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August 1st, 2011
Political order in Egypt
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, Governance Project Op-ed: The American Interest on July 29, 2011In the May-June edition of The American Interest, Francis Fukuyama traces the contemporary history of U.S. development policy and its failure to incorporate Huntingtonian-style theory, which emphasizes the interconnectedness of economy, politics, and society. Using Egypt as an example, Fukuyama calls for policymakers to break down their silos to more holistically examine and support democratic transitions. Read more »
February 7th, 2011
Diamond provides recommendations for a post-Mubarak world
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, ARD Op-ed: The Washington Post on February 4, 2011Two decades after the fall of Soviet-bloc dictatorships, popular movements for democracy are erupting in the last regional bastion of authoritarianism: the Arab world. So far, only Tunisia's dictator, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, has been toppled, while Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak-who has ruled that ancient land longer than many pharaohs-announced Tuesday that he will step down in September. But other Arab autocrats are bound to go. From Algeria to Syria to Jordan, people are fed up with stagnation and injustice, and are mobilizing for democratic change. Read more »
June 18th, 2010
Patrick Meier and Evgeny Morozov to join the Program as Visiting Scholars
CDDRL, Program on Liberation Technology NewsWe are pleased to be able to announce that the Program on Liberation Technology will have two new visiting scholars from September 2010 - Patrick Meier and Evgeny Morozov. Read more »
June 14th, 2010
Tenth class of honors students exhorted to be doers as well as scholars
CISAC in the newsThirteen members of the 2010 CISAC Honors Class in International Security Studies graduated on a balmy summer day June 11, joining 101 alumni of the popular program that marks its 10th anniversary this year. Read more »
May 21st, 2010
The wise men and the bomb
CISAC in the news: Foreign Policy on May 20, 2010David Hoffman, author of "The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy, reviews the film "Nuclear Tipping Point" for Foreign Policy. 
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January 28th, 2010
'Nuclear Tipping Point' documentary premieres in Hollywood, comes to San Francisco
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the news: National Public Radio on January 27, 2010The documentary features interviews with four former prominent Cold War warriors who now advocate the elimination of nuclear weapons. CISAC's William Perry, George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, and Sam Nunn discuss how the world has reached a "nuclear tipping point." The film will be shown by the Commonwealth Club and the Ploughshares Fund at the Fort Mason Cowell Theater in San Francisco on March 1. Read more »
January 14th, 2010
Elizabeth Eagen on human rights, evidence-based policymaking, and donor support for technology innovation
CDDRL, Program on Liberation Technology NewsElizabeth Eagen introduced the Human Rights Data Initiative at the Open Society Institute - a project to support human rights organizations in using technology to further their goals. Read more »
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