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The Future of Accountability and Anti-Corruption Efforts in Latin America: Guatemala and Argentina
February 6, 2020
Sponsored by: Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law and the Center for Latin American Studies About the Speakers:Laura Alonso has an extensive and unique cross-sector career in...
POSTPONED: The Ukrainian Nexus: Government, Technology, Creativity.
February 4, 2020
POSTPONED: Due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, Stanford CDDRL will be postponing The Ukrainian Nexus Conference until a later date.
The Origins of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011
February 3, 2020
This event is co-sponsored with The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies.ABSTRACTOrganized groups with cross class networks and institutional links to different social constituencies have often been...
Justice as Checks and Balances: Indigenous Claims in the Courts of Colonial Mexico
January 30, 2020
Abstract:Why did colonial powers establish courts to address Indigenous grievances?
Egypt’s Exiles: Repression, Polarization and Politics
January 28, 2020
ABSTRACTWhile the phenomenon of Egyptians leaving their homeland in search for work abroad has been ongoing for decades, a new trend has emerged since 2011, namely thousands have expatriated for...
The Rise of Women in Muslim Political Parties
January 27, 2020
This event is co-sponsored with The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies.ABSTRACTBenazir Bhutto in Pakistan, Roza Otunbayva in Kyrgystan, Megawati Sukarno Putri in Indonesia: female Muslim leaders are...
Incentives for Police Professionalization in Mexico
January 23, 2020
Abstract:In the face of mounting challenges from criminal activity and citizen demands for improved public safety, Mexico has undertaken significant efforts at police reform.
How to Make Love to a Despot: Book Launch and Discussion with Stephen Krasner and Francis Fukuyama
January 22, 2020
"How to Make Love to a Despot" by Stephen D. KrasnerPlease note this book launch event will be virtual over zoom Stephen D.
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.
Movement Resilience in Sudan’s Popular Uprising
January 9, 2020
Abstract: What explains sustained mobilization — social movement resilience — in the face of severe autocratic repression?
Who Is Really Corrupt in Ukraine?
December 5, 2019
Please join Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 4:30pm for a conversation with Sergii Leschenko. Leschenko will be joined in...
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...
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?
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.
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,...
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Didi Kuo Senior Research Scholar, CDDRL, Associate Director for Research, CDDRL Academic Research & Program Manager, American Democracy in Comparative Perspective 
