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A Stanford Japan Barometer experiment reveals that invoking Japan's energy dependence on Middle Eastern oil, rather than the Japan-U.S. alliance, increases the Japanese public’s support of deploying the Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of Hormuz, but does not overcome the underlying opposition to military action in the crisis.
The emotional experience of social media may depend on what you do first
In an experiment during Japan’s February 2026 Lower House election, policy stances dominated AI chatbots’ voting guidance, and left-leaning stances caused five AI models to recommend the Japanese Communist Party. The results are driven by which sources models can access and have significant implications for democratic systems as they grapple with the future of elections in the AI era.
Yuto Kimura, a 2021 Stanford e-Japan Award Winner and 2026 graduate of Waseda University, reflects on the enduring takeaways from his experience in Stanford e-Japan.
The Class of 2026-27 will spend the next year and a half conducting original thesis research on democracy, development, and the rule of law — from post-Soviet privatization to the politics of interfaith marriage in India.
The latest findings of the Stanford Japan Barometer show that the Japanese public’s opinion on immigration depends heavily on applicants' skills, language ability, and country of origin, and on whether politicians emphasize economic benefits or stoke security and cultural anti-immigration rhetoric.
At the 2026 Oksenberg Conference, scholars and foreign policy experts assessed how Indo-Pacific powers are coping with a less predictable United States as China pursues selective leadership and Russia exploits Western divisions.
Former Silicon Valley Bank CEO Kenneth Wilcox draws on his own experience launching SVB in China to illustrate how Western companies repeatedly fail in China because they rely on mental models built for home — assumptions about business, government, and rule of law that simply don't apply in the Chinese market.
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4-minute read]
WATCH | Towards an Effective and Universal Convention on Crimes Against Humanity (ABILA Webinar)
This panel, featuring Tom Dannenbaum, briefly discussed the outcomes of the Preparatory Committee for the Crimes Against Humanity Convention, held from January 19-30, and the work of the ABILA Study Group on Crimes Against Humanity, which published a series of 14 proposals and position papers submitted to the Preparatory Committee during its first session.
How Not to Deal with Allies
The United States has fought four major wars against countries in the broader Middle East region since 1990. In three, America had support from a group of allies and partners.
Jail-based HCV interventions, especially those offering treatment, significantly enhance HCV elimination in people who inject drugs—and are a cost-effective public health strategy.
South Korea achieves comparable clinical outcomes at lower per-capita spending than the United States, according to a new study. The co-authors, including Stanford health economist Karen Eggleston, find systemic income-based inequalities in health care access and utilization in both countries, albeit they are less pronounced under South Korea's universal health care system.
In a new policy brief, SHP's Alyce Adams and her colleague, Mateen Ghassemi, address financial toxicity in cancer care through Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) Policy.
New research by SHP courtesy faculty member Marcella Alsan shows that beneath the country's polarization over gun violence, those who own firearms and those who don't share the common goal of safety, but disagree about the means.
In this JAMA Health Forum commentary, SHP's Michelle Mello discusses the potential pros and cons of a new pilot project in Utah, which is testing an AI agent to renew prescriptions.
Constitutional scholar Masua Sagiv examines Israeli democracy, coalition politics, and institutional reform amid wartime pressures.
WATCH | International Law and Iran
The Iranian War has triggered a series of questions about the legal prohibition of Jus ad bellum under the UN Charter. This panel provides a series of reflective assessment regarding the broader implications for the prohibition of use on force since 1945.
This article examines how international students can play a strategic role in “rebalancing” national talent portfolios in countries with strong ethnonational identities facing demographic decline. In Japan and South Korea, “brain linkage” facilitated through international students’ transnational social capital offers a pathway to leverage foreign talent without requiring immediate, large-scale immigration reforms.
Oded Ailam examines Hamas, Iran, and shifting Middle East alliances in an Israel Insights webinar hosted by the Jan Koum Israel Studies Program.
SHP's Maria Polyakova and Victoria Udalova compare physician income in the United States, Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands. U.S. doctors earn significantly more than their foreign counterparts—but that's largely because Americans across the board earn more.
Economist Yuli Xu, APARC Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellow, examines how patients in China value continuity with physicians in a healthcare system where switching doctors is relatively easy.
Associate Professor Hannah Chapman explores how the rise of crises affects authoritarian regimes’ ability to gather information from their citizens in the context of Russia.
