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This is a prepared text of remarks from the CISAC Honors Graduation Ceremony delivered by the William J. Perry Lecturer, Rose Gottemoeller, on Friday, June 13, 2025.
Three Mantras for the Graduates of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy Class of 2025
In her graduation remarks, Sakeena Razick encouraged her classmates to reach for kindness, empathy, and community during times of uncertainty.
Professor Li's research examines pressing sustainability issues in China and their global implications in order to inform evidence-based policymaking.
We are saddened to share the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Lori McVay, who died on March 29, 2025, at the age of 65.
A June 3 panel hosted by CDDRL’s Program on Identity, Democracy, and Justice brought together four leaders who shared their personal and professional insights on how to continue the work of justice when the road is long and the odds are steep.
Reflections on the 2024–25 Education Partnership for Internationalizing Curriculum (EPIC) Fellowship
SPICE’s Jonas Edman collaborated with seven EPIC Fellows in 2024–25.
Anne Neuberger delivered the 2025 Payne Distinguished Lecture, outlining how the United States must rethink cyber deterrence to defend critical infrastructure.
Daphne Keller and Joan Barata of Stanford’s PPR discuss the European Union’s Disinformation Code of Practice and its transition, on July 1, from voluntary framework co-authored by Big Tech, to legally binding obligation under the Digital Services Act (DSA) on the Lawfare Daily Podcast.
The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) is pleased to welcome the fellows who will be joining us for the 2025-26 academic year. These scholars will spend the academic year generating new knowledge across a range of topics that can help all of us build a safer world.
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Alumni and students of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy program came together for networking and a discussion on how current affairs in the United States affect the rest of the world.
The Consortium is a collaborative effort uniting academic researchers, industry professionals and nonprofit leaders with the aim of tackling some of the most pressing challenges in online safety.
New research by a team including Stanford health economist Karen Eggleston provides evidence about the positive impact of China’s urban-rural health insurance integration on mental well-being among rural seniors, offering insights for policymakers worldwide.
Reflections on the first Stanford e-Minamata award ceremony.
SCCEI awarded Alicia Chen and Matthew DeButts with competitive research fellowships for the 2025-26 academic year to pursue research on China.
Charles Sheiner ('25) is a recipient of the 2025 Firestone Medal, and Adrian Feinberg ('25) and Adelaide Madary ('25) have won CDDRL's Outstanding Thesis Awards.
In July 2025, the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law will welcome a diverse cohort of 30 experienced practitioners from 19 countries who are working to advance democratic practices and economic and legal reform in contexts where freedom, human development, and good governance are fragile or at risk.
We are thrilled to welcome ten outstanding students, who together represent ten different majors and minors, to our Honors Program in International Security Studies.
Trinkunas is awarded for his outstanding academic career and contributions to security and defense studies, such as civil-military relations, transnational organized crime, terrorism, and local orders dominated by non-state actors, among other topics of great relevance to our field of study.
Ryoya Shinozaki, a doctoral researcher at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Education, reflects on his experience in the SPICE-linked intensive seminar in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Building on the Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue initiative launched by Shorenstein APARC and the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future, the 2025 Sustainability Dialogue convenes policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to advance progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 13 – Climate Action – of the United Nations-adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
As global audiences and digital platforms reshape cultural exchange, APARC’s Japan Program convened leading creators, producers, and scholars at Stanford to examine the creative ecosystems driving the international success of Japan’s content industries and their growing influence on innovation, fandom, and international collaboration.
More than 200 academics and political leaders met last week at Stanford for “Climate Resilience and Local Governmental Policy: Lessons from Los Angeles and Tel Aviv,” a groundbreaking conference organized by CDDRL's Visiting Fellows in Israel Studies program.
South Koreans have elected Lee Jae-myung president. Will he be a pragmatic democratic reformer? Or will he continue the polarizing political warfare of recent South Korean leaders?
Shinichi Kitaoka, a visiting scholar at APARC and Japan Program fellow, teaches a spring quarter seminar that brings students and scholars together to examine Japanese political history from the Yedo period to the present through a global and comparative lens.
Joan Benedict, an undergraduate student at Waseda University, reflects on her experience participating in the SPICE/Stanford–Waseda intensive course.