Past CDDRL Events
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Past Events
Democratic Backsliding and Resistance: Poland’s Civil Society, Electoral Strategies, and Institutional Levers
6:00 AM - 7:00 AM (Pacific)
Online via Zoom. Registration is required.
For questions, please contact ecornellinfo@cornell.edu.
2026 CDDRL Fisher Family Honors Program Award Winner Presentations
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
In-person only.
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to room E008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Hauck Auditorium, David and Joan Traitel Building of the Hoover Institution
435 Lasuen Mall, Stanford (map)
Film running time: 80 mins. Discussion to follow.
Questions? Please contact rsvp-weisfeld@stanford.edu
Colombia at a Crossroads: Ballots, Bullets, and the Future of Democracy
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (Pacific)
Webinar open to the public via Zoom, if prompted for a password, use: 123456
- María Ignacia Curiel,
- Oliver Kaplan,
- Javier Mejía,
- Michael Weintraub
Yossi Melman — Israel's Intelligence Community: What Have We Learned From Gaza, Iran, and Lebanon?
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific)
Registration required. Virtual to Public.
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Encina Hall E208 (Reuben Hills Conference Room) may attend in person.
- Yossi Melman
- Amichai Magen,
- Or Rabinowitz
Stephen J. Stedman — Everything's Security and No One is Secure: A Short History of a Vague Concept
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Conference Room E-008 in Encina Hall, East, may attend in person.
Chokepoints: How Economic Warfare is Changing the World
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM (Pacific)
William J. Perry Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Encina Hall
Registration required.
- Edward Fishman
The Arab World in an Era of War and Upheaval: A Conversation with Joel Beinin
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM (Pacific)
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to the Philippines Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Registration is required.
- Joel Beinin
Cross-Sectoral Mobilization in Defense of Democracy: Insights from Israel’s Judicial Reform
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM (Pacific)
Online via Zoom. Registration is required.
For questions, please contact israelstudies@stanford.edu.
- Yossi Kucik,
- Orni Petruschka,
- Dina Zilber
Alice Evans — The Global Islamic Revival
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Philippines Conference Room in Encina Hall, 3rd Floor may attend in person.
- Alice Evans
Israel Insights Webinar with Ambassador Daniel Shapiro — US-Israel Security Relations: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
Democratic Backsliding and Resilience: South Korea’s December 3 Martial Law Crisis
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Pacific)
Online via Zoom. Registration is required.
For questions, please contact info@ash.harvard.edu.
Black Politics and American Democracy
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific)
Philippines Conference Room — Encina Hall Central, 3rd Floor
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford
This event is in-person and open to the public. Live stream available via Zoom. Registration is required.
- Katherine Tate,
- Corey Fields
Book Talk with Mikhail Zygar — The Dark Side of the Earth: The Unfinished End of the Cold War
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
William J. Perry Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Encina Hall
This is an in-person event and is part of CDDRL's annual Stanford U.S.-Russia Forum (SURF) Conference.
The book talk is open to Stanford affiliates with an active Stanford ID and access to the William J. Perry Conference Room in Encina Hall. Registration required.
- Mikhail Zygar
Democratic Hollowing in Peru: The Under Explored Pathway of Democratic Erosion
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
In-person event for Stanford affiliates only: Philippines Conference Room (Encina Hall, 3rd floor)
Livestream available to the public: via Zoom, if prompted for a password, use: 123456
- Alberto Vergara
Michael Albertus — Winning Under Electoral Authoritarianism: Turning Out the “Right” Votes in Venezuela
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Conference Room E-008 in Encina Hall, East, may attend in person.
Matthew Levitt — The Middle East after the Iran War
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Registration required. Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456.
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Encina Hall C231 (William J. Perry Conference Room) may attend in person.
- Matthew Levitt
Lessons from Venezuela: Electoral Resistance to Popular Autocrats (2007–2013)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (Pacific)
Online via Zoom. Registration is required.
For questions, please contact info@ash.harvard.edu.
Katherine Casey — Candidate Entry into Local Government
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Philippines Conference Room, Encina Hall East, 3rd Floor, may attend in person.
Izabella Tabarovsky — From Soviet Antisemitism to Contemporary Antizionism
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
By invitation only.
- Izabella Tabarovsky
Spotlight on Social Sciences in Latin America
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific)
Encina Hall, Ground Floor, Central, S051
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
- Clara Bicalho,
- Marcelo Bergman
Anna Grzymala-Busse — What Counts as a State? State Development and Fragmentation in Europe
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to William J. Perry Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Private Equity and the Future of American Capitalism
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
C102, Class of 1968 Building
Stanford Graduate School of Business
655 Knight Way, Stanford
- Megan Greenwell
- Helen Cashman, MBA ’26
Rebuilding Democracy in Venezuela — Breaking the Paradox of Plenty: Can Venezuela Escape the Resource Trap?
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
This is a hybrid event. In-person in Goldman Conference Room, Encina Hall East, 4th floor - E409; Livestream via Zoom. Registration required.
- Paul Collier,
- Terry Lynn Karl,
- Francis Fukuyama
Private Power and Democracy's Decline: Book Talk with Mordecai Kurz
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM (Pacific)
Please note new date: Monday, April 27
William J. Perry Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Encina Hall (616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford)
This is a hybrid event; only invited guests and those with an active Stanford ID with access to William J. Perry Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person, all others may join via Zoom. Registration required.
- Mordecai Kurz