http://cddrl.stanford.edu/Recent news, events + publications from CDDRLen-usPublic domainhttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/60http://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1536CDDRL associate director for research Kathryn Stoner-Weiss discusses Medvedev's plans for Russia at the 32nd Annual Stanford/Berkeley Conference on Russia, East European & Eurasian Studies. This year's conference, held on March 7, 2008, was devoted to the topic "Political Succession in Russia" and featured distinguished scholars from UC Berkeley and Stanford.]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1536http://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1529Interviewed for Voice of America's Ukrainian frequency, CDDRL Director Michael McFaul expresses optimism about the political potential and intentions of Russia's new president, Dmitri Medvedev. Mcfaul was also quoted by Bloomberg L.P. for such optimism about the potential for US-Russian relations.]]>Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1529http://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1528"There are two important recessions going on in the world today," writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times May 7. One is the economic recession, and the other is what FSI senior fellow Larry Diamond terms the "democratic recession." Friedman extensively discusses Diamond and the concept of democratic recession as laid out in his new book, The Spirit of Democracy.]]>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1528http://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1525The National Research Council at the National Academies has released a new, book-length report from its Committee on the Evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance Programs. CDDRL/CISAC faculty member Jeremy Weinstein was a member of the committee and co-author of the report, "Improving Democracy Assistance: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research," which is available for PDF download and will be published in hard copy Dec. 2008.]]>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1525http://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1518Daily Star journalist Rami G. Khouri discusses "Morocco's Elections: The Limits of Limited Reforms," a January 2008 Journal of Democracy article that CDDRL Director Michael McFaul wrote with Tamara Wittes of the Brookings Institution. McFaul and Wittes argue that Arab instability often reflects a lack of democracy, says Khouri, and that the parliamentary elections in Morocco last September offered important insights into what might happen when Arabs are given a chance to engage in democratic politics.]]>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1518http://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1507The Russian newspaper quotes CDDRL director Michael McFaul as "Obama's top Russia strategist," quoting McFaul on Obama's tendency to engage--rather than isolate--in foreign policy.]]>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1507http://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1498For the last 20 years authoritarian regimes have refashioned themselves in order to stay in power, writes CDDRL visiting scholar %people1% in Le Monde Diplomatique. As the middle class under these regimes becomes increasingly disengaged from local politics, many social groups see the hope for their future outside the national context.]]>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1498http://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1499"Putin looks like the big winner this week," CDDRL Director %people1% wrote in an e-mail to the National Journal from Kiev. "As one of my Ukrainian friends said, Russia de facto is already a NATO member as they have the power to veto members, while Ukraine has no such similar powers."]]>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1499http://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1488CDDRL Director %people1% comments for the Washington Post on Bush and Putin's weekend meeting in Sochi. "We should be engaging Medvedev after May, not Putin in April," says McFaul.]]>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1488http://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1489The truth is, we remain trapped in an awful quagmire, writes Larry Diamond in the Huffington Post and FSI In The World, a new faculty blog for the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. So what needs to be done?]]>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/1489http://cddrl.stanford.edu/events/5276RSVP (RSVP required)
Lant Pritchett, Professor, Practice of Economic Development at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University]]>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:49:31 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/events/5276http://cddrl.stanford.edu/events/5347Open to the public (RSVP required)
Felix Sanz, Spanish Army General]]>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:47:52 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/events/5347http://cddrl.stanford.edu/events/5094RSVP Required (RSVP required)
Philip Roeder, Professor, of Political Science, University of California, San Diego]]>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:05:16 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/events/5094http://cddrl.stanford.edu/publications/22159The National Academies Press, December 31, 2008
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Michael McFaul gives a comparative analysis of the democratization process in Iran to Iran Emrooz, an Iranian political online magazine.]]>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:32:05 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/publications/22107http://cddrl.stanford.edu/publications/22105The Washington Post, December 29, 2007
As 2007 draws to a close, write Michael McFaul and Abbas Milani in the Washington Post, it's important to note that the U.S. debate on Iran is stalled, trapped between "regime changers" vs. "arms controllers," "hawks" vs. "doves," and "idealists" vs. "realists." The National Intelligence Estimate released this month offers an opportunity to escape this straitjacketed debate by embracing a new strategy that would pursue both the short-term goal of arms control and the long-term goal of democracy in Iran.]]>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:17:01 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/publications/22105http://cddrl.stanford.edu/publications/22104Journal of Democracy vol. 19, January 2008
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