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 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
Harold Trinkunas
International Security (ISEC) Specialization Lead
Deputy Director and a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation
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 at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
MIP Core Courses Taught:
INTLPOL 301A/B: Research Methods and Policy Applications I & II
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Colin Kahl
Steven C. Házy Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation
Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
MIP Core Courses Taught: 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 of the Rule of Law Program, Stanford Law School
MIP Core Courses Taught:
INTLPOL 310: Policy Change Studio
Is Taliban 2.0 Closing the Gates to Ijtihad Again?
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