democratic Transitions” opment, she articles and November 2005–August 2006 previously research Hossein Bashiriyeh is an associate profes- served as an papers. He Ann Bernstein sor of political science executive has also at the University of director of the Urban Foundation, South served as Tehran, where he has Africa’s then-premier NGO, which had an advisor taught courses on been instrumental in using the power to Turkey’s subjects ranging from and influence of business to persuade former political mobiliza- the apartheid government to reform key ministers Dogu Ergil tion and develop- aspects of its approach to urbanization. A of inter- ment to theories of board member of the Development Bank nal and external affairs and as a special Hossein Bashiriyeh democratic transi- of Southern Africa between 1995 and 2001, advisor to the president of the Turkish tions since 1982. He is the author of 15 she has published extensively on business, Chambers of Commerce and Industry. books, including (in English) The State and democracy, development, and policy-mak- In 2004, TOSAM took on the challenging Revolution in Iran (1984) and (in Persian) ing in South Africa, including the books work of putting together a comprehen- Transition to Democracy (2005), The Politi- Migration and Refugee Policies (with M. sive youth democracy training program, cal Sociology of Iran (2001), Obstacles to Weiner, 1999), Business and Democracy: which was tested among high school Political Development in Iran (2000), and Cohabitation or Contradiction? (with Peter and university students in southeastern The Kingdom of Reason (1995). During his L. Berger, 1998), and Policy Making in A New Turkey. During his fellowship, Dr. Ergil com- fellowship at NED, he examined the role Democracy: South Africa’s Challenges for pleted this project by preparing a training of political oppositions in moving from the 21st Century. During her fellowship, Ms. manual, tentatively titled Democracy and “transitional situations” to “actual transi- Bernstein researched the role of business in Effective Citizenship Training: A Hand- tions,” comparing cases of successful and society, especially in developing countries, book. He also worked on a monograph unsuccessful democratic transitions in the and the impact of corporations on social, concerning citizens’ attitudes toward last quarter of the twentieth century. economic, and democratic processes. secular and religious politics in Turkey. 2006 NED Annual Report 145 Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr. Elena Gerasimova Guillermo Jorge (United States) (Russia) (Argentina) “Attempted Democratic “Social and Labor Rights “Bridging the North and South Breakthroughs in Advocacy in Russia” Anticorruption Agendas” Postcommunist Societies” March–July 2006 April–August 2006 September–January 2006 Elena Gerasimova is director and co- Guillermo Jorge is a lawyer currently Charles Fairbanks most recently served founder of the Center for Social and Labor working in as director of the Central Asia-Caucasus Rights, an anticorrup- Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Ad- NGO that tion and as- vanced International Studies of the Johns promotes set recovery Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. economic programs His areas of expertise include the politics equity, civil for different of Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, rights, and Latin Ameri- strategic and security issues in the region; labor rights can govern- and human rights and democratization. He in Russia. ments and Guillermo Jorge Elena Gerasimova is the author A leading international of The Allure labor attorney who advocates improved institutions. He is also a professor of law at of Summits wages and working conditions for Russian the Universidad de San Andres in Buenos (2000) and citizens and assists trade unions to defend Aires, Argentina. Mr. Jorge worked for numerous their rights, she is also a specialist in laws several years with renowned attorney Luis articles, regulating civil procedure and freedom Moreno Ocampo as a partner in Moreno including of association. She has lectured on labor Ocampo’s law firm. Mr. Jorge litigated “Georgia’s law at Moscow State University and the several cases before the Inter-American Rose Charles Fairbanks All-Russian Academy