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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.
Human Rights and Repression: Latin America in Comparative Perspective
March 5, 2019
Stanford's Poverty, Violence and Governance Lab is hosting a two day conference that seeks to advance understanding of the causes and consequences of human rights violations in both dictatorships...
The Future of U.S.-China Relations
February 12, 2019
Please join Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 for a conversation with Larry Summers on US-China relations. Summers will be...
Election 2016: Recapping the Presidential Race
October 10, 2016
**We are no longer accepting RSVPs. This event is at capacity. Please join us via Facebook Live.** The Presidential Election of 2016 has been unlike any in modern American history.
Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States
February 1, 2016
ABSTRACTIn Ballot Battles, Edward Foley presents a sweeping history of election controversies in the United States, tracing how their evolution generated legal precedents that ultimately...
Stanford's JSK Fellows on Liberation Technology
October 29, 2015
The JSK Journalism Fellowships at Stanford (jsk.stanford.edu) each year brings 20 outstanding journalists and journalism innovators to pursue their ideas for improving journalism.
Conference on Democracy and its Discontents
October 9, 2015
The Program on American Democracy in Comparative Perspective is holding a conference on Democracy and its Discontents on October 8-10 in Budapest, Hungary.
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective
May 21, 2015
Abstract:American democracy differs greatly from other democracies around the world. But is the American way more or less efficacious than comparable democracies in Asia, Latin America, or Europe?...
Educational and Entrepreneurial Initiatives to Support Youth in Places of Violence
April 28, 2015
CONFERENCE OVERVIEWThe heavy presence of youth and young adults in the world of criminality is an issue that has been gaining increasingly more attention in the agendas of policymakers and...
The Transformation of Democracy and Populism in Latin America
February 27, 2015
Conference Description There is currently a worldwide debate regarding the transformation of democracy.
Blueprint for Bipartisanship: A Conversation with Senator Olympia Snowe and Jason Grumet
November 11, 2014
Senator Olympia Jean Snowe is a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and served an 18-year career in the Senate, which ended on January 2, 2013.
Why the United States Spends So Much More on Health Care than Other Countries: Economic, Institutional and Political Perspectives
June 5, 2014
Abstract: The United States spends over 17 percent of GDP on health care; the next six highest countries spend over 11 percent.
The Long-Term Impact of Imperialism on Gender
May 22, 2014
Abstract: Gender equality is considered important for development and good governance, yet the causes of cross-national variation in gender equality are still not well understood.
Contemporary Challenges in Global Public Health: A Discussion on How Health is an Integral Aspect of the Overall Development and Sustainability Landscape
May 2, 2014
For nearly 70 years, CARE has been serving individuals and families in the world's poorest communities.
Violence and Policing in Latin American and US Cities
April 28, 2014
The global cities of Latin America - Rio de Janeiro, Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana, Mexico City and Medellin - have become engines of economic growth.
Why Government Fails So Often, and How It Can Do Better
April 17, 2014
Abstract: Professor Schuck's new book first identifies the endemic ineffectiveness of much federal domestic policy as a major cause of public disaffection with Washington. This disaffection has...
Governance of Public Health in Mexico
April 10, 2014
Abstract: Around the world, public health interventions have dramatically changed the life chances of millions.
Is There an Emerging Crisis of Democracy?
April 3, 2014
Abstract: Political polarization has paralyzed the functioning of democracy in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Taiwan, where students have recently occupied the parliament building.
Electoral System Reform
March 14, 2014
On March 14-15, the Program on American Democracy in Comparative Perspective at the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, held a workshop on electoral system alternatives in the...
Trauma and Technology: The Role of ICT in Women’s Safety and Mental Health Interventions
February 28, 2014
Abstract: This talk is motivated by increased efforts in ICTD to lower rates of violence against women (VAW) worldwide.
Regionalism and State Weakness
February 6, 2014
Abstract: Scholars of state development have paid insufficient attention to the question of regionalism; too often modeling state-building as the extension of the authority of a 'center' over...
Will Cambodia See a “Spring”?
February 3, 2014
This event is co-sponsored by the Stanford Center for East Asian Studies.
The Limits of Counterinsurgency Doctrine in Afghanistan
January 23, 2014
Speaker bio: Karl Eikenberry is the William J.
Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights Speaker Series: Palliative Care and the Right to Health Advocacy & Impact
January 23, 2014
AbstractAccording to international human rights law, countries have to provide palliative care and pain treatment medications as part of their core obligations under the right to health.
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Francis Fukuyama Senior Fellow Director, Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 
Michael Bennon Research Scholar, CDDRL Program Manager, Global Infrastructure Policy Research Initiative 
Didi Kuo Senior Research Scholar, CDDRL, Associate Director for Research, CDDRL Academic Research & Program Manager, American Democracy in Comparative Perspective 
Nathaniel Persily Co-director, Cyber Policy Center, Senior Fellow Professor, Law, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science, Professor, by courtesy, Communication 