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Information Session - Fisher Family CDDRL Honors Program
January 18, 2020
This event is open to Stanford undergraduate students only. The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) will be accepting applications from eligible juniors on who are...
Does Growth Require Market-Enhancing Institutions?
January 16, 2020
Abstract:Scholars and policymakers maintain that economic growth requires strong legal institutions that can ensure competitive markets.
Russian Propaganda about Syria
December 5, 2019
Co-author Renée DiResta Abstract:When protests against Syrian President Bashar Assad began in 2011, Russia made good on its decades-long alliance with Syria, providing Assad with diplomatic and...
Who Is Really Corrupt in Ukraine?
December 5, 2019
Please join Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) on Wedensday, December 4, 2019 at 4:30pm for a conversation with Sergii Leschenko. Leschenko will be joined in...
Torture as a method of criminal prosecution: Democratization, Criminal Justice Reform, and the Mexican Drug War
November 21, 2019
Abstract: A criminal trial is likely the most significant interaction a citizen will ever have with the state; its conduct and adherence to norms of fairness bear directly on the quality of...
Comparing Immigration Policies in the US, Canada, and Australia
November 14, 2019
Speaker Bio:Francis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), the Director of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy...
The Costs of Claim-Making in Mexico
November 7, 2019
Abstract:High bureaucratic transaction costs can make it impossible for individuals to claim welfare benefits.
Ill Winds Against Liberal Democracy
October 31, 2019
Speaker Bio:Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
The global spread of political polarization
October 24, 2019
Abstract:Political polarization is tearing at the seams of democracies around the world—from Brazil, India, and Kenya, to Poland, Turkey, and the United States.
State Capture in China?
October 17, 2019
Abstract:The dynamic game between political and business elites in both democratic and non-democratic countries has received much attention since the rise of the super-rich in global politics.
Should We Take Authoritarian Anti-Corruption Seriously?
October 3, 2019
Abstract:Anti-corruption efforts by authoritarian regimes are often assumed to be political charades or excuses to purge rivals.
Xinjiang’s Muslims and the PRC
September 27, 2019
Sponsored by Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of LawWE HAVE REACHED VENUE CAPACITY AND ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING RSVPSNOTE: THIS EVENT IS...
Contingent Extremism
September 26, 2019
Abstract:What explains the political momentum of far right parties?
The Struggle for Political Change in the Arab World
September 9, 2019
DAY 1: Friday October 11 8:30 – 9:00am Breakfast 9:00 – 9:15am Introductory Remarks 9:15 – 11:15am Panel 1: The Boundaries of Authoritarianism post-Arab UprisingsAmr Hamzawy,...
Tunisia's Vital Election: Democratic Consolidation in a Divided Society
September 9, 2019
ABSTRACTThis lecture will consider the challenge of moving from a negotiated transition to a consolidated democracy as exemplified by the case critical of Tunisia.
Let's Talk Ukraine: A Discussion of Current Events with UELP Fellows
September 4, 2019
Please join the Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program to meet the third cohort of fellows. The event will be followed by a reception and networking from 5:30-7:00pm.
30 Years on From the Velvet Revolutions of 1989: Time For a New Liberation?
August 30, 2019
WE HAVE REACHED VENUE CAPACITYREGISTRATIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTEDPLEASE CHECK BACK FOR VIDEO/LIVE STREAM OF THIS EVENT30 years ago, communist rule ended across central Europe in a dramatic...
2019 Shorenstein Journalism Award Panel Discussion with Maria Ressa
June 26, 2019
RSVP Now2019 Shorenstein Journalism Award Recipient Maria Ressa to Headline Award Panel DiscussionMaria Ressa, winner of the 2019 Shorenstein Award, is an internationally-esteemed journalist and...
CDDRL Seminar Featuring Honor Student Awardees
June 5, 2019
Two CDDRL honors students will present their theses at this week's CDDRL Research Seminar on Wednesday, June 5, from 12-1:30pm. Sophia Pink's thesis, "Think like a Scientist: Interventions to...
Elusive inclusion – South Africa’s continuing struggle
May 30, 2019
Abstract:Efforts are underway in South Africa to turn around a decade of governance reversal.
How to Save a Constitutional Democracy
May 23, 2019
Abstract:Democracies are in danger. Around the world, a rising wave of populist leaders threatens to erode the core structures of democratic self rule.
Ill Winds: Book Launch and Discussion with Larry Diamond
May 20, 2019
Please join Larry Diamond, Senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Affairs and the Hoover Institution for the launch of his latest book, "Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from...
Memory and Forgetting in Autocracies
May 16, 2019
Abstract: How do memory and forgetting shape politics in autocracies?
Cosmopolitanism and the Crisis of Social Identity
May 9, 2019
Abstract:The recent surge in nationalism and tribalism brings renewed salience to questions of identity within and across borders.
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Didi Kuo Senior Research Scholar, CDDRL, Associate Director for Research, CDDRL Academic Research & Program Manager, American Democracy in Comparative Perspective 
