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American Institutions Are Holding Up—But Are Americans?
September 2018
"The midterm elections in November will be some of the most important in American history.
Facebook and Congress Must Create Regulations Together
April 2018
Featuring Eileen Donahoe, executive director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator and Allison Berke, executive director of the Stanford Cyber Initiative.
Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program Launches Application for 2018-19
December 2017
The Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University is proud to announce the beginning of the second application season for the Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program.The...
Polarized planet & What is to be done?
December 2017
"The problems with our democracy—ever-deepening polarization, incivility, gridlock, dysfunction, conflicts of interest, and disregard for democratic norms—are not just problems of political culture...
Why Populist Nationalism Now?
December 2017
In this three-parts article on populism, CDDRL Mosbacher Director Francis Fukuyama writes about different forms of populist nationalism.
How to Reverse the Degradation of Our Politics
November 2017
"The United States and its liberal democratic allies must develop a new global strategy to counter the power projection of expansive autocracies and to reboot an international campaign to promote...
Taiwan democracy project returns to APARC this fall
November 2017
After twelve years at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, the Taiwan Democracy Project will be returning to its original home at the Walter H.
Looming Threats to Liberal Democracy
November 2017
In The American Interest podcast host Richard Aldous speaks with Larry Diamond about a potential crisis brewing for liberal democracy. Listen here.
Checks and Balances
October 2017
"The normal functioning of our check-and-balance system has been dependent on some degree of cooperation between the parties.
Poli-Sci for the Trump Era
October 2017
“All of us involved with the Program on American Democracy in Comparative Perspective think the demarcation between American and comparative politics is fuzzy,” Kuo said -- hence the program's name...
Is There a Crisis of Liberal Democracy?
October 2017
"We have entered a new era in which two great-power adversaries are threatening our democratic way of life with great subtlety and sophistication," writes Larry Diamond for The American Interest....
Protecting democracy from online disinformation requires better algorithms, not censorship
August 2017
*/ "New laws in democratic countries that force social media platforms to remove disinformation will encourage autocratic countries to do the same, with devastating effects on human rights," writes...
Inaugural cohort of Ukrainian Emerging Leaders selected
July 2017
*/ OLEKSANDRA MATVIICHUKCenter for Civil LibertiesOleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender who works on issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region.
I still believe in progress
June 2017
"The year 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of one of Francis Fukuyama’s most famous works, The End of History and the Last Man, which argued that the worldwide spread of liberal...
Deliberative Democracy in Mongolia
April 2017
Gombojavyn Zandanshatar, Mongolia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2009 to 2012, and currently a member of the Mongolian parliament, was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford's Center on...
The appeal of authoritarianism: Has democracy had its day?
April 2017
"What is behind democracy’s seeming decline? What is fuelling the widespread appeal of authoritarianism?
Afghanistan: When the Price of Education is Life
April 2017
Erik Jensen is professor of the practice, director of the Rule of Law Program at Stanford Law School, and affiliated core faculty member at CDDRL.
Why Liberal Democracy Is In Trouble
April 2017
CDDRL Mosbacher Director Francis Fukuyama talks about contributing factors to the decline in popularity of global free trade, and the overall popularity of free-market liberal democracy for the NPR...
Larry Diamond Warns of ‘Creeping Autocracy’
March 2017
Larry Diamond explains why democracy is increasingly under threat around the globe and at home in a conversation with Michael Krasny for KQED Radio. Listen here.
Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years
March 2017
Video of Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years Larry Diamond and Kharis Templeman talk about their latest book on Taiwan: "Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui...
Are Americans Fully Committed to Democracy?
March 2017
Among the many different forms of government, democracies are unique in the extent to which their stability depends on legitimacy—a belief on the part of the public that the system of government in...
The Future of Globalization
February 2017
The populist backlash against globalization is being felt acutely across Europe as well as here in the US.
CDDRL’s Statement on President’s Travel Ban
January 2017
The Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University collaborates widely with academics, policymakers and practitioners around the world to advance knowledge and...
Stanford program to host Ukrainian leaders
January 2017
Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is proud to announce the launch of a new practice-based program to train emerging leaders from Ukraine.
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