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April 27th, 2012
Possible construction of six new US coal export sites
PESD in the news: ClimateWire on April 27, 2012An increased activity in US coal exports could lead to new construction of ports. If current export trends keep up, US suppliers will go to some lengths to get their coal exported, Morse discusses in Climate Wire.
April 26th, 2012
Symantec's Nachenberg dissects malicious Stuxnet computer worm
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsThe Stuxnet computer worm is perhaps the most malicious piece of software ever built. Symantec Chief Architect Carey Nachenberg explains how the Stuxnet worm spread, evaded detection and ultimately accomplished its mission. Read more »
Head of Stanford Technology Ventures Program joins faculty advisory council
CDDRL, Program on Social Entrepreneurship NewsThe Program on Social Entrepreneurship welcomes the newest member of the Faculty Advisory Council, Dr. Tina Seelig, who brings her expertise in high-technology entrepreneurship education to enrich and inform program development. Read more »
April 24th, 2012
Human trafficking series elevates issue of global importance
CDDRL, PHR in the newsThe Program on Human Rights convened experts advancing research, policy, and activism in the field of human trafficking at the 2012 Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights Speakers Series, "Human Trafficking is Global Slavery." Members of the Adobe Youth Voice Peapod Academy of the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula joined Stanford students at the weekly seminar and deployed a team of talented young filmmakers to document the series. Read more »
April 23rd, 2012
An on-the-ground perspective of North Korean society
Shorenstein APARC, KSP NewsLife in North Korea today is much more vibrant than the stark slopes and muted grey concrete buildings Katharina Zellweger encountered when she began traveling to North Korea in the mid-1990s. The 2011-12 Pantech Fellow spoke with Shorenstein APARC about the positive change she has watched slowly ripple throughout the country for 17 years. Read more »
Smallscale irrigation investments needed in sub-Saharan Africa
FSE, FSI Stanford News95 percent of farms in sub-Saharan Africa are rainfed and rely on water from a short, 4-5 month rainy season. These conditions exist despite the fact that Africa has water, and that poor water access and distribution are closely connected to high rates of malnutrition and poverty. New investment strategies focused on small-scale irrigation systems are needed to curtail sub-Saharan Africa’s water and food security crisis. Read more »
Economic revival, the Euro-zone, and alliance with US international policy at stake in the French presidential election
FSI Stanford, The Europe Center NewsEconomic revival, the Euro-zone, and alliance with US international policy at stake in the French presidential election. Read more »
Cuéllar tackles failures of America's immigration system
CISAC NewsCISAC Co-Director Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar outlines the complex failures of the American immigration system that due to the dynamics of compromises, organizational practices, and public reactions, is "built to fail".
April 20th, 2012
Social entrepreneurs arrive at Stanford to recharge and engage research community
CDDRL, Program on Social Entrepreneurship in the newsIn an article for The Stanford Daily, Social Entrepreneurs-in-Residence discuss their careers as activists fighting for social justice issues, and their plans to re-charge and engage the Stanford community. 
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Kavita Ramdas reflects on social justice issues dominating the headlines
CDDRL, Program on Social Entrepreneurship in the newsFrom the Kony 2012 video to the murder of Treyvon Martin, Kavita Ramdas reflects on social justice and the preponderance of violence in our society for The Stanford Social Innovation Review. Read more »
It’s the journey, not the destination
CDDRL, Program on Social Entrepreneurship in the newsIn a post for Alliance Magazine, Filiz Bikman a member of the Ripples to Waves Global Advisory Council, discusses her personal and professional journey and the institutions, individuals, and practices that inspired her along the way. Read more »
April 19th, 2012
Stanford conference to explore new development approaches post Arab Spring
CDDRL, ARD AnnouncementThe Program on Arab Reform and Democracy is hosting its third annual conference on April 26-27 at Stanford University to present an integrated approach to development in the Arab world. Read more »
Biofuels have mixed impacts on food security
FSE, FSI Stanford NewsIn the first decade of the 21st century, global production of ethanol and biodiesel increased nearly tenfold. If that trend continues, says Rosamond L. Naylor, director of Stanford University’s Center on Food Security and the Environment, national biofuels policies will have an increasingly powerful impact on food prices, food security, energy security, and rural incomes in the developing world. Read more »
Looking at future relations with North Korea
Shorenstein APARC, KSP NewsEven before it took place, North Korea's Apr. 13 rocket launch generated great debate. Pyongyang has since officially denounced its Feb. 29 agreement with the United States and the question of a nuclear test now hangs in the air. David Straub and Daniel C. Sneider discuss what we could possibly expect moving forward. Read more »
