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Governance

Addressing issues of democracy, dictatorship, corruption and poverty, our scholars and practitioners produce expert research and train civil society activists around the world.

Research Spotlight

Let the Public Govern AI

By using the tools of deliberative democracy, Alice Siu says everyday users, not just industry moguls, can and should contribute meaningfully to important decisions about technology governance.

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Fabricated Justice: How Due Process Reform Enables Evidence Manipulation

Using evidence from Mexico, Beatriz Magaloni and Esteban Salmón examine when and how abusive criminal justice practices persist under democracy, even after significant institutional reform.

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Political Parties Are Essential Democratic Institutions

Didi Kuo explains why — despite their shortcomings — strong political parties with roots in society are essential to long-term democratic stability and economic growth.

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Featured Scholars

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Larry Diamond

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science and Sociology

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Anna Grzymala-Busse

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Director of The Europe Center

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Didi Kuo

Senior Research Scholar

Associate Director for Research at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law

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Stephen Stedman

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Deputy Director at the Center on Democracy Development and the Rule of Law

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CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, spring 2006 issue

2006

Journal Articles

Postcolonial Moment in Security Studies, The

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Review of International Studies, 2006

Newsletters

Encina Columns Spring 2006

FSI Stanford, 2006

Journal Articles

Engaging Autocratic Allies to Promote Democracy

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The Washington Quarterly, 2006

Working Papers

Is More Better? Evaluating External-Led State Building After 1989

CDDRL Working Papers, 2006

Journal Articles

Culture and Combat in the Colonies: The Indian Army in the Second World War

Journal of Contemporary History, 2006

Journal Articles

Sovereign Democracy and Shrinking Political Space

Russia Business Watch, 2006

Journal Articles

Curbing Asian Corruption: An Impossible Dream?

Current History, 2006

Journal Articles

Political Transitions: Democracy and the Former Soviet Union

Harvard International Review, 2006

Working Papers

From Citizen to Person? Rethinking Education as Incorporation

CDDRL Working Papers, 2006

Working Papers

The Shadow of Enlargement: Can the European Neighbourhood Policy Achieve Compliance?

CDDRL Working Papers, 2006

Journal Articles

Slide Rules: What Civil War Looks Like

The New Republic, 2006

Commentary

Improving Math Ed--Bush Right About That

San Francisco Chronicle, 2006

Books

Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade

Cambridge University Press, 2006

Books

Ethnic Nationalism in Korea: Genealogy, Politics, and Legacy

Stanford University Press: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, 2006

Journal Articles

Extra Rempublicam Nulla Justitia?

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Philosophy & Public Affairs, 2006

Journal Articles

Southeast Asia Forum Brochure

Shorenstein APARC, 2006

Commentary

Europe Doesn't Get Free Speech

International Herald Tribune, 2006

Policy Briefs

Harmony and Disharmony: Exploiting al-Qa'ida's Organizational Vulnerabilities

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Combating Terrorism Center, United States Military Academy, 2006

Testimonies

U.S. Policy on Human Rights in Russia

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U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2006

Journal Articles

Power Positions: International Organizations, Social Networks, and Conflict

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Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2006

Journal Articles

Terrorism and North-South Relations

RUSI Journal, 2006

Commentary

You're Being Watched

Los Angeles Times, 2006

Commentary

Torturer's Dilemma: The Math on Fire with Fire, The

San Francisco Chronicle, 2006

Books

North Korea: 2005 and Beyond

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