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Political scientists emphasize need for pro-democracy coalitions at launch of Democracy Action Lab
Political science scholars discussed strengthening pro-democracy coalitions in a Wednesday event marking the launch of CDDRL’s new Democracy Action Lab.
In an Israel Insights webinar, Professor Azar Gat examined how unresolved questions of historical legitimacy have shaped decades of failed negotiations.
In the article “Top UN court says Israel must allow UN relief agency to supply aid to Gaza,” Dannenbaum is quoted as saying the opinion provides “strong legal support for the case against Netanyahu.”
Millie Gan, an alum of Stanford e-Entrepreneurship Japan and founder of Teenage Business Contest Japan (TBCJ), reflects on building a platform that empowers teens to use entrepreneurship and innovation to revitalize Japan’s communities.
By combining rigorous research with practitioner collaborations, the Democracy Action Lab at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law turns ideas into action.
In his new book, What It Takes: Southeast Asia, Gita Wirjawan examines how Southeast Asia can unlock its untapped potential by leveraging its massive economic and human scale to claim its place on the global stage.
UC Davis Political Scientist Lauren Young examines why authoritarian incumbents use electoral repression selectively, why they often outsource it, and how elite cohesion shapes its organization, targeting, and effectiveness.
Hoover scholar Larry Diamond calls for respect, collaboration, and a crackdown on young people’s smartphones.
Exploring great power competition, Cold War lessons, and the future of U.S. foreign policy with FSI Director and former U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul.
New Perspective Explores Potential Uses and Ethical Considerations of AI in Humanitarian Conflicts
Global conflicts, infectious diseases, natural disasters driven by climate change, and increases in the number of refugees worldwide, are magnifying the need for humanitarian services at a time of increasingly constrained humanitarian resources.
The 2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award recognized Netra News, Bangladesh’s premier independent media outlet, at a celebration featuring Tasneem Khalil, its founding editor-in-chief, who discussed its mission and joined a panel of experts in considering the prospects for democracy in Bangladesh.
We're excited to introduce one of the newest members of the Tech Impact and Policy Center (TIP) team, pre-doctoral scholar Zac Smith-Russack. TIP Policy Analyst RT Rogers recently sat down with him to learn more about his background in public health, his work on the Australian social media minimum age legislation evaluation, and what he does when he’s not at work digging into data.
(The conversation has been edited for clarity and length)
SHP's Michelle Mello joins a global group of 65 thought leaders from academia, technology companies, regulatory agencies, and health systems dissected and debated actionable solutions to effectively, safely, and responsibly deploy AI into clinical practice.
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4-minute read]
Can financial literacy shape climate beliefs? Saumitra Jha’s latest study suggests it can — and across party lines.
In this interview, Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow on Contemporary Asia Yingqiu Kuang discusses her research on the transformation of global technology governance, focusing on how China and other East Asian economies are influencing emerging technical standards and redefining the rules that underpin digital innovation.
At a SCCEI Seminar economist Hanming Fang presented a sweeping new analysis of how China’s industrial policies have evolved over the past 20 years. Using LLMs, the researchers compiled, codified, and analyzed nearly 3 million documents to build one of the most detailed databases of industrial policymaking in China to date.
Reflections on the 2025 Opening Ceremony at Minamata High School
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.
At the second annual Sushi Hackathon, teams of student innovators joined technology professionals and entrepreneurs at Stanford to explore ethical AI and showcase AI-powered solutions to promote sustainability and efficiency in the fisheries industry.
Documenting Child Malnutrition in Gaza
Paul Wise, MD, writes in a new commentary that the world's political bodies have a moral obligation to urgently protect the starving children of Gaza.
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4-minute read]
In the second annual “Reimagining Democracy” webinar series, professor Francis Fukuyama dove into the root causes of democracy’s current crisis. He discussed how declining trust, civic disengagement among youth, and other societal challenges have weakened democratic systems and what actions are needed to revive them.