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Reflecting on a Democracy Action Lab fieldwork mission to Bogotá and the Caribbean coast in the run-up to Colombia's 2026 electoral cycle.
Michael Albertus argues electoral infrastructure should be considered part of the broader “menu of manipulation” used by authoritarian regimes.
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [3.5-minute read]
The partnership will open opportunities for Stanford faculty and students at one of the world's leading forums for democratic thought and practice, and further position CDDRL as a global leader among research centers in the field.
The next-gen battlefield is already here, emphasized policymakers and defense leaders at a Japan Program conference on the implications of critical AI, cyber, and space technologies for the alliance network in the Asia-Pacific region. Panelists warned that future conflicts will be shaped as much by data, supply chains, and autonomous systems as by conventional military power.
Applications are open for CSP’s “Introduction to Contemporary China” course. Deadline: June 20, 2026.
Draft report of the AI Task Force of the American Political Science Association report now available.
At a May panel discussion, experts from across the institute assessed biotechnology's resurgence, the mental health effects of social media, and growing concerns about AI-enabled bioweapons.
The CDDRL-affiliated scholar is among the newly appointed council leadership advising on economic trends, federal shifts, and emerging challenges facing California.
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [3.5-minute read]
Katherine Casey’s research finds that while community nominations can surface strong entrants, barriers to candidacy remain.
Speaking on the latest episode of the APARC Briefing series, China expert and veteran diplomat Susan Thornton argues for managing expectations of the summit between the two presidents, rethinking the U.S.-China technology competition, and understanding Beijing’s long game on Taiwan.
The new initiative from the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law connects research with frontline efforts to address democratic backsliding across Latin America.
The Stanford political scientist earned this honor for his work on political polarization.
Anna Grzymala-Busse examines how conceptual choices shape conclusions about Europe’s political development and fragmentation.
Professor Emeritus Steve Thorpe reflects on his years at SPICE from the late 1970s to the 1980s.
Eyck Freymann joins Colin Kahl on the World Class podcast to explain his plan to bring America's military strength, economic leverage, technological leadership, and diplomatic influence together into a single, coherent plan to curtail China's ambitions toward Taiwan.
Sponsored by Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, the 25th annual Shorenstein Journalism Award honors Mahtani for her exemplary investigations into the erosion of democracy in Hong Kong and China's growing global influence.
The Kate Ho ASHEcon Medal honors the nation's brightest emerging health economists.
APARC Visiting Scholar Seok-Jin Eom, professor of public administration at Seoul National University, offers a history of Korean public administration, arguing that PA knowledge was not simply transplanted from the United States but was actively indigenized by Korean scholars who adapted foreign theories to meet the country’s evolving historical and political demands. Rather than accepting the prevailing “blank slate” narrative, Eom reveals a dynamic intellectual history shaped by colonial legacies, geopolitics, and the agency of Korean academics.
Speaking on the APARC Briefing video series, University of Chicago sociologist Kimberly Kay Hoang examines the architecture of global capital and how corruption discourse is transforming governance and political order in Asia and the United States.
Hakeem Jefferson, assistant professor of political science at Stanford, is at work on a new project that interrogates exactly how “homosociality” operates and shapes men’s political attitudes and social behaviors.
Miriam Golden presents a new framework linking state capacity and fiscal capacity to reelection patterns across countries.
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4-minute read]