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/3971The Rural Education Action Program has a proven record of influencing policy decisions in China when it comes to improving children's health and nutrition. In interviews with NBC Bay Area, REAP co-director Scott Rozelle and members of his team talk about their work and the changes they've helped make.]]>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3971?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3942Rod Ewing, a mineralogist and materials scientist who is an expert on nuclear waste management, will join Stanford University to focus on sustainable energy, security and environmental research at the intersection of physical science and public policy.]]>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3942?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3970The Stanton Foundation has given CISAC a $5 million gift to establish an endowed professorship in nuclear security and reinforce our mission to build a safer world.]]>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3970?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3965The Program on Human Rights at CDDRL, together with the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, are pleased to introduce the 2013 Summer Human Rights Fellows. These four remarkable Stanford undergraduates were selected from a competitive pool of applicants to spend the summer serving in organizations advancing human rights work around the world.]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3965?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3966A Stanford student working on a project to bring together refugees and their host communities learns that firewood is often at the heart of rifts between the Ethiopians and the thousands of Sudanese seeking refuge in their back yards.]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3966?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3967Sharon Gourdji spent three months this winter down in Colombia at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) as a Fulbright Scholar studying climate impacts on bean production in Central America and adaptation options. During her stay she led a series of Decision and Policy Analysis workshops focused on climate data sources and crop statistical models.]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3967?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3956Join us for our final Global Food Policy and Food Security symposium Thursday, May 23. John Briscoe, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering at Harvard University will lead a lecture on water and agriculture in a changing Africa. FSE fellow Jennifer Burney will provide commentary.]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3956?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3958Scott Sagan, in this piece for Foreign Policy, remembers his longtime friend and writing partner Kenneth Waltz. The international relations theorist passed away on May 13.]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3958?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3961Interested in communications, outreach, and Asian studies? Shorenstein APARC currently has an opening for the position of communications and outreach coordinator.]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3961?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3947CDDRL Director Larry Diamond argues in The Atlantic that there is no greater imperative for American interests in the Middle East- and no higher act of friendship that the U.S. can perform for Israel - than to help it find a way to a two-state solution before the option disappears.]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3947?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3948As part of its ongoing effort to better conceptualize and measure governance, the Governance Project housed at CDDRL held two workshops in Beijing and Sonoma in the fall of 2012. A collection of nine papers capturing the various dimensions of governance presented at the workshops were released in May to contribute to the body of scholarship on this subject.]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3948?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3949CDDRL's 2012 Draper Hills Summer Fellow Laura Alonso is featured in The Washington Post's "Micro Management" video series to share her insights on leadership. Alonso, a congresswoman in Argentina, emphasizes that politics is not for superheroes and ordinary people -like herself- must enter politics to understand the needs of the common person.]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3949?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3950Sensitive wartime memories continue to resurface in Japan-South Korea relations, impeding security collaboration efforts in Northeast Asia. Daniel Sneider describes the historical context and discusses recent events.]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3950?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3952CISAC's Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer explains that when it comes to chemical weapons, Syria is no Iraq. The Assad regime's purported use of chemical weapons could have lasting effects in Syria and across the region.]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3952?rsshttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3953British Intelligence sources estimate about 100 of its citizens are fighting for Islamist groups in Syria. CISAC's Thomas Hegghammer explains that few Islamists from Western countries return and attack their homeland, but those who do generally carry out more successful attacks.]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://fsi.stanford.edu/news/3953?rss