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Reflections on a summer at Stanford's center in Beijing.
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In an event co-sponsored by Stanford Libraries and SCCEI, Bo Li, Deputy Managing Director at the IMF, expressed his concerns on the global climate crisis and shared insights on the macroeconomic impacts of climate change and steps to mitigate the worst of the crisis.
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While some observers have claimed that Ukraine’s corruption renders it unprepared for EU accession, Maria Popova’s research suggests otherwise.
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The Taiwan Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center will serve as a Stanford hub and catalyst for multidisciplinary research and teaching about contemporary Taiwan. The program’s inaugural conference convened industry leaders, scholars, and students to examine Taiwan’s challenges and opportunities.
The U.S. House passed a bill that would ban the use of a metric known as quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) in coverage and payment determinations for federal health-care programs. SHP's Joshua Salomon writes in this Health Affairs commentary the bill would compromise the evaluation of medical treatments.
The Corporations and Society Initiative (CASI) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at FSI collaborate to address democratic recession.
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Pathways to Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions at the 2024 Trans-Altai Sustainability Dialogue
The Trans-Altai Sustainability Dialogue, part of a joint initiative by the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Ban Ki-moon Foundation For a Better Future, convened at the State Palace in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to stimulate cooperative action towards the cultivation of peace, justice, and strong institutions as outlined in Sustainable Development Goal 16 in the United Nations-adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
A new study led by Stanford Health Policy researchers finds that algorithmic changes to a chronic kidney disease care equation are likely insufficient to achieve health equity as many other structural inequities remain.
How to improve the system for reporting child sex abuse material online. Originally published in Lawfare.
![Dr. Salam Fayyad, former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, in conversation with Larry Diamond, FSI's Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy, at an event hosted by CDDRL's Program on Arab Reform and Democracy.](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/2024-04/dr._salam_fayyad-395.jpg?h=0e9702c4&itok=r2TVB_u9)
Salam Fayyad, former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, spoke about the quest for peace and Palestinian statehood during a conversation on the Palestinian people, the Gaza War, and the conflict’s implications for stability in the Middle East, hosted by CDDRL’s Program on Arab Reform and Democracy.
Stanford Health Policy's Paul Wise — professor of pediatrics and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies — is featured in this Stanford Magazine story about his work at the U.S.-Mexico border as the federally appointed juvenile monitor and around the world as a pediatrician who works on behalf of children of conflict.
Christopher Walker, Vice President for Studies and Analysis at the National Endowment for Democracy, and Will Dobson, co-editor of the Journal of Democracy, discussed their new book, “Defending Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power” (Johns Hopkins University Press 2023).
![Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives to address a joint meeting of Congress in the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on April 11, 2024 in Washington, DC.](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/2024-04/kishida_congress_address_apr2024.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=YnVvPd7T)
Moves by Japanese prime minister could have lasting impact on country's politics.
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Stanford researches will build a practical, patient-centered method for ethical review of AI tools.
A team of Stanford researchers has determined that patients taking GLP-1 receptors used to lower blood glucose levels may not need to take a pause before surgery.
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The Korea Program at APARC brought together celebrity chefs Judy Joo and Ryu Soo-young along with esteemed academics to explore the global ascendance of Korean cuisine and consider how food traverses national and cultural boundaries.
A new Stanford Internet Observatory report examines how to improve the CyberTipline pipeline from dozens of interviews with tech companies, law enforcement and the nonprofit that runs the U.S. online child abuse reporting system.
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Artwork by artist Sukey Bryan highlights the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to addressing complex issues like climate change.
Sherri Rose joins global network of health experts to improve the transparency and accuracy of prediction algorithms.
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According to Eugene Finkel, the Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, Russia’s recurrent attacks against Ukraine can be traced to issues of identity and security.
![A seven picture collage of travel photos taken by the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy Class of 2024 during their spring internships through the Policy Change Studio.](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/360x244/public/2024-04/mip_policy_change_2024_hero.png?h=c4d9845d&itok=Ib0XLUcq)
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.
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Gombojavyn Zandanshatar, Chairman of the State Great Khural (the Parliament of Mongolia) and a former CDDRL visiting scholar, reports that a second National Deliberative Poll in his country has successfully led to a new Constitutional Amendment.