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Palestinian Statehood and the War in Gaza
Salam Fayyad, former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, spoke at CDDRL about the Gaza War, Palestinian statehood, and the quest for peace and stability in the Middle East.
In Conflict Zones and Borderlands, Paul Wise Protects the Health of Vulnerable Children
From the U.S. border to Ukraine to Gaza, FSI Senior Fellow Paul Wise has worked for decades to try and ensure vulnerable children are given proper protection and medical treatment.
MIP Students Travel the Globe to Practice Policymaking
Students in the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy spread out across the globe to work on projects affecting communities from Sierra Leone to Mongolia, New Zealand, and beyond.
At the Nikkei Forum, Freeman Spