In July 2026, the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law will welcome a diverse cohort of 26 experienced practitioners from 19 countries who are working to advance democratic practices and economic and legal reform in contexts where freedom, human development, and good governance are fragile or at risk.
Marco Widodo receives a Firestone Medal, Shayla Fitzsimmons-Call wins CDDRL's Outstanding Thesis Award, and Zoya Fasihuddin is named the inaugural recipient of the Zoe Savellos Memorial Award for Community Building.
Congratulations to Abbas Milani, one of five recipients of Stanford's Walter J. Gores Award, the university’s highest award for excellence in teaching. It recognizes faculty, teaching staff, and students who have made special contributions to teaching, including lecturing, tutoring, advising, and discussion leading.
CDDRL graduating senior Anagali Duncan, 2026 Dinkelspiel Award winner, is among ten members of the campus community recognized for excellence in teaching, service, and academics.
National community forums in the U.S. and India highlight differences in preferences for privacy, user control, and governance of emerging technologies.
The veteran Haaretz intelligence correspondent argues that Israel's spy agencies keep winning the battle and losing the war, from a botched Iran regime-change plot to the warnings that went unheeded before October 7th.
A Democracy Action Lab fieldwork mission to Lima and Cusco around Peru's first-round 2026 election finds a democracy whose deepest fractures predate the ballot.
Three founders of the movement that halted Israel's 2023 judicial overhaul explain how they organized hundreds of thousands of protesters without a single leader.
In a discussion convened by the Program on Arab Reform and Development, Stanford scholars situate regional upheaval within longer trajectories of imperial intervention, authoritarian rule, and global political shifts.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel argues that Lebanon, Gaza, and Iran all hinge on the same unresolved question, even as Israel's coming election turns on issues closer to home.
Matthew Levitt unpacks proxy warfare, shifting narratives, and the uneasy future of U.S.–Israel relations in a conversation hosted by the Jan Koum Israel Studies Program.
Katya Bigman, John Churchill, Elizabeth Jerstad, George Porteous, Emma Wang, and Marco Widodo are among the newest members of this prestigious academic honors society.
The partnership will open opportunities for Stanford faculty and students at one of the world's leading forums for democratic thought and practice, and further position CDDRL as a global leader among research centers in the field.
The CDDRL-affiliated scholar is among the newly appointed council leadership advising on economic trends, federal shifts, and emerging challenges facing California.
