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Syria Provokes an American Anxiety: Is U.S. Power Really So Special?
October 2016
Max Fisher and Amanda Taub, in their New York Times column Interpreter from October 8, are exploring the idea that the United States of America are in a moral position to address the state of...
Introducing CDDRL's incoming pre- and postdoctoral fellows
August 2016
Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is proud to announce our four incoming fellows who will be joining us in the 2016-2017 academic year to develop...
Bassam Haddad Analyzes the Root Causes and Dynamics of the Syrian Uprising [VIDEO]
February 2016
As part of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy's speaker series, George Mason University scholar Bassam Haddad explained the roots and dynamics of the tragic Syrian uprising, with particular...
Stanford Scholar Examines Sectarianism and Urban Segregation in Baghdad [VIDEO]
February 2016
As part of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy speaker series, Director of The Markaz: Resource Center Mona Damluji examined the impact of the US-led occupation of Iraq on sectarian-based...
Military approach will not work in Syria, says former Stanford scholar
November 2015
On November 17, CDDRL’s Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) hosted Lina Khatib, a senior research associate with the Arab Reform Initiative, for a special talk on the Syrian crisis.
Eikenberry on civil-military relations at Aspen Ideas Festival 2015
July 2015
On Tuesday, June 30, CDDRL Affiliated Scholar and former U.S.
Noura Erakat analyzes the political and legal contexts of the 2014 Gaza war [VIDEO]
May 2015
As part of the Arab Reform and Democracy Program's speaker series, George Mason University scholar Noura Erakat examined the political and legal contexts for the 2014 Gaza war. In July and August...
Evaluating the impact and future of the International Criminal Court
May 2013
In March, Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda surrendered himself unexpectedly to the U.S.
Stanford scholars: Lessons learned from the Afghanistan War
May 2013
With the Taliban now open to peace talks, a political end to the war in Afghanistan appears in sight.
Former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court kicks off human rights seminar series
December 2012
CDDRL's Program on Human Rights inaugurated the 2012-2013 Sanela Diana Jenkins Speaker Series on Dec.
Conference proposes meaningful ways to advance health rights
November 2012
On October 30, the Program on Human Rights (PHR) at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) held a day-long conference to examine health and human rights.
Groundbreaking research into dropout rates in Mexican schools released
September 2012
The Program on Poverty and Governance released a research update on the relationship between criminal activity and dropout rates in Mexico.
Q&A: Stanford experts on Kofi Annan's resignation as Syria envoy
August 2012
Larry Diamond and Stephen Stedman say Kofi Annan had an impossible mission, and his departure won't tarnish the Nobel Peace Prize winner's legacy.
Stanford conference to explore indigenous rights in Latin America
May 2012
The Program on Human Rights (PHR) at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) together with the Center for Latin American Studies is hosting a one-day conference on Tuesday,...
Madeline Rees speaks out against human trafficking abuses within the UN system
January 2012
Madeline Rees, former U.N.
An interview with Prince Moulay Hicham
October 2011
Prince Moulay Hicham ben Abdallah was interviewed in the September/October issue of the French journal Le Débat, providing his unique insight on the Arab Spring events as a member of the Moroccan...
Human rights curriculum for the 21st century
October 2011
The Stanford Report covered the recently launched Stanford Human Rights Education Initiative, which brings human rights curriculum into the classrooms of California community colleges to transform...
Chiapas research examines women and governance
August 2011
We sat down with recipient of the FSI Global Underdevelopment Action Fund, Professor Beatriz Magaloni to learn more about her research plans and how her work will address the larger issues of...
Political order in Egypt
August 2011
In the May-June edition of The American Interest, Francis Fukuyama traces the contemporary history of U.S.
Morocco: The king faces the temptation to repress
June 2011
CDDRL consulting professor Hicham Ben Abdallah wrote a new piece for the French daily Libération on the state of the democratic movement in Morocco as it enters a defining period this summer.
Larry Diamond on Tunisia's uncertain transition
January 2011
The toppling of a brutal, corrupt, and long-ruling dictator, Zine el Abidine ben Ali, is an extraordinary achievement for the diverse elements of Tunisian society who came out into the streets in...
Zimbabwean activist defends human rights
January 2011
On January 4, the Program on Human Rights at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law launched the Sanela Diana Jenkins International Human Rights Speaker Series featuring activist...
Stanford Africa expert to work for National Security Council
September 2009
Jeremy M. Weinstein, an associate professor of political science, has been appointed Director for Democracy at the National Security Council (NSC).
After America: How Iraq can ensure stability and achieve reconciliation
May 2009
As the date of the American withdrawal from Iraq approaches, there are four key imperatives that must be addressed and important goals to be achieved to help assure that recent progress will not be...
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