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H.R. McMaster and Jake Sullivan join Colin Kahl on the World Class podcast to break down the 2025 National Security Strategy and discuss how questions around Venezuela, Iran, Russia, China, Ukraine, and U.S. partnerships with Europe may shape the rest of 2026.
On the World Class podcast, Gabrielius Landsbergis shares what the war in Ukraine has looked and felt like from a European perspective, and what he believes must be done to support Ukraine for the long-term.
Recordings of the course “Silicon Valley & The U.S. Government,” co-led by instructors from FSI’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation and the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, are available online for free.
On the World Class podcast, Michael McFaul discusses his new book and makes the case for why the United States should remain an active, engaged member of the international community.
At Stanford's 2025 Reunion weekend, scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies shared insights into what can be done to address climate change, AI competition with China, Middle East security, democratic backsliding, and the war in Ukraine.
Twenty-two students from around the world have landed at Stanford ready to take on pressing issues in international security, space defense, environmental policy, and multilateral reforms.
FSI scholars Michael McFaul, Steven Pifer, and Rose Gottemoeller analyze the Alaska meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and its implications for Ukraine’s security and sovereignty.
On the World Class Podcast, Ruth Gibson shares sobering new data with Michael McFaul about the adverse impact the cessation of foreign aid can have, especially on women and children.
Steven Pifer joins Michael McFaul on World Class to discuss how America's relationship with Ukraine and Europe is shifting, and what that means for the future of international security.
Michael McFaul and Steven Pifer share analysis of where international security seems to be headed, and what it might mean for the U.S., Ukraine, and their partners.
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At a panel during Stanford's 2024 Reunion weekend, scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies shared what their research says about climate change, global democracy, Russia and Ukraine, China, and the Middle East.
Each spring, second year 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.
During a visit to the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová reminded the Stanford community that the stakes of the war in Ukraine are high and will impact democracies far beyond Eastern and Central Europe.
At Reunion Homecoming, FSI Scholars Offer Five Policy Recommendations for the Biden Administration
FSI scholars offer their thoughts on what can be done to address political polarization in the United States, tensions between Taiwan and China, climate change, the war in Ukraine, and the Israel-Hamas war.
Naidoo brings a multi-disciplinary perspective from his experiences as a leader at Greenpeace International, Amnesty International, and other causes to the students and scholars at FSI and beyond.
A trip to Kyiv gave FSI Director Michael McFaul and Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow Francis Fukuyama the opportunity to meet with policymakers, military experts, and Ukrainian alumni of FSI's programs and fellowships.
From tackling challenges caused by climate change to honing leadership skills for the armed services, the Class of 2025 has arrived at Stanford and is ready to get to work.
Camp David Summit Puts the Past, Present, and Future of U.S.-South Korea-Japan Relations on Display
The trilateral summit between the United States, South Korea, and Japan was an important marker in deepening coordination among the allies, but work still remains to create a solid security partnership.
What’s Happening to Israel’s Democracy?
What’s Happening to Israel’s Democracy?
Law and governance expert Amichai Magen joins FSI Director Michael McFaul on the World Class podcast to discuss the judicial reforms recently passed by Israel’s legislature, and the implications these have for democracy in Israel and beyond.
Scholars at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies offer insight on what Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny may signal about Russia, Putin’s power, and the war in Ukraine.
The Class of 2023 celebrated their graduation with friends, family, and encouragement from Rose Gottemoeller to use the qualities of humanity to guide them through an increasingly technological world.
The program aims to foster cross-disciplinary analysis of Israel and its unique position as a regional influence and geopolitical actor.
From Egypt to England, the Maldives to Switzerland, Vietnam, Ghana, Kenya, and Fiji, the 2023 cohort of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy has criss-crossed the world practicing their policymaking skills.
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The congressman joined Michael McFaul and Amy Zegart for a discussion co-sponsored by the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Hoover Institution on American economic resiliency in the face of U.S. competition with China.
A transatlantic background and a decade of experience as a lawmaker in the European Parliament has given Marietje Schaake a unique perspective as a researcher investigating the harms technology is causing to democracy and human rights.