Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
History
Scholarly Publications
The Long-Run Consequences of The Opium Concessions for Out-Group Animosity on Java
This article examines the consequences of the opium concession system in the Dutch East Indies—a nineteenth-century institution through which the Dutch would auction the monopolistic right to sell...
Pandemic Spikes and Broken Spears: Indigenous Resilience after the Conquest of Mexico
In a new paper for the Journal of Historical Political Economy, Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Saumitra Jha examine the conditions under which indigenous communities in Mexico were able to overcome the...
The Next Democratic Century
January 2014
In an article published in the January 2014 issue of Current History, Larry Diamond urges civil society and policy leaders to stay optimistic about democracy’s future, arguing that its historical...
Other Publications
The Fear Factor: Putin's Political Legacy
March 2008
Yes, the Putin era was good for most Russians. But it could have been better. Russia's presidential vote on March 2 will be the least competitive election in Russia's post-Soviet history.
News
Civil and Human Rights: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy
January 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.
How Stanford Scholars Are Teaching the Next Generation About 9/11
September 2021
On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, four Stanford scholars and leading experts in national security, terrorism and contemporary conflict – Condoleezza Rice, Amy Zegart, Martha Crenshaw and Lisa Blaydes...
President Biden Nominates Dr. Clayborne Carson to Civil Rights Cold Case Review Board
June 2021
In his new role on the Civil Rights Cold Case Review Board, Dr. Carson, a seminal scholar on the life and writing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will review dozens of unsolved and racially motivated...
Old Events
The World House Documentary Film Festival
December 7, 2021
A documentary film festival featuring films speaking to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s vision of the World House For the 2022 King Holiday, the World House Project will host a free, four-day webinar and...
Thinking about Democracy and Revolution: Egypt’s 2011 Uprising
October 13, 2021
Egypt’s 2011 uprising is widely held to be a case of either failed democratic transition or inauthentic revolution.
Democracy in Ukraine Thirty Years After the Soviet Collapse
August 12, 2021
For decades, the Soviet Union was an authoritarian force in a polarized world.
Projects
The Use of Lethal Force by the Police in Rio de Janeiro and the Pacification Process
The Military Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro (PMERJ) confront critical challenges as they attempt to reform and reduce the incidence of the use of lethal force.
English
Human Rights Education
In partnership with the Division of International, Comparative and Area Studies (ICA) and the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), the Program on Human Rights ...
English
Human Well-Being and Human Rights Collaboratory
This initiative, initially funded by the Stanford Science and Humanities Center under the Presidential International Initiative, looks at the contribution by the humanities to global human rights...
English
Multimedia
The Tunisian Transition and the Challenge of Youth Alienation
April 2015
AbstractSocial and economic grievances of Tunisian youth played a major role in igniting the uprising in Tunisia, and more generally, the so-called Arab Spring.
People
Michael A. McFaul Director, Senior Fellow Professor, Political Science, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 
Francis Fukuyama Senior Fellow Director, Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 
