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POMEPS Studies 43: Digital Activism and Authoritarian Adaptation in the Middle East
The Project on Middle East Political Science partnered with Stanford University’s Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law and its Global Digital Policy Incubator for an innovative...
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Stanford Experts Weigh In on What to Expect at the Biden-Putin Summit
June 2021
Scholars at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies hope that President Joe Biden’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will lay the groundwork for negotiations in the near...
For election hackers, a new and more dangerous tool
November 2018
"The election interference tactics originally deployed by Russia against the United States and Europe are now global.
FSI scholars join high-level commission on democracy in the digital age
October 2018
The Kofi Annan Foundation has tapped four Stanford scholars at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) to help advance one of its top priorities: to shed light on the rapidly...
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Algorithms, Privacy & the Future of Tech Regulation in California
January 11, 2022
Register Now California-grown technology has led the nation and world in multiple ways—from democratizing the ways we live, work and play, to posing enormous ethical and social challenges that have...
System Error, Live! With Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy Weinstein
September 21, 2021
Register for System Error, Live! This event will be held outside on Stanford's campus.
Digital Activism and Authoritarian Adaptation in the Middle East
May 3, 2021
REGISTER Panel 1: Digital Activism Tuesday, May 25, 2021 | 9-10:30 am PT Opening Remarks: Marc Lynch, Eileen Donahoe, and Larry Diamond Moderator: Hesham Sallam Wafa Ben-Hassine: “The Hyper-Aware...
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How will Michael Flynn's resignation affect US-Russia relations?
February 2017
Russia expert and Stanford University senior fellow Kathryn Stoner on Russian reaction to the national security adviser's resignation. Watch the video here.
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Bruce E. Cain Affiliated Faculty, CDDRL Professor, Humanities and Sciences, Professor, Political Science 
Nathaniel Persily Co-director, Cyber Policy Center, Senior Fellow Professor, Law, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science, Professor, by courtesy, Communication