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Toward Equal Footing
In this Q&A, Stanford Health Policy's Alyce Adams talks about the devastating impact that chronic conditions like diabetes had on her own family members.
Tokyo must make clear at home and abroad that defending Taiwan is no longer off the table.
Between 2004 and 2010, Dr. Siegfried Hecker made seven trips to North Korea to explore ways to reduce the danger posed by Pyongyang’s advancing nuclear weapons program.
In this interview, Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellow on Southeast Asia Reza Idria discusses his research into Syari’ah Law in Aceh, Indonesia, and the forthcoming book manuscript based on his doctoral dissertation.
The Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University is proud to join a coalition of nearly 500 experts, organizations, dignitaries, and heads of state calling on the international community to strengthen its support for Iranian pro-democracy protesters.
At the Yomiuri International Conference, Freeman Spogli Institute scholars Larry Diamond, Francis Fukuyama, Oriana Skylar Mastro, Michael McFaul, and Kiyoteru Tsutsui examined lessons from the war in Ukraine, the risks of a crisis over Taiwan, and the impacts of both geopolitical flashpoints for defending democracy and for a coordinated approach to deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.
Roz Naylor among new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Predoctoral Fellow Spotlight: Sally Zhang Examines Intrahousehold Economics of Developing Nations
APARC predoctoral fellow and Ph.D. candidate in Economics Sally Zhang reflects on her fellowship experience at the center and explains how her research into income hiding in the household in lower-middle-income countries helps create policies that reduce poverty and promote gender equality.
The second annual Trust & Safety Research Conference, sponsored by the Stanford Internet Observatory, will take place at the Alumni Center at Stanford University
While at Stanford, Elbegdorj, formerly the president of Mongolia, will focus on examining strategies to support Mongolian democracy in an increasingly polarized geopolitical landscape.
Look South
Opportunities for Korea-India Relations
Yoon Suk-yeol’s call to develop nuclear weapons is fundamentally a call for South Korea to know it can protect itself in a changing security environment.
On Jan. 8, 2023, after Lula had been in office for a week, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters, including right-wing militants, attacked key government buildings, including the building that houses the national Congress.
No time for timidity in Ukraine
Eleven months after Russia launched a massive invasion of Ukraine, Washington and Europe continue to pursue two basic objectives: help Ukraine win and avoid a direct NATO-Russia clash.
In a new International Affairs article, APARC South Asia Research Scholar Arzan Tarapore introduces the concept of zone balancing, applies the theory to explain India’s embrace of the Quad, and identifies some of the minilateral partnership’s strategic limitations.
A recently released report from an expert committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — including Stanford Law School and Department of Health Policy professor Michelle Mello and former Rosenkranz Prize winner Ami Bhatt — focuses on how wastewater monitoring has become a critical tool in the fight against infectious diseases.
Last week, Seoul officially put its nuclear option on the table, for the first time since 1991.
Stanford e-Sendai Ikuei introduces students to the topics of diversity, global citizenship, and entrepreneurship.
To support Stanford students working in the area of contemporary Asia, the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Center is offering research assistant positions for the duration of the 2023 summer quarter, a predoctoral fellowship for the duration of the 2023-24 academic year, and a Diversity Grant that funds research activities by students from underrepresented minorities.
After 10 months of fighting, it does not appear the Russia-Ukraine war will end any time soon.
Collaborative AI capabilities would allow the partners to deepen military cooperation, should leaders choose that step.
A new paper by Michelle Mello and colleagues at Stanford and Yale outlines the "fair inclusion score," which ranks pharmaceutical companies on their inclusion of racial and ethnic minoritized groups, women, and the elderly in clinical trials.
In December 2022, Zhenan Bao, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University, spoke about her journey to becoming a renowned chemical engineer and innovator and her passion for mentoring the next generation of innovators.