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Causes and Dynamics of the Syrian Uprising: From Civil Protests to the Implications of the Russian Intervention
January 22, 2016
AbstractAfter nearly five years since the start of the uprising, Syria finds itself divided and embattled, with no end in sight.
Conflict and Crisis: Implications of Ongoing Human Rights Violations in Syria
November 10, 2015
**To RSVP, please email Jessie Brunner at jbrunner@stanford.edu.**AbstractAs the protracted and chaotic conflict in Syria continues into its fifth year, Syrians of all backgrounds are being...
Sexual Violence in Conflict: a Conversation
February 20, 2014
Zainab Hawa Bangura of Sierra Leone is Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict at the level of Under-Secretary-General at the United Nations. Prior to this appointment, Ms.
East Asia's Contentious Island Disputes: A U.S. Policy Perspective
October 29, 2012
Certain East Asian territorial disputes have simmered, unresolved, since the arrangements concluding the Second World War: Japan, China, and Taiwan contest sovereignty over the Senkaku/Diaoyu(tai)...
AMENDS Inaugural Conference - Meet the Leaders of the New Middle East
April 10, 2012
Summit Schedule Day 1: Wednesday 11 April 2:00 – 5:30 PM Paul Brest Hall “Technology, Social Media, and Innovation” AMENDS Talks Speakers:Aymen Abderrahman, Selma Chirouf, Rawan...
The Commitment to Public Services in India
February 23, 2012
Abstract: There is a wide diversity in the provision of public services in India.
Policy perspectives from the Obama Administration
November 3, 2011
Jeremy M. Weinstein is Associate Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Women, War and Peace
October 13, 2011
This event is co-sponsored by the Program on Social Entrepreneurship at CDDRL together with the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, the Program in Ethics in Society, and the Center on...
Bruce Jones and Francis Fukuyama on the World Bank's Development Report
June 2, 2011
Bruce Jones will present on the World Bank's 2011 World Development Report, on "Conflict, Security and Development." The report, which is the World Bank's flagship annual research product, reviews...
The Role of Political Strategy in Lebanon's Political Crisis
April 28, 2011
Lina Khatib is the manager and co-founder of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.
A Research Agenda for the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security
April 21, 2011
Stephen Stedman joined CISAC in 1997 as a senior research scholar, and was named a senior fellow at FSI and CISAC and professor of political science (by courtesy) in 2002.
No Picnic: The Dynamics of Culture in the Contemporary Arab World
February 22, 2011
In this analysis of the region, Hicham Ben Abdallah points out that, while political issues are important to understanding the authoritarian political structures of the Arab world, it is also...
Developmental Governance and the African Predicament: Research and Policy in the Obama Era
January 14, 2010
Professor Joseph previously taught at Emory University, Dartmouth College, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Ibadan (Nigeria), and the University of Khartoum (Sudan)....
Regional Security Dynamics in Northeast Asia: Seoul's Perspective and Equities
February 6, 2009
As the new year begins, the administration of ROK President Lee Myung-bak faces an unusually complex and rapidly evolving regional security landscape as he seeks to craft a strategy that...
Expert Information, Public Deliberation and Electoral Support for Good Governance; Experimental Evidence from Benin
December 2, 2008
Leonard Wantchekon, PhD is a Professor of Politics and Economics at the New York University.
Why is there no ethnic voting in Mali? Results from an Experiment in the Field
November 11, 2008
Thad Dunning is Assistant Professor of Political Science and a research fellow at Yale's Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies as well as the Institution for Social...
Democracy Promotion by Multilateral Organizations: the Case of the OSCE
April 30, 2007
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was one of the first multilateral bodies where its members states, including the US, Russia, all other post-Soviet and European...
The Missing Link: State-building and the Rule of Law in Afghanistan
March 28, 2007
J. Alexander Thier is Senior Rule of Law Advisor at the United States Institute of Peace.
More Than Humanitarianism: A Strategic U.S. Approach Toward Africa
February 15, 2006
Lyman and Morrison will discuss the Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored Independent Task Force Report on the US and Africa.
Policies Matter: Why the Millennium Challenge Corporation Links Performance to Development Aid
March 2, 2005
Sherri G.
Post Conflict Reconstruction Strategies: The NGO Perspective
February 2, 2005
Liz McBride, Director of the Post-Conflict Development Initiative at the London-based Internatinal Rescue Committee will discuss state reconstruction challenges following violent conflict in the...
Enforcing the Peace: There Aren't Enough Canadians
January 27, 2005
Kimberly Marten is a tenured associate professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University, and also teaches at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).
Which Path to Peace? Autonomous Recovery and International Intervention in Comparative Perspective
November 17, 2004
Assistant Professor of Political Science and CDDRL Faculty Associate, Jeremy Weinstein, will present a paper on whether or not states embroiled in violent conflict are better able to emerge with a...
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Saumitra Jha Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Research Affiliate at the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Associate Professor of Political Economy, GSB Senior Fellow, SIEPR