Forgotten War
Stanford scholars: Lessons learned from the Afghanistan War

With the Taliban now open to peace talks, a political end to the war in Afghanistan appears in sight. A number of Stanford scholars have been closely involved with the war - as diplomats, soldiers, analysts and educators. In this video they discuss lessons learned from America's second-longest war and talk about what's next for Afghanistan. +VIDEO+
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Fueling Change
Firewood becomes central to student research in Ethiopia

A Stanford student working on a project to bring together refugees and their host communities learns that firewood is often at the heart of rifts between the Ethiopians and the thousands of Sudanese seeking refuge in their back yards.

National Security
FSI names intelligence expert Amy Zegart CISAC co-director

Amy Zegart, one of the nation’s leading experts on national security, intelligence and foreign policy and a CISAC faculty member, succeeds Tino Cuéllar as the next co-director. She intends to expand CISAC's recent focus on cybersecurity, drones and governance challenges while building on the center's distinguished reputation in nuclear security.

New Leadership
Political scientist to direct The Europe Center

Kenneth Scheve plans to build on the center’s success by increasing its support of research with significant policy implications for contemporary European public policy challenges while offering new opportunities for Stanford students.

The Way Forward
Bringing a green and blue revolution to Africa

Food and water security in sub-Saharan Africa remain a challenge despite the region’s abundance of arable land and untapped water resources. In FSE’s final global food policy and food security symposium, water expert John Briscoe delivered a personal assessment of the issues facing Africa and suggestions for the way forward.

Shorenstein APARC

Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC)
Shorenstein APARC produces and publishes outstanding interdisciplinary Asia-Pacific-focused research; educates students, scholars, and corporate and governmental affiliates; and guides Asian nations on key policy issues related to societal transition, development, U.S.-Asia relations, and regional cooperation.

May 13, 2013
Celebrating 30 years of connecting Asia and Stanford

June 18, 2013
Viewing South Korea's security beyond North Korea

June 13, 2013
Wartime memory formation in China and Japan

May 30, 2013
How would China remake the global order?

May 16, 2013
Center seeks communications and outreach coordinator

April 25, 2013
Shorenstein APARC announces 2013-14 postdoctoral fellows

April 15, 2013
Overseas Filipino Workers become economic heroes

January 18, 2013
U.N. leader kicks off Shorenstein APARC thirtieth anniversary +VIDEO+

CDDRL

Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL)
The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is committed to both academic and practical research that can illuminate the causes of governance failures, and understand how democracy, development and the rule of law can be promoted.

May 15, 2013
Stanford scholar argues that time is running out for a two-state solution

June 14, 2013
CDDRL student receives Stanford award for top thesis

May 15, 2013
Working paper series on the quality of governance in China debuts

CHP/PCOR

Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research (CHP/PCOR)
The Center for Health Policy and the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research conduct innovative, multidisciplinary research on health policy and healthcare delivery in the United States and abroad.

June 6, 2013
Stanford study draws attention to childhood obesity screening

November 27, 2012
Stanford researchers show a better way to curb TB where the disease is rampant

November 19, 2012
Screening all adults would slow spread of AIDS

December 4, 2012
SHP trainees and affiliates earn high honors

CISAC

Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)
The Center for International Security and Cooperation produces cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research on problems of security and international cooperation; trains the next generation of specialists on national and international security; and engages policymakers to help build a safer world.

June 18, 2013
CISAC Honors students: The next generation of global thinkers

June 10, 2013
FSI names intelligence expert Amy Zegart CISAC co-director

June 13, 2013
What we need to know about PRISM

June 5, 2013
Forging a new path for the China-U.S. relationship

May 17, 2013
Firewood becomes central to student research in Ethiopia

May 28, 2013
The battle within: American armed forces at a crossroads

FSE

Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE)
FSE aims to generate innovative solutions to the persistent problems of global hunger and environmental damage from agricultural practices worldwide through a focused research portfolio and an interdisciplinary team of scholars.

June 14, 2013
World's staple crops to see increasing exposure to extreme heat, say Stanford researchers

June 6, 2013
Seeds of Sustainability wins 2013 ESA Sustainability Science Award

May 30, 2013
Bringing a green and blue revolution to Africa

The Europe Center

The Europe Center
The Europe Center is dedicated to innovative thinking about Europe in the new millennium. European Union expansion deepens the challenges of democratic governance, economic growth, security, and cultural integration.

May 30, 2013
Political scientist to direct The Europe Center

May 15, 2013
EU’s Catherine Ashton asserts Europe’s responsibility for a robust foreign policy

Innovative leaders bridging diversity in Sweden and the West

February 19, 2013
A Soon-To-Be Global Nuclear Leader? The European Union in Global Nuclear Politics

A cloud over EUs legacy in Afghanistan?

September 18, 2012
A humanistic perspective on the European financial crisis, from Stanford Europe Center scholars

August 1, 2012
A Focus on contemporary Greece

Event Calendar

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June 20, 2013

Great Games: Chinese Relations with South and Central Asia
Shorenstein APARC Conference ( RSVP required)
June 20, 2013 - June 21, 2013

June 26, 2013

Health and Human Rights in South Africa Today
CDDRL, PHR Special Event
Albie Sachs, Former Judge in Constitutional Court in South Africa

June 27, 2013

Albie Sachs Workshop
CDDRL, PHR Workshop ( RSVP required)
Albie Sachs; David Palumbo- Liu; Tim Stanton

June 28, 2013

The Tenth Korea-U.S. West Coast Strategic Forum
Shorenstein APARC, KSP Forum

July 29, 2013

The 2nd Annual Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary School Teachers
Shorenstein APARC, KSP Conference
July 29, 2013 - July 31, 2013

September 30, 2013

A Confiscated Memory – Wadi Salib and Haifa's Lost Heritage
FSI Stanford, The Europe Center Lecture ( RSVP required)
Yfaat Weiss, Professor of History and Head of the Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

October 1, 2013

Advancing Science to Reduce Premature Mortality Worldwide
Shorenstein APARC, AHPP Seminar ( RSVP required)
Prabhat Jha

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June 10, 2013

The Violence Trap: A Political-Economic Approach To the Problems of Development
CDDRL Directors' Seminar
Barry Weingast, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and C. Krebs Family Professor in the Department of Political Science, Stanford University

June 5, 2013

Issue Yield: a Model of Party Strategy in Multidimensional Space
FSI Stanford, The Europe Center Seminar Series
Lorenzo De Sio, Assistant Professor, LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome

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