April 17th, 2012
Sumitomo's Yasunori Kakemizu discusses his Stanford experience
Shorenstein APARC, Shorenstein APARC Corporate Affiliates NewsWhat do running a business and flying an airplane have in common? Corporate Affiliates Visiting Fellow Yasunori Kakemizu shares his perspective, and discusses the past year at Stanford. Read more »
Thurber quoted on Argentina's planned re-nationalization of YPF
PESD in the news: Bloomberg News on April 16, 2012PESD associate director Mark Thurber argues in Bloomberg News that Argentina’s government should not expect a near-term boost in domestic fuel production from its planned re-nationalization of oil company YPF, which is majority-owned by Spain’s Repsol. Even over the longer term, national oil companies are not always effective instruments for serving government goals like increased domestic production. The timing is especially sensitive given the nascent development of Argentina’s massive unconventional hydrocarbon resources. Read more »
April 16th, 2012
Treating men at high risk for HIV makes economic sense, says Stanford study
FSI Stanford, CHP/PCOR NewsEran Bendavid says the results of his work are a departure from a previous study. Earlier research found giving preventative drugs to large groups of gay men at high risk for HIV was not cost-effective when compared with other commonly accepted programs. Read more »
Emmerson on Myanmar's unprecedented April election
Shorenstein APARC, SEAF in the news: Harvard Political Review on March 19, 2012Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party won by a landslide in Myanmar's historic Apr. 1 election. Donald Emmerson spoke to the Harvard Political Review about the path moving forward.
April 13th, 2012
Arab Spring youth activists convene with Stanford students
CDDRL in the newsThe American Middle Eastern Network for Dialogue at Stanford (AMENDS), a student-led initiative, brought nearly 40 delegates from across North Africa, the Middle East and the United States to Stanford to swap stories and grow new ideas for change in the volatile region. Read more »
Will land reform sow peace in Latin America?
CDDRL Op-edOn the eve of the Sixth Summit of the Americas in Colombia, CDDRL Post-Doctoral Scholar Michael Albertus co-authored a piece on the Foreign Policy website suggesting that land reform could help end decades of conflict in Latin America. Both authors suggest that Colombia's Victims Law can serve as a model for good governance across the region, holding the potential to uproot drug problems and improve security for the lives of everyday citizens. Read more »
With humiliating failure of North Korea's rocket launch, observers believe nuclear test is next
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the newsAs North Korea celebrates 100th birthday anniversary of its revered founder Kim Il Sung amid the humiliating failure of its attempt to launch a satellite into orbit, CISAC experts believe a third underground nuclear test could be next in North's toolbox of provocation. Read more »
April 12th, 2012
What's next after third North Korea rocket launch?
Shorenstein APARC, FSI Stanford, KSP in the newsAfter stirring international media attention and drawing criticism from its neighbors and the United States, North Korea's controversial launch of a rocket under the guise of installing an "Earth observation" satellite in orbit took place on Apr. 13. David Straub, associate director of Stanford's Korean Studies Program, assesses the situation. Read more »
Former student and former fellow publish in International Security
CISAC NewsThe spring quarter issue of International Security included articles by Bryan Price, who Scott Sagan mentored as his PhD committee chair, and Patrick Johnston, a former predoctoral fellow at CISAC. Johnston's publication draws on research done at CISAC from 2007 to 2009.
- » Does Decapitation Work? Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Targeting in Counterinsurgency Campaigns
- » Targeting Top Terrorists: How Leadership Decapitation Contributes to Counterterrorism
Looking at higher education in developing economies
Shorenstein APARC NewsEngineering education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China -- the "BRIC countries" -- is the subject of a groundbreaking recent study and a forthcoming book co-authored by Rafiq Dossani. He has written a working paper focusing on India, and took part in a related conference at FSI on Apr. 28.
April 11th, 2012
Interactive Timeline of North Korea Satellite Launch
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the newsWith North Korea's unsuccessful launch of a rocket-mounted satellite, its neighbors as well as the U.S. and its allies worry an underground nuclear test is next. This interactive timeline walks you through the tensions on the Korean Peninsula since the death of revered founder Kim Il Sung in 1994.
- » Q&A: Experts believe nuclear test to follow failed launch
- » Interactive Timeline of North Korea Satellite Launch
- » Nick Hansen in Foreign Policy: Time to worry about the next, improved missile
- » Lewis Franklin tells AP: Nuclear test could be this spring
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