The ground game: Supporting democracy must be part of America’s global strategy
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
On International Democracy Day (September 15), NDI President Derek Mitchell published a piece in The Hill making the case for democracy support as essential to U.S. global strategy, and calling for the U.S. government to prepare a "National Democracy Strategy." He argues, "The stakes are high -- but policies that support citizens struggling for their democratic rights can serve as an effective "ground game" that marries U.S. values and interests and complements other government-led approaches to today's complex, urgent strategic challenges.
![AP/Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin pool photo Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping smile at each other during their meeting in Beijing on Feb. 4, 2022.](https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/styles/resource_image/public/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-20%20at%209.29.03%20AM_0.png?itok=KDSqymg7)