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Studying the Secret World of Spycraft

Amy Zegart has devoted her career to understanding national security challenges and emerging threats in the digital age.

SPYCRAFT

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AI Outperforms Traditional Methods in Controlling Disease Spread Between Prisons and Communities

A reinforcement learning AI model used by SHP researchers achieved high reductions in infections with far fewer resources used for testing and much less intense non-pharmaceutical interventions.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Students from Gordian Knot Center classes at the White House with NSC Senior Director for Technology and National Security Tarun Chhabra in Washington D.C.

AI-augmented Class Tackles National Security Challenges of the Future

In classes taught through the Gordian Knot Center, artificial intelligence is taking a front and center role in helping students find innovative solutions to global policy issues.

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MIP Feature Friday: Maffy Porras

Blogs April 17, 2020

MIP Feature Friday: Maffy Porras

Blogs April 17, 2020

Maffy is a student in the Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy (MIP) program specializing in governance and development. She is originally from Mexico and graduated from Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas with a degree in economics. Before coming to Stanford, Maffy worked on financial inclusion policies and financial regulation at the Central Bank of Mexico.

Launch of New Modeling Framework to Investigate COVID-19

News April 17, 2020

Launch of New Modeling Framework to Investigate COVID-19

News April 17, 2020

The Stanford-CIDE Coronavirus Simulation Model — or SC-COSMO — incorporates realistic demography and patterns to investigate resource planning and policy evaluations for diverse populations and geographies in California, Mexico and India.

BEIJING, CHINA - Workers sit near a CRH (China Railway High-speed) "bullet train" at the Beijing South Railway Station under reconstruction.

High-Speed Rail Holds Promise and Problems for China, Explains David M. Lampton

News April 15, 2020

High-Speed Rail Holds Promise and Problems for China, Explains David M. Lampton

News April 15, 2020

In a new audio interview, Lampton discusses some of the challenges, uncertainties, and decisions that loom ahead of China's Belt and Road Initiative.

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Trump's fake news on arms control?

Commentary April 14, 2020

Trump's fake news on arms control?

Commentary April 14, 2020

Covid-19 Crisis: Is a Showdown Between Public Health Imperatives and Civil Liberties Inevitable?

Commentary April 10, 2020

Covid-19 Crisis: Is a Showdown Between Public Health Imperatives and Civil Liberties Inevitable?

Commentary April 10, 2020

David Studdert addresses the tradeoff between basic liberties and societal health in the current coronavirus pandemic in a New England Journal of Medicine perspective.

Embrace experimentation in biosecurity governance

Commentary April 10, 2020

Embrace experimentation in biosecurity governance

Commentary April 10, 2020

Aftershocks: The Coronavirus Pandemic and the New World Disorder

Commentary April 10, 2020

Aftershocks: The Coronavirus Pandemic and the New World Disorder

Commentary April 10, 2020

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a global public health disaster of almost biblical proportions. It is a once-in-a-century occurrence that threatens to destroy countless lives, ruin economies, and stress national and international institutions to their breaking point. And, even after the virus recedes, the geopolitical wreckage it leaves in its wake could be profound.