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/2172CDDRL faculty members Francisco Ramirez, John Meyer, and Christine Min Wotipka has been awarded a major grant from the Spencer Foundation for their research on "Globalization, Citizenship, and Education: A Cross-National Study of Curricula, 1995-2005."]]>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2172?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2171Rising temperatures could increase the risk of civil conflict in Africa by more than 50 percent over the next two decades, finds a new study by FSE's David Lobell, former FSI colleague Marshall Burke, and U.C. Berkeley economics professor Ted Miguel. The study -- the first to provide quantitative evidence linking climate change and conflict -- urges prompt action by African governments and donors to advance African adaptation to climate change.]]>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2171?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2166Stanford Health Policy has received five years of renewed support for its Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging. The National Institute on Aging funding will help expand the center's initiative to inform the academic community about demography and economic research in the area of health and aging.]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2166?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2167Since the Democratic Party of Japan won in the country's August national election, Japan watchers have worried that the new government might try to upset the status quo and ease away from the United States. The DPJ is implementing a new paradigm -- but not the one people think.]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2167?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2168The inaugural Stanford-Kyoto Dialogue, held in Kyoto in Setember 2009, gathered established and rising experts from Stanford University across Asia to consider topics related to "Energy, Environment, and Economic Growth in Asia." Key sessions of the two-day meeting covered the geopolitics of energy in Asia, energy efficiency, clean technology, and post-Kyoto greenhouse gas emissions. The final report is now available.]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2168?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2169Islamism: Contested Perspectives on Political Islam was published by Stanford University Press in November 2009. But the story behind the book dates back five years to November 2004. It was then that Donald K. Emmerson and Daniel Varisco -- who have each contributed a lead essay to this volume -- agreed to disagree.]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2169?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2170In five new books -- three of which were produced as part of Shorenstein APARC's in-house publishing program -- Center academics tackle an array of issues related to Asia's past, present, and future, from both policy and historical perspectives.]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2170?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2165%people1%, associate director of Korean Studies Program, told a Korea Foundation-organized seminar in Seoul that he sees "no indication that North Korea, in the foreseeable future, is prepared to give up its nuclear weapons programs on terms that the US will find politically acceptable." While supportive of Ambassador Bosworth's upcoming visit to Pyongyang, Straub, a former State Department Korean affairs director, noted that North Korea's recent words and deeds had left most American observers increasingly skeptical about North Korean intentions.]]>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2165?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2160%people1%, a senior fellow at FSI's Center for International Security and Cooperation, testified Thursday, November 19, before the House Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment on the subject of "Reassessing the Evolving al-Qa'ida Threat to the Homeland."]]>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2160?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2161In a new article in the Fall 2009 issue of the Harvard International Review PESD research fellow Varun Rai discusses the critical elements of effective international carbon offsets markets. The article argues that fundamental problems of perverse incentives and huge transaction costs render the clean development mechanism (CDM) unfit as the backbone of international carbon offsets markets post-2012. Instead, the article emphasizes the need for multilateral deals around large sectors that leverage synergies between climate change benefits and the core interests of developing countries.]]>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2161?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2162PESD researchers Tom Heller and Gang He contribute to a new report on US China CCS Collaboration]]>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2162?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2163Global health disparities were the topic of a special event November 11th co-sponsored by the Asia Health Policy Program of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Center for Health Policy / Primary Care and Outcomes Research.]]>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2163?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2155As President Obama confers with his military and diplomatic advisors about increasing U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, the political and military situation on the ground is seen as dire by many. CDDRL Director Larry Diamond joins KQED's Michael Krasny and a group of experts assessing U.S. policy options, strategic interests, and objectives in Afghanistan.]]>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2155?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2157Stanford Health Policy Director Alan Garber, core faculty Victor Fuchs and associate faculty Kenneth Arrow joined two dozen health economists in signing a letter to President Barack Obama urging cost controlling measures be included in health care legislation. The four key measures they outlined in their three-page memo are (1) deficit neutrality; (2) an excise tax on high-cost insurance plans; (3) an independent Medicare commission; and (4) delivery system reforms.]]>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2157?http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2152Core faculty Douglas Owens, associate faculty Margaret Brandeau and associate faculty Eran Bendavid received a $1 million challenge grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project that will compare antiretroviral regimen treatments for HIV, and evaluate the impact of these drugs on patients with cardiovascular problems. The award -- presented to three research projects out of the thousands that applied -- will allow the creation of two or three new research positions for the two-year funded project.]]>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/2152?