Of the many notable panels at the International Leaders Forum (ILF), the U.S. foreign policy panel generated a great amount of interest and resulted in a packed house at the Prince Theater in Philadelphia. The panel, officially titled “U.S. Foreign Policy in 2017 and Beyond,” covered an array of topics such as:

NDI is pleased to launch the Civic Tech Leadership Program in collaboration with Stanford University's Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL). The program aims to cultivate tech-empowered leaders and encourage cross-cultural collaboration between innovators in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the United States.

Beginning next week, delegates from across the United States will gather in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to nominate the Democratic Party’s nominees for President and Vice President. The culmination of a series of presidential primaries and caucuses, the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and the Republican Convention, which is held the week prior, are important institutions of U.S. democracy because of the critical role they play in selecting the next President of the United States.