Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Science and Technology
Scholarly Publications
Power and Purpose: American Policy toward Russia after the Cold War
December 2003
Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is now viewed by the United States as a potential partner.
Workshop on Regime Transitions from Communist Rule in Comparative Perspective
December 2003
On 15-16 November 2002, the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law of the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University sponsored a workshop in Stanford, CA on "Regime...
Sovereign Democracy and Shrinking Political Space
April 2006
Several years ago, Kremlin public relations specialists coined the term "managed democracy" to describe the unique features of Russia's evolving political system.
Other Publications
How to Look Credible in Promoting Liberty
June 2003
George W. Bush wants Americans and the world to believe that the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime two months ago represented a defeat for tyranny and a victory for liberty.
Change the Focus on Iraq
September 2002
PALO ALTO, CALIF.A year ago, a group of terrorists from Saudi Arabia and Egypt attacked the United States using box cutters as their weapons and citing extremist versions of Islamic fundamentalism...
News
How Web 2.0 drives political change in the Arab world and beyond
March 2011
On February 24, the Program on Liberation Technology at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) hosted a conference entitled Blogs and Bullets: Social Media and the...
Barbara van Schewick on the FCC's 'open internet' proceeding and implications for political speech
February 2010
Barbara van Schewick, Assistant Professor at the Stanford Law School, introduced the current debate about net neutrality and explored the implications for diversity and freedom of expression online...
Diamond sketches way out of Iraq
April 2008
The truth is, we remain trapped in an awful quagmire, writes Larry Diamond in the Huffington Post and FSI In The World, a new faculty blog for the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies...
Old Events
Accessing Venture Capital in India
June 1, 1999
A one-day conference organized by Shorenstein APARC brought together 110 distinguished participants from India, the United States, Israel, Taiwan, Europe, and Latin America.
Taiwan's Silicon Valley: The Evolution of Hsinchu Industrial Park
January 11, 2000
When Taiwan's government launched Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park Project in 1979, the objectives were three fold: to revitalize the country's economic growth, to establish its indigenous...
Projects
Program on Liberation Technology
The Program on Liberation Technology at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law seeks to understand how information technology can be used to improve governance, empower...
English
Combating Corruption with Mobile Phones
India’s right to information movement had tremendous success in making strategic use of transparency for securing government accountability.
English
Empowering Women Leaders
Sweeping reforms of Indian government institutions created space for women’s political inclusion at an unprecedented scale.
English
Multimedia
Technology in the US Presidential Elections
February 2013
Static websites, mailing lists and blogs propelled Howard Dean to the chair of the DNC in 2005.
Managing Collective Intelligence in Open Journalism
October 2014
AbstractIn her talk, Aitamurto focuses on the idea that large crowds of people can be more knowledgeable than a single expert.
People
