A program of the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), focusing on Arab World affairs. CDDRL is a research center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Institutions and Organizations
Scholarly Publications
Authoritarian State Building in the Middle East: From Durability to Revolution
February 2011
What accounts for variation in the durability of authoritarian regimes in the post-colonial Middle East? This working paper presents a new explanation that underscores how the geopolitical...
Other Publications
POMEPS Studies 43: Digital Activism and Authoritarian Adaptation in the Middle East
The Project on Middle East Political Science partnered with Stanford University’s Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law and its Global Digital Policy Incubator for an innovative...
Drafting Egypt's New Constitution Policy Paper
March 2012
This is the first paper in the BDC-Stanford Project on Arab Transitions series, authored Dr.
News
Scholars Examine Egypt’s Political Landscape on the Eve of the January 25 Revolution’s 5th Anniversary [VIDEO]
January 2016
To mark five years since the onset of the January 25 Revolution, five Egypt scholars examined the evolving political landscape in Egypt as part of a panel titled “The Containment of Politics in...
Noura Erakat analyzes the political and legal contexts of the 2014 Gaza war [VIDEO]
May 2015
As part of the Arab Reform and Democracy Program's speaker series, George Mason University scholar Noura Erakat examined the political and legal contexts for the 2014 Gaza war. In July and August...
GWU scholar examines links between neoliberalism and Islamic charity in Egypt [VIDEO]
April 2015
As part of the Arab Reform and Democracy Program's speaker series, George Washington University scholar Mona Atia discussed her book Building a House in Heaven: Pious Neoliberalism and Islamic...
Old Events
Causes and Dynamics of the Syrian Uprising: From Civil Protests to the Implications of the Russian Intervention
January 22, 2016
AbstractAfter nearly five years since the start of the uprising, Syria finds itself divided and embattled, with no end in sight.
On Politics and Satire: A Conversation with Bassem Youssef
September 29, 2015
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Arabic Conversation Session with Zahera Harb
May 19, 2014
*Open only to Stanford students.* Speaker Bio: Zahera Harb is one of the six 2013-2014 FSI-Humanities Center International Visitors and will be in residence at Stanford in May 2014.
Projects
Political Reform Prospects in Yemen
As in much of the Arab world, 2011 was a year of social upheaval and momentous change for Yemen.
English
American Public Diplomacy towards the Arab World in the Digital Age
Discourse on American public diplomacy has been traditionally focused on use of the broadcast media by the US government, such as Voice of America, to reach out to audiences in the Middle East and...
English
Multimedia
Syria Today, Syria Tomorrow: Politics, Security, and Society
November 2015
Abstract: The Syrian crisis continues to grind on without a viable settlement to the conflict in sight.
The Tunisian Transition and the Challenge of Youth Alienation
April 2015
AbstractSocial and economic grievances of Tunisian youth played a major role in igniting the uprising in Tunisia, and more generally, the so-called Arab Spring.
People
