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Egyptian Governance and the Pandemic
September 16, 2020
ABSTRACT This talk is based on the co-authors' recent paper "How Much Will the Pandemic Change Egyptian Governance and for How Long?" The Egyptian regime has reacted in an unexpected way to the...
Rebuilding International Institutions
August 26, 2020
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Belarus Today: Is this the End for Lukashenko?
August 17, 2020
This event is being live-streamed on Zoom.
Informing Government Response to COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa
August 4, 2020
**Please note all CDDRL events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone About the event: Governments in sub-Saharan Africa face tough choices in COVID-19 policy response.
The Challenges of Reimagining Policing: A Comparative Perspective
July 15, 2020
This event will take place on Zoom.
Authoritarian Regimes React to Recent Challenges to Democracy in the U.S.
June 10, 2020
As street protests in the U.S. grew in strength in support of racial justice, authoritarian regimes around the world offered their own interpretations of events to their people back home.
The Social Origins of Egypt's Failed Market Making
May 28, 2020
This event is co-sponsored by the Arab Studies Institute ABSTRACTThis talk is based on the speaker's new book Cleft Capitalism: The Social Origins of Failed Market Making in Egypt (Stanford...
POSTPONED: Do Programmatic Policies Always Win Votes? Evidence from Education Reforms in Tanzania
May 14, 2020
Abstract:Do programmatic policies always yield electoral rewards?
Lebanon’s Uprising in A Time of Crises
May 13, 2020
ABSTRACTThis talk examines the multiple crises manifesting in Lebanon today and their impact on the fate of the uprising that began in October 2019.
Federalism and covid: A comparative study of the US, Brazil and Mexico
May 7, 2020
Speaker Bio:Alberto Diaz-Cayeros joined the FSI faculty in 2013 after serving for five years as the director of the Center for US-Mexico studies at the University of California, San Diego.
POSTPONED: Democratic Discord: When Electoral Democracy Creates Social Conflict
May 7, 2020
Abstract:I label the phenomenon of democratic politicians mobilizing and exacerbating societal conflict to win votes “democratic discord.” First, I demonstrate the concept of democratic discord...
Reconciliations, Settlements, and the Making of Syria’s Illiberal Peace
April 24, 2020
ABSTRACTThe absence of an internationally mandated or internally negotiated peace process has allowed the Syrian regime to craft an illiberal peace as an outcome to the nearly decade-long conflict....
CANCELLED: Book Talk: Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment
April 23, 2020
Abstract:Ahmet T. Kuru will talk about his new book Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison (Cambridge University Press, 2019).
The United States: From Reluctant Democracy Support in the Middle East to Authoritarian Enabler
April 13, 2020
ABSTRACTDemocracy promotion has been a longstanding goal of US foreign policy in the Middle East and elsewhere. President George W.
Putin and the autocratic response to Covid-19
March 30, 2020
Speaker Bio:Kathryn Stoner is the Deputy Director at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development, and...
Accountability at a time of Crisis: the case of Covid-19 in Egypt
March 30, 2020
Speaker Bio:Nancy Okail is a visiting scholar at CDDRL.
European Elections and Party Advertisements in the Digital Age
March 30, 2020
Speaker Bio:Laura Jakli is a Pre-doctoral Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, and a Ph.D.
Preparing for the Election in the Midst of the Pandemic
March 30, 2020
Speaker Bio:Nathaniel Persily is the James B.
Universality to Plurality: Values in Japanese Foreign Policy
March 30, 2020
Speaker Bio:Maiko Ichihara is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Law and the School of International and Public Policy at Hitotsubashi University, Japan, and a Visiting Scholar at the...
CANCELLED - Power to the Parents?
March 12, 2020
Abstract:Community-driven development programs that decentralized administrative, fiscal, and political functions have become a popular policy tool to deliver public services. We study a large...
Can American Democracy Survive the 2020 Elections?
March 5, 2020
Abstract:As the 2020 presidential campaign begins to take shape, there is widespread distrust of the fairness and accuracy of American elections. Four factors increasing the mistrust.
Trajectories and Consequences of Authoritarian Elite Persistence Under Democracy
February 27, 2020
Abstract:When authoritarian-era elites return to positions of power under democracy, what are the implications for the quality of democracy?
Lunch Seminar Series | Protecting Electoral Integrity in the Digital Age: The Report of the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age
February 25, 2020
Join Stephen Stedman, Nathaniel Persily, the Cyber Policy Center, and the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) in an enlightening exploration of the recent report,...
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Francis Fukuyama Senior Fellow Director, Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 
Anat R. Admati Affiliated Faculty George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (GSB), Senior Fellow, SIEPR, Director of the GSB Corporations and Society Initiative , Professor by Courtesy, Department of Management Science and Engineering and Department of Economics 
