Scholars at the Institute's research centers conduct research and teaching on such issues as nuclear proliferation, chemical and bioterrorism, democracy and the rule of law, conflict prevention and peacekeeping, international health policy and infectious diseases, and the political economy and regional dynamics of Asia. This work is conducted in collaboration with Stanford's world-class schools of business, earth sciences, education, engineering, humanities and sciences, law and medicine.

Business

Corporate restructuring | Entrepreneurship | Innovation | Investment | Offshoring and outsourcing | Silicon Valley | Venture capital

Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Civil wars | Conflict resolution and peacekeeping | Diplomacy | Human protection | Negotiation

Democracy

Democracy in Southeast Asia | Democracy in the Arab world | Democracy promotion | Democratization | Elections and electoral reform | Global justice | International influences | Oil wealth management | Political reform | Poverty, inequality, and democracy | State building

Economics

Agricultural trade | Direct and portfolio investment | Economic development | Foreign assistance | Global commodities markets | Immigration | International trade | Labor standards | Protectionism | World Bank | World Trade Organization

Energy

Biofuels | Cap and trade mechanism | Cleantech | Coal | Energy security | Low-carbon electricity | Natural gas | Nuclear energy | Oil | Renewable energy | Sustainable development

Environment and Climate Change

Agriculture intensification and technology | Biofuels, land use, and climate impacts | Carbon and climate forcing | Climate change | Climate models | Coastal marine systems | Copenhagen negotiations | Deforestation | Endangered species | Fisheries | Global resource use | Kyoto Protocol | Water

Food Security

Agricultural adaptation and climate change | Agriculture policy | Aquaculture | Biofuels expansion and food prices | Civil conflict | Global food markets | Global hunger | Pro-poor food policy | Risk assessment

Governance

Global governance and institutions | Global justice | Government reform

Health and Medicine

Aging | Bioterrorism | Children's health | Comparative effectiveness research | Demographics of health and aging | Health care institutions | Health care reform | Health policy | Health service delivery | Health, governance, and development | HIV/AIDS | Improving safety and outcomes in health care | Infectious disease treatment options | Pandemics and global responses | Population health | Tobacco Prevention Initiative

Homeland Security

Biosecurity | Cyber-security | Disaster response | Terrorism and counterterrorism

Human Affairs

Gender studies | History | Issues of identity | Role of the media | Social stratification

International Law

Constitutional law | Human protection | Human rights | Human trafficking | International courts | Rule of law and corruption | Torture convention

International Relations

Causes of war | Discrimination | Globalization | History | International and regional alliances | Islam | Organizations | Secularization and modernity | Transnational threats | U.S. defense policy | U.S. foreign policy

International Security and Defense

Afghanistan war and reconstruction | Iraq war and reconstruction | Military assistance | National intelligence | NATO

Nuclear Issues

Arms control negotiation | Missile defense | Missile proliferation | Nuclear forces | Nuclear history | Nuclear nonproliferation | Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty | Nuclear policy | Nuclear power | Nuclear safety and security | Nuclear weapons effects

Regionalism and Nationalism

Assimilation | Culture and Society | Ethnicity | Historical injustice | History and memory | Identity | Reconciliation and restitution | Regionalism

Science and technology

Information technology | Liberation technology | Science & technology studies | Space