Graduate Students Tackle Global Policy Challenges Through Hands-on Fieldwork
Students in the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy program traveled across the globe to work on policy projects addressing AI safety, climate change, public trust in local government, and more.
A Democracy Action Lab fieldwork mission to Lima and Cusco around Peru's first-round 2026 election finds a democracy whose deepest fractures predate the ballot.
Teren Sevea, APARC’s Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellow on Southeast Asia, reveals how overlooked histories and everyday ethics in Southeast Asia can reshape our understanding of the past and our responsibility for the future.
In a discussion convened by the Program on Arab Reform and Development, Stanford scholars situate regional upheaval within longer trajectories of imperial intervention, authoritarian rule, and global political shifts.
Professor Emeritus Larry Becker reflects on the early years of SPICE’s Africa Project and how his experience with SPICE enriched and informed his academic journey and teaching practice.
Matthew Levitt unpacks proxy warfare, shifting narratives, and the uneasy future of U.S.–Israel relations in a conversation hosted by the Jan Koum Israel Studies Program.
Katya Bigman, John Churchill, Elizabeth Jerstad, George Porteous, Emma Wang, and Marco Widodo are among the newest members of this prestigious academic honors society.
A study by physician-economist Marcella Alsan examines how racial bias in pulse oximeters leads to Black patients receiving less follow-up care than white patients.
Taiwan is emerging as a testing ground for the defining tensions of our time: democratic fragility, artificial intelligence, technological competition, platform governance, and cultural identity. At a recent Stanford conference, scholars, technologists, and filmmakers explored how these pressures are converging in Taiwan, positioning the island not simply as a geopolitical flashpoint but as a society navigating rapid political, economic, and cultural transformation in real time.
The partnership will open opportunities for Stanford faculty and students at one of the world's leading forums for democratic thought and practice, and further position CDDRL as a global leader among research centers in the field.
The next-gen battlefield is already here, emphasized policymakers and defense leaders at a Japan Program conference on the implications of critical AI, cyber, and space technologies for the alliance network in the Asia-Pacific region. Panelists warned that future conflicts will be shaped as much by data, supply chains, and autonomous systems as by conventional military power.
As Arctic ice melts, South Korea sees new opportunities in energy, shipping, and shipbuilding – but also growing geopolitical risks tied to US-China-Russia competition.
At a May panel discussion, experts from across the institute assessed biotechnology's resurgence, the mental health effects of social media, and growing concerns about AI-enabled bioweapons.
The CDDRL-affiliated scholar is among the newly appointed council leadership advising on economic trends, federal shifts, and emerging challenges facing California.
![Panelists at APARC's Visions of Taiwan's Future conference. [Photo Credit: Ken Hamel]](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/328x223_x2/public/2026-05/tp_visions_taiwan_recap_hero_v2.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=_2TyIWkI)
