Publications

Browse FSI scholarship on geopolitics, global health, energy, cybersecurity and more.

Featured Publications

Security Through Cooperation: Space, Nuclear Weapons, and U.S.-Russia Relations after the Cold War

Rose Gottemoeller uses lessons learned from U.S.-Russia relations during the George H. W. Bush and Clinton administrations to offer insights into how Russia today may be convinced to end its war against Ukraine and resume cooperation for the sake of global security.

SECURITY THROUGH COOPERATION

Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder

A clear-eyed look from Michael McFaul at how the rise of autocratic China and Russia are compelling some to think that we have entered a new Cold War—and why we must reject that thinking in order to prevail.

Autocrats vs. Democrats

Cover of The Highest Exam by Hongbon Li and Ruixue Jia, with Claire Cousineau.

The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China

The National College Entrance Examination shapes the future of millions of students in China each year, but Hongbin Li and Ruixue Jia illuminate how this test of all tests is also shaping education, labor markets, political legitimacy, and social values beyond the PRC.

THE HIGHEST EXAM

White Papers

Feasibility Assessment of Microgrid Wind Energy Systems: Implementation of TASED in the Arctic Regions of Yamal and Murmansk

The Stanford US-Russia Journal, 2020

Conference Memos

U.S.-Russian Nuclear Cooperation: Insights from History

The Stanford US-Russia Journal, 2020

Conference Memos

Reimagining Russian Higher Education: Could an experiment in progressive education in Siberia help transform Russia's universities?

The Stanford US-Russia Journal, 2020

Conference Memos

Publications

Featured Publications

Security Through Cooperation: Space, Nuclear Weapons, and U.S.-Russia Relations after the Cold War

Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder

The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China

Mapping U.S.–China Technology Decoupling

Modeling Contact Tracing Strategies for COVID-19 in the Context of Relaxed Physical Distancing Measures

Hepatitis C Treatment in Prisons — Incarcerated People’s Uncertain Right to Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy

Operational Considerations on the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidance for K-12 School Reentry

Attacks on Public Health Officials During COVID-19

Partitioning the Curve — Interstate Travel Restrictions During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Being in North Korea

The Future of Electricity Retailing and How We Get There

The Legal Authority for States’ Stay-at-Home Orders

Respecting Disability Rights — Toward Improved Crisis Standards of Care

COVID-19 Policies: Remember Measles

South Korea's Democratic Decay

Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

Disease Control, Civil Liberties, and Mass Testing — Calibrating Restrictions during the Covid-19 Pandemic

How to Safely Reopen Colleges and Universities During COVID-19: Experiences From Taiwan

Market Design in a Zero Marginal Cost Intermittent Renewable Future

Leveraging Ethical Hacking in Russia: Exploring the Design and Potential of Bug Bounty Programs Authors

Ensuring Uptake of Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2

Strengthening the Russian Digital Economy for Long Term Prosperity

Feasibility Assessment of Microgrid Wind Energy Systems: Implementation of TASED in the Arctic Regions of Yamal and Murmansk

U.S.-Russian Nuclear Cooperation: Insights from History

Reimagining Russian Higher Education: Could an experiment in progressive education in Siberia help transform Russia's universities?

Prospects for American-Russian Cooperation in Countering White Nationalism

Nuclear Arms Control in an Evolving World: Evaluating the Effects of Emerging Technologies on Strategic Stability

An Insightful Perspective For Navigating Russia's VC Market