MIP Faculty
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 seven schools at 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, Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy
Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
INTLPOL 300A: International Policy Speaker Series | INTLPOL 307: Policy Problem-Solving in the Real World | INTLPOL 310: Policy Change Studio| INTLPOL 301A: Capstone Field Research
Chonira Aturupane
Senior Associate Director, Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy
Senior Research Scholar, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
INTLPOL 300A: International Policy Speaker Series | INTLPOL 302: The Global Economy
Colin H. Kahl
Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Steven C. Házy Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
INTLPOL 306: Foreign Policy Decision-Making in International Relations
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 321: Fundamentals of Cyber Policy and Security | INTLPOL 324: Economic Statecraft
Shanjun Li
Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment (ENRE) Specialization Lead
Director, Sustainability and Energy Transition Program, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions
GEP 229: Economics for Sustainability
Didi Kuo
Governance and Development (GOVDEV) Specialization Lead
Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
DDRL 190: Interschool Honors Program on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law | INTLPOL 230: Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Harold Trinkunas
International Security (ISEC) Specialization Lead
Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation
INTLPOL 240: Contemporary Issues in International Security
MIP Core Course Faculty
Learn more about the faculty who teach our core courses here
Alain Schläpfer
Lecturer in International Policy
Social Science Research Scholar, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
MIP Core Courses:
INTLPOL 301A/B: Research Methods and Policy Applications I & II
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Colin Kahl
Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Steven C. Házy Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
MIP Core Course: INTLPOL 306: Foreign Policy Decision-Making in International Relations
Colin Kahl Returns to Stanford FSI Following Service at Pentagon
Erik Jensen
Professor of the Practice of Law
Director, Rule of Law Program, Stanford Law School
MIP Core Courses:
INTLPOL 310: Policy Change Studio | INTLPOL 310A: Capstone Field Research
