a sustained commitment to democracy and human rights, and have demonstrated leadership, integrity and courage in their dedication to democratic values and practices. Past recipients of the award have included: Senator Barbara Mikulski, D-MD; Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa; President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia; former United States President Jimmy Carter; former Czech President Václav Havel; former United States President Bill Clinton; Varela Project leader Oswaldo Payá of Cuba; Burmese democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi; US Ambassador to the United Nations, Madeleine Albright; and Tunisians Yassine Brahim, Rafik Halouani, Wafa Makhlouf, and Sayida Ounissi. Reception The socialist magazine Monthly Review stated that the terms democracy assistance, democracy building, and democracy promotion are rhetorically employed to overpower nationalist and socialist resistance to US economic and cultural domination, particularly in Russia and nearby states. The NDI provided funding to the Cambodian opposition party Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and was expelled from Cambodia in August 2017. In December 2020 China sanctioned three members of the institute, and said the US "blatantly interferes in Hong Kong affairs and grossly interferes in China’s domestic affairs". See also National Endowment for Democracy International Republican Institute United States Institute of Peace References Further reading External links 1983 establishments in Washington, D.C. Factions in the Democratic Party (United States) Organizations established in 1983 Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. Democratic Party (United States) National Endowment for Democracy Undesirable organizations in Russia