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Drawing on more than a year of fieldwork, a Democracy Action Lab film translates social science research on mass incarceration in El Salvador into testimony viewers can see and hear.
Stanford’s Israel scholars say coalition talks could take weeks, with neither bloc holding a majority and Arab parties winning 19 seats.
This is the fifth and final story in a series of blog posts written by the Fisher Family Honors Program class of 2027 detailing their experiences in Washington, D.C., for CDDRL's annual Honors College.
This is the fourth story in a series of blog posts written by the Fisher Family Honors Program class of 2027 detailing their experiences in Washington, D.C., for CDDRL's annual Honors College.
This is the third story in a series of blog posts written by the Fisher Family Honors Program class of 2027 detailing their experiences in Washington, D.C., for CDDRL's annual Honors College.
This is the second story in a series of blog posts written by the Fisher Family Honors Program class of 2027 detailing their experiences in Washington, D.C., for CDDRL's annual Honors College.
This is the first story in a series of blog posts written by the Fisher Family Honors Program class of 2027 detailing their experiences in Washington, D.C., for CDDRL's annual Honors College.
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4-minute read]
Shorenstein Journalism Award Winner Shibani Mahtani Counts the Cost of a Diminished Press in Asia
Amid autocratization and newsrooms’ retreat, fewer local journalists and foreign correspondents covering Asia are left to hold power to account and tell universal, human stories, says Singapore-based investigative journalist Shibani Mahtani, winner of the 2026 Shorenstein Journalism Award.
Constant online exposure to disturbing news takes mental toll on teens
Stanford alum and former SPICE Japan Project Associate Dr. Nancy Sato shares memories of her years with SPICE.
There is little large-scale data on the impact of social media and smartphones on the mental health of children, so SHP’s Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater have set out to tighten that gap with support from the Stanford Impact Labs.
Milada Anna Vachudova traces how EU institutions mobilized rapidly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the harder task of converting solidarity into lasting capability.
During his visit to the Freeman Spogli Institute, former Senator and Ambassador to Türkiye Jeff Flake reflected on domestic political divisions and issues where parties can come together.
Stanford scholars, including SHP’s Michelle Mello and Kevin Schulman, respond to a federal request for feedback on the regulation of generative AI-enabled medical devices.
David Rehkopf takes over leadership of the Stanford Longevity Center with the goal of helping older people discover their potential for the years after retirement.
The program will run from Sunday, July 18, to Friday, August 6, 2027. Applications are due by 11:59 pm PST on Tuesday, January 12, 2027.
In a recent session of Stanford Continuing Studies’ "Reimagining Democracy" series, Anna Grzymala-Busse and Alberto Díaz-Cayeros compared Europe and Latin America and reached a shared conclusion: democracy can recover from illiberal rule, but only where it delivers for citizens and voters keep showing up.
How Frontier Technology Is Rewriting the Rules of Power, Intelligence, and National Security
Amy Zegart joins Colin Kahl on the World Class podcast to discuss what's familiar and what's novel in how nations and other actors are competing politically, militarily, economically, and technologically.
Raša Nedeljkov, Dragana Žarković Obradović, and Gazela Pudar Draško explained the deeply unequal conditions under which Serbia’s October 25 election is taking place, and how a student-led movement has built an unusual challenge to the ruling party.
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4-minute read]
The Class of 2028, the largest incoming cohort to date in the program, joins the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy from 19 countries and regions from around the world.
Research by CDDRL pre-doctoral fellow Christopher Dann finds that 21st-century autocracies use large-scale infrastructure to win public confidence and sustain authoritarian rule.
Backed by the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at the Freeman Spogli Institute, an interdisciplinary student team convened leaders across the military, software and hardware engineering, policymaking, and capital investment for the event, commonly referred to as "StanfordDEFCON."