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Palestinian Statehood and the War in Gaza
Salam Fayyad, former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, spoke at CDDRL about the Gaza War, Palestinian statehood, and the quest for peace and stability in the Middle East.
In Conflict Zones and Borderlands, Paul Wise Protects the Health of Vulnerable Children
From the U.S. border to Ukraine to Gaza, FSI Senior Fellow Paul Wise has worked for decades to try and ensure vulnerable children are given proper protection and medical treatment.
MIP Students Travel the Globe to Practice Policymaking
Students in the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy spread out across the globe to work on projects affecting communities from Sierra Leone to Mongolia, New Zealand, and beyond.
Following the disappointing performance of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party in the April 10 parliamentary elections, Stanford sociologist and APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin analyzes the implications of the election outcomes for President Yoon’s domestic and foreign policies and Korean society and economy.
Lisa Blaydes, Stanford Professor of Political Science and FSI Senior Fellow, explains how regime policies in Kuwait have helped longstanding elite families maintain their social prestige in the contemporary era.
In a new study by members of Josh Salomon's Prevention Policy Modeling Lab, the researchers found profound racial and ethnic disparities that are stalling overall progress against TB.
The newly released report explains the benefits of U.S.-China scholarly cooperation to the two societies and the world at large, identifies the obstacles to greater exchanges, and outlines practical strategies for overcoming these challenges.
The award celebrates individuals who have demonstrated exceptional dedication and impact in advancing social equity, championed the cause of social justice, and inspired meaningful change in their communities.
We are thrilled to welcome fourteen outstanding students, who together represent fourteen different majors and minors and hail from eight different states and two countries, to our Fisher Family Honors Program in Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law.
Makoto Iokibe was an esteemed diplomatic historian best known for his pioneering studies on the U.S. post-World War II occupation of Japan, but his influence extended beyond the scholarly world.
The often hidden burdens of long COVID is the subject of the latest Stanford Health Policy Forum, with researchers likening it to the early days of chronic fatigue syndrom.
Rice, who most recently served as President Biden’s domestic policy advisor, will have simultaneous appointments across FSI, as well as at Stanford’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence institute.
In its fourth year, "Ethics, Tech + Public Policy for Practitioners," taught by Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy M. Weinstein, experiments with setting up long-term communities of professionals interested in responsible tech governance.
The results of Iran's most recent election are a serious sign of defeat for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Dr. Abbas Milani tells Michael McFaul on the World Class podcast.
The program will explore policy-relevant approaches to address Taiwan’s contemporary economic and societal challenges and advance U.S.-Taiwan partnerships.
Harvard University Professor of Government Alisha Holland explains how the advent of public-private partnerships has shifted politicians’ orientation toward infrastructure projects.
Amid North Korea’s increasing provocations, APARC’s Korea Program hosted three experts — Robert Carlin, Victor Cha, and Siegfried Hecker — to consider whether Pyongyang plans to go to war.
The Fred Riggs Award for Lifetime Achievement in Public Administration is an academic award given annually by the Section on International and Comparative Administration of the American Society for Public Administration.
Taiwan, New Zealand, and Sierra Leone are just a few of the places students from the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy are headed this year for their capstone projects.
Why have democracies failed in curtailing Xi Jinping’s human rights abuses? And how can they better insulate themselves from Beijing's transnational threats? CDDRL Visiting Scholar and former China Director at Human Rights Watch Sophie Richardson presented her research on the Chinese government’s deteriorating human rights record.