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Introducing Our 2022-23 Pre and Postdoctoral Fellows
News / April 25, 2022
The Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is pleased to welcome seven pre- and postdoctoral fellows who will be joining us for the 2022-23 academic year. These scholars will spend the academic year focusing on the Center's four program areas of democracy, development, evaluating the efficacy of democracy promotion, and rule of law.
Amichai Magen Selected as Inaugural Visiting Fellow in Israel Studies
News / April 14, 2022
Magen, a scholar of law, government and international relations, will arrive at Stanford in the 2022-2023 academic year.
"We Have Entered a New Historical Era": Larry Diamond on the Future of Democracy
Commentary / April 11, 2022
Speaking at the April 2022 meeting of the FSI Council, Larry Diamond offered his assessment of the present dangers to global democracy and the need to take decisive action in support of liberal values.
Mofeed-19 Podcast Explores the Pandemic's Impact on Vulnerable Labor in Egypt
News / April 11, 2022
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL, in partnership with the Arab Studies Institute, is pleased to announce the release of the fifth episode of Mofeed-19, a 19-minute video podcast that discusses research efforts pertaining to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Arab world.
A History of Unity: A Look at FSI’s Special Relationship with Ukraine
News / April 4, 2022
Since 2005, the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies has cultivated rich academic ties and friendships with Ukrainian scholars and civic leaders as part of our mission to support democracy and development domestically and abroad.
Introducing Our 2022-23 CDDRL Honors Students
News / March 28, 2022
Representing nine different majors and minors and hailing from four different countries, we are thrilled to welcome these twelve outstanding students to our Fisher Family Honors Program.
U.S.-Russia Relations Book Prize Goes to Kathryn Stoner, Author of “Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order”
News / March 24, 2022
Kathryn Stoner is the recipient of the third annual book prize of the Fletcher U.S.-Russia Relations Initiative, presented by the Russia and Eurasia Program at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. The prize is for the outstanding work in her latest book, Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order (2021).
Peter Blair Henry Joins the Hoover Institution and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
News / March 22, 2022
Returning to Stanford in September 2022, Henry will continue his groundbreaking research on economic reforms and impacts to the global economy with the Hoover Institution and the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at FSI.
ARD Launches Mofeed Digest
News / March 18, 2022
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL is pleased to announce the launch of Mofeed Digest, a periodic recap of the most important scholarly and policy publications, reports, and articles investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the politics, economies, and societies of the Arab world.
‘A Monkey with a Grenade’: Russia's Attacks on Nuclear Reactors Cross a Dangerous Line
Commentary / March 14, 2022
Firing on civilian nuclear facilities is an unacceptable disregard for the rules of war that endangers the entire world, not just Ukraine.
The Colors of Worry
Commentary / March 8, 2022
“Red means air raid warning. Green means my family is back online.” How it feels to be a Stanford student from Ukraine right now.
Venezuelan opposition leader calls on students to fight for global freedom
News / March 3, 2022
Leopoldo López expressed fear about the global rise of a “network of autocracies." He encouraged Stanford students to champion democracy and freedom across the globe.
New Continuing Studies Course on Nonviolence with The World House Project's Clayborne Carson
News / March 1, 2022
Enrollment is open now for "Nonviolence and Human Rights in the World House: Realizing Martin Luther King Jr.’s Vision," which will run Thursdays from April 14 through June 2.
Statement in Support of Ukraine
News / February 24, 2022
We condemn in the strongest terms the unprovoked Russian assault on Ukraine.
McGill Scholar Studies Links Between Labor Remittances and Militant Organizations in Egypt, Sudan, and Somalia
News / February 22, 2022
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL hosted a talk featuring Khalid Mustafa Medani, Associate Professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies at McGill University, who discussed his latest book – Black Markets and Militants: Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa (Cambridge University Press 2021).
Mofeed-19 Discusses Impact of COVID-19 on Arab Literary Production
News / February 14, 2022
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL, in partnership with the Arab Studies Institute, is pleased to announce the release of the fourth episode of Mofeed-19, a 19-minute video podcast that discusses research efforts pertaining to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Arab world.
CDDRL’s Ukrainian Alumni Reflect on Current Crisis
Commentary / February 7, 2022
Many of our program alumni have played important and influential roles in the country's political, economic, and social development, and have their own perspectives in what follows on why it is important for the international community to pay attention to what is going on in Ukraine and how the crisis is affecting them personally.
Civil and Human Rights: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy
Blogs / January 17, 2022
SPICE recommends the use of a short lecture—titled “Civil and Human Rights: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy” by Dr. Clayborne Carson—for high school and college levels.
What the Ukraine-Russia Crisis Says about the Global Struggle for Democracy
News / January 7, 2022
Former prime minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharuk joins Michael McFaul on the World Class Podcast to analyze Russia's aggression towards Ukraine and how it fits into Vladamir Putin's bigger strategy to undermine democracy globally.
The Legacy of January 6
Commentary / January 5, 2022
On the first anniversary of the riot at the U.S. Capitol, scholars from across FSI reflect on the ongoing ramifications the violence is having on America's domestic politics and international influence.
Welcoming Hakeem Jefferson to CDDRL
News / January 4, 2022
Jefferson, an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University, will join the center as a faculty affiliate.
New Continuing Studies Course with Clayborne Carson
News / December 10, 2021
Available through Stanford Continuing Studies, "American Prophet: The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr." will run online for eight weeks on Thursdays from January 20 through March 10, 2022.
Larry Diamond Named Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
News / December 9, 2021
CDDRL’s Larry Diamond, a world-renowned expert on comparative democracy, is recognized for a career of impact on students, policymakers and democratic activists around the world.
Community Policing: A Better Way to Improve Policing or a Bust?
Q&As / November 30, 2021
A first-of-its-kind study from Jeremy M. Weinstein, Graeme Blair and Fotini Christia shows that the celebrated practice of community policing may have few, if any, positive impacts on communities in the Global South.
Egypt Scholar Reexamines 2011 Uprising in New Book
News / November 11, 2021
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at CDDRL hosted a talk featuring Mona El-Ghobashy, Clinical Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies at New York University, who discussed her latest book – Bread and Freedom: Egypt’s Revolutionary Situation (Stanford University Press 2021).