Graduate Students Tackle Global Policy Challenges Through Hands-on Fieldwork
Students in the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy program traveled across the globe to work on policy projects addressing AI safety, climate change, public trust in local government, and more.
Katya Bigman, John Churchill, Elizabeth Jerstad, George Porteous, Emma Wang, and Marco Widodo are among the newest members of this prestigious academic honors society.
A study by physician-economist Marcella Alsan examines how racial bias in pulse oximeters leads to Black patients receiving less follow-up care than white patients.
Taiwan is emerging as a testing ground for the defining tensions of our time: democratic fragility, artificial intelligence, technological competition, platform governance, and cultural identity. At a recent Stanford conference, scholars, technologists, and filmmakers explored how these pressures are converging in Taiwan, positioning the island not simply as a geopolitical flashpoint but as a society navigating rapid political, economic, and cultural transformation in real time.
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.
As Arctic ice melts, South Korea sees new opportunities in energy, shipping, and shipbuilding – but also growing geopolitical risks tied to US-China-Russia competition.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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