http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/Recent news from FSI Stanforden-usPublic domainhttp://fsi.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/60http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1539New Beginnings, a nonpartisan policy study group of former senior U.S. officials and other experts on Korea, will discuss the results of President Lee's visit and the prospects for forging a real partnership with South Korea at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco on June 3.]]>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1539?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1535Ten 2008 POSCO NGO Fellows were selected by the Fellowship admission committee during the second POSCO NGO Fellowship Conference held on May 1 and 2 at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1535?http://fsi.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://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1536?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1537A U.S. official says a preliminary review of thousands of documents shows North Korea has fully accounted for its plutonium development program. But the papers may not convince skeptics that the disarmament process is moving ahead.]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1537?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1538Shorenstein APARC is pleased to announce that Alisa Jones has been chosen as the 2008-2009 Northeast East Asia History Fellow.]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1538?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1534Siegfried Hecker and William Perry argue that the Bush administration should not walk away or slow down talks with Pyongyang, instead it should focus on limiting North Korea's nuclear capabilities by concluding the elimination of plutonium production.]]>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1534?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1530PESD researchers Jeremy Carl, Varun Rai, and David Victor analyze the role of energy in India's foreign policy and show that fickle domestic political coalitions leave India's foreign policy apparatus incapable of making credible commitments in the energy sector.]]>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1530?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1531Recent PESD working paper on Pemex, Mexico's national oil company, is cited in BusinessWeek. PESD Director David Victor is also quoted.]]>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1531?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1533Ohio Wesleyan University presented CISAC Co-Director Scott Sagan with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during its 164th commencement ceremony on May 11.]]>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1533?http://fsi.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://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1529?http://fsi.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://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1528?http://fsi.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://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1525?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1526David Victor takes on that question in his latest column for Newsweek.com, arguing that the president's powers are much more constrained than is widely thought in the rest of the world. Presidents matter, but don't expect the next president alone to turn around America's foreign environmental policy.]]>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1526?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1524The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center has selected Benjamin Self as the Takahashi Fellow in Japanese Studies.]]>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1524?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1523Program on Global Justice Director Joshua Cohen and Brown University professor Glenn Loury analyze the controversy unfolding between Barack Obama and his former pastor Jeremiah Wright. The 52-minute "diavlog" on Bloggingheads is tabbed by topic and uses split-screen streaming videos to feature two people in remote locations.]]>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/1523?