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In this STAT opinion piece, SHP's Marcella Alsan writes we can stop mental illness and addiction before they start—with proper funding.
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Economist Jun Akabane, APARC visiting scholar and professor at Chuo University, examines the validity of Japan's ongoing semiconductor industry revitalization strategy under the banner of economic security, presenting a comparative analysis of the different outcomes of two major projects: TSMC Kumamoto and Rapidus.
The "State of the World" event series brings together leading scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies to analyze the forces shaping global affairs—and what they mean for our future.
Exploring U.S. foreign policy and the path to studying how major international decisions are made with Professor James Goldgeier.
On the World Class podcast, Abbas Milani and Ori Rabinowitz join host Colin Kahl to discuss the events unfolding in Iran from an Iranian, Israeli, and American perspective.
Georgetown scholar Laia Balcells's research finds that museums commemorating past atrocities can shift political attitudes — but the extent of that shift depends on context.
As Nuclear Threats Resurge, Documentary Chronicles Multigenerational Human Toll of Atomic Bombings
The documentary Atomic Echoes captures the voices and untold stories of the last remaining American atomic veterans and Japanese survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, bearing witness to the enduring psychological and physical trauma of nuclear warfare.
Scholars convened by the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law’s Program on Arab Reform and Development identify six ways the conflict is testing the limits of Arab states' alliances, economic ambitions, and prospects for reform.
Scholars from FSI offer insights into the war between Iran and U.S.-Israel forces, and the risk of the conflict expanding beyond the Middle East.
At Stanford University, APARC’s Japan Program convened industry leaders, creators, and heritage-based family business successors to examine how Japan’s film, anime, music, and traditional crafts industries sustain global relevance and expand their international appeal through innovation, localization, and intergenerational continuity.
UCLA scholar reflects on history, legitimacy, and the prospects for two states at the Jan Koum Israel Studies Program’s annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture.
Adrienne LeBas explores whether social intermediaries with strong state capacity can help build tax revenue.
Dr. Okimoto served for decades as the Principal Investigator and speaker for multiple U.S.–Japan-focused projects for SPICE.
Isabel Salovaara, APARC predoctoral fellow and a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology, studies how high-stakes entrance examinations in India and the private tutoring industry that has evolved around them shape youth aspirations, identities, and state relations.
Watch Stanford sociologist Gi-Wook Shin discuss his book, The Four Talent Giants, on the Center for Strategic and International Studies' video podcast, The Impossible State. Shin introduces a framework that explains how Japan, Australia, China, and India became economic powerhouses and what lessons these Asia-Pacific "talent giants" offer to other nations as they face increasingly fierce global competition for talent in the AI era.
“We will not give up”: Ukrainian leaders mark four years of resistance against Russian invasion
Addressing the Bechtel Conference Center, leaders rejected the prospect of territorial concessions, saying that Ukrainians “will not give up” on their country.
A transcript of Stephens's address, titled "Israel Studies Can Redeem Academia," has been published in SAPIR Journal.
From parliament to regional government to independent media, alumni of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law’s Strengthening Ukrainian Democracy and Development Program are implementing reform initiatives under wartime conditions.
In the first of a new quarterly series of events, scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute evaluated recent developments in world affairs, and offered an outlook for 2026.
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [3.5-minute read]
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.
In a conversation hosted by Stanford in Government, political science professor James Fearon argued that interpersonal violence, not war, imposes the heaviest social costs.
No longer insulated from statecraft, corporations have been thrust onto the front lines of geopolitical rivalry, while governance structures have not caught up, cautions Stanford Law Professor Curtis Milhaupt in a keynote speech delivered at the 2026 Corporate Governance Conference.