Our Faculty
The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University is home to some of the world's best scholars on global issues. The MIP program features instructors from all eight schools of Stanford, as well as leading practitioners from government and industry, including former ambassadors, UN officials and Silicon Valley policy executives.
MIP Leadership
Francis Fukuyama
Director of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy
Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Chonira Aturupane
Associate Director of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy
Senior Research Scholar, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Michael A. McFaul
Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies, Department of Political Science
MIP Area of Specialization Faculty Leaders
Learn more about our area of specialization faculty leaders and the courses they teach
Andrew Grotto
Cyber Policy & Security (CYBER) Specialization Lead
Director, Program on Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance
INTLPOL 260: DigiChina Newsroom: Explaining Chinese Tech Policy
INTLPOL 321: Fundamentals of Cyber Policy and Security
Paul Edwards
Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment (ENRE) Specialization Lead
William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation
INTLPOL 271: Climate Politics: Science and Global Governance
Kathryn Stoner
Governance and Development (GOVDEV) Specialization Lead
Mosbacher Director of the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
INTLPOL 231B: Understanding Russia: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order
INTLPOL 230: Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Scott Sagan
International Security (ISEC) Specialization Lead
Co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation
POLISCI 311N: Nuclear Politics
MIP Core Course Faculty
Learn more about the faculty who teach our core courses here
Alain Schläpfer
Lecturer in Political Science and Economics
Director of the Data Science track in Political Science
MIP Core Courses Taught:
INTLPOL 301A/B: Research Methods and Policy Applications I & II
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Dikla Carmel-Hurwitz
Lecture in Management, GSB
Leadership Coach at the Graduate School of Business
MIP Core Courses Taught: INTLPOL 300S: Leading Effective Teams
GSB Women's Circle
Leadership Labs
Leslie Chin
Lecturer in Management, GSB
Co-Director, Interpersonal Dynamics for High-Performance Executives
MIP Core Courses Taught: INTLPOL 300S: Leading Effective Teams
Essential Interpersonal Dynamics China Program, Stanford Center at Peking University
Center for Leadership Development and Research
Jeremy Weinstein
Professor of Political Science
Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University
MIP Core Courses Taught:
INTLPOL 310: Policy Change Studio
Data for Development Initiative at the King Center
Immigration Policy Lab
