Anthony Smith

Anthony Smith is the chief executive of Westminster Foundation for Democracy, the United Kingdom public body dedicated to strengthening democracy around the world. He serves on the boards of the European Partnership for Democracy and Peace Direct and was previously international relations director at the Department for International Development.

Latest Articles

Opinion: Democracy is higher up the UK aid agenda, which is good news

about 2 years ago // The future of UK aid

This overdue shift in U.K. development policy shows that democracy’s progress is no longer taken for granted.

How do we respond to democracy's 'rollback' crisis?

about 10 years ago // #DemocracyMatters

If an attempt to build a new anti-democratic conceptual framework is gathering momentum, what does this mean for democratic accountability? Anthony Smith, CEO of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, gives his perspective in this exclusive guest commentary.

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