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Is Foreign Policy the Path to More Bipartisanship?
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.
Meet the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy Class of 2028
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.
Speaking at an international conference in Seoul, Shin, director of APARC’s Korea Program, urged South Korea to strengthen its negotiating power through closer ties with Japan and Europe while keeping the U.S. alliance central to its security.
Veteran Swiss aid official and former APARC fellow Kathi Zellweger shares insights from a life dedicated to saving lives in North Korea and urges the West to reengage with Pyongyang.
Pei-Chia Lan, who recently joined Stanford as the Wang and Chen Senior Fellow in Taiwan Studies, illuminates how globalization, migration, and geopolitics shape social inequalities in the most personal aspects of people’s lives, from parenting and eldercare to identity formation, and what Taiwan reveals about these dynamics.
At Stanford's 2026 Reunion Homecoming, a panel of scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute discussed challenges to democracy, the potential and dangers of biotechnology, the Russia-Ukraine and U.S.-Iran conflicts, and the U.S.-China relationship.
Scholars at Stanford and Renmin University of China help resolve a longstanding question over how much the One Child Policy lowered the fertility rate in China.
How did South Korea become a global leader in semiconductor memory, and what will keep it there in the AI era? A Stanford seminar reviewed forty years of industry development and the challenges ahead.
Marcela Ibáñez shows that Chinese-financed projects tend to raise, not lower, citizens’ support for democracy, especially under leaders who rely on small winning coalitions.
Hesham Sallam (He/Him/His) is a Senior Research Scholar; Associate Director for Research at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL); and Associate Director of the Program on Arab Reform and Development. He spoke with us about his research interests, favorite courses, hobbies, and more!
The Jan Koum Israel Studies Program is housed at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, where Magen is also a senior research scholar.
As artificial intelligence weaves itself into health care, it will have big implications on the physician workforce. Which specialties are most exposed? Stanford Health Policy’s Maria Polyakova and colleagues analyzed $45 billion in Medicare claims to find out.
When researchers asked 24 AI systems to write treatment plans for 200 real patient visits, the AI recommended care that cost more than three times as much as the treating physicians’ plans.
How do regions turn research and industrial capabilities into global innovation? A Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab seminar examined two distinct models in Tokyo-Yokohama and China’s Greater Bay Area.
Stanford researchers will build BRIDGE AI, an open-source platform to help Brazilian agencies share information on trafficking cases and connect survivors directly with services.
Research by Benjamin Yoel, based on two survey experiments with more than 4,300 respondents, finds that backing an opposition movement raises public approval more than criticizing the government.
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.
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.
