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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.
Measuring Governance Cross-Nationally
May 7, 2019
CLOSED WORKSHOPSince 2012, the Governance Project at CDDRL has sought to develop better comparative measures of state quality.
Social Voting in Semi-Authoritarian Systems
May 7, 2019
Abstract:In dominant-party states, why do individuals vote in elections with foregone conclusions when they are neither bought nor coerced?
Launch of the 2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index
May 6, 2019
2019 Ranking Digital RightsCorporate Accountability IndexWest Coast LaunchLunch: 1:00 pmProgram: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pmJoin Stanford's Global Digital Policy Incubator (GDPi), Ranking Digital Rights (RDR...
Can Nationalism Be A Resource for Democracy? Lessons From Asia
May 2, 2019
Abstract: Inequality has long been widely and rightly seen as one of the greatest threats to democracy.
The Polarization of Nationalist Cleavages and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
April 25, 2019
Abstract:Using survey data from a variety of sources, I examine how multiple conceptions of American nationhood shaped respondents’ voting preferences in the 2016 U.S.
CANCELLED: Lecture by Acting Minister of Health of Ukraine Ulana Suprun, MD: The Lenin Sanatorium Emancipation: Inmates & Architects in Ukraine's Healthcare Transformation
April 25, 2019
Ukraine reclaimed independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, yet instead of implementing wide ranging institutional change to develop and prepare Ukraine for the 21st century, reform programs were...
Algerian Uprisings Past and Present
April 23, 2019
This event is co-sponsored with The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. Abstract:Since February 22 2019, Algerians have taken to the streets in massive numbers to call for an end to a protean...
Venezuela's Crisis: Chávez, Maduro and Beyond?
April 18, 2019
Abstract:Venezuela finds itself mired in an unprecedented economic and political crisis.
What Do Politicians Want?
April 11, 2019
Abstract:This talk develops a framework to analyze how strategic politicians make tradeoffs and prioritize among six objectives (winning and staying in office, “good policy”, institutional power,...
The Future of Ukrainian Democracy after Elections: Successes and Challenges
April 9, 2019
After the events of the Revolution of Dignity, Ukraine made a decisive historic choice in its shift towards democracy, notwithstanding current threats to security and sovereignty from Russia’s...
Why Are Some Democracies So Violent? (And How Can They Recover?)
April 4, 2019
Abstract:The most violent places in the world today are not at war.
The Populist Citizen
March 14, 2019
Abstract:To what extent do European citizens have a populist view of politics? Under what conditions are these populist attitudes more prevalent?
The Cyber Security Threat: Lessons Learned from Devastating Attacks in Ukraine and the US
March 14, 2019
Recent years have witnessed an increasing number of cyber attacks originating in Russia that target the United States, European Union and EU member-states.
Kleptocracy: A Discussion with Charles Davidson, Jeffrey Gedmin, and Oleksandra Ustinova
March 7, 2019
*/ Kleptocracy--well-organized elite corruption--has come to characterize Russia and much of the post-Communist space, and is one of the chief obstacles to democratic development as well as...
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Hesham Sallam Research Scholar, CDDRL Associate Director and Research Associate, Program on Arab Reform and Democracy 
