Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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Scholarly Publications
Imperial Designs, Empirical Dilemmas: Why Foreign-Led State Building Fails
June 2005
Proponents of foreign-led state building or shared sovereignty arrangements have exaggerated the ability of powerful states to foster institutions in developing countries.
Transitions from Postcommunism
July 2005
The collapse of communism did not lead smoothly or quickly to theconsolidation of liberal democracy in Europe and the former SovietUnion.
Political Economy of Social Policy Reform in Russia, The: Ideas, Institutions, and Interests
December 1999
Beginning in 1993, left or communist successor parties have achieved electoral success in several postcommunist countries as critics of neo-liberal reform.
Other Publications
Reshaping the Middle East: Winning a Lasting Peace in Iraq Will Take More than Tanks
February 2003
Protesters who marched around the world last week were wrong to assume that American inaction against Iraq will make their children safer or the Iraqi people better off.
Democracy and Human Development in the Broader Middle East: A Transatlantic Strategy for Partnership
December 2004
The report presented here is the result of several months of meetings and debate.
News
Twenty-seven Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development announced for 2007
May 2007
The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University is pleased to announce its new class of Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development.
How U.S. Should Take on Iran
December 2004
CDDRL Faculty Associate, Michael McFaul and Hoover Institution Fellow, Abbas Milani argue that Iran's nuclear program does not pose a direct threat to the United States.
The Other Half of the Job
February 2002
Michael A. McFaul - It is absolutely vital that the new regime in Afghanistan succeed. Afghanistan is our new West Germany.
Events
Areas of Limited Sovereignty
October 6, 2004
Professor Thomas Risse of Freie University in Berlin, Germany will lead off the weekly CDDRL research seminar on October 6 at 12 pm.
Social Protection Around the World
November 10, 2004
Isabela Mares, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Victoria Schuck Faculty Scholar will discuss social security and social protection systems in the developed and developing world.
Russia's Foreign Policy: The Substance behind the Tough Talk
June 5, 2007
Dmitri Trenin is a senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment, the deputy director of the Carnegie Moscow Center and chair of its Foreign and Security Policy Program.
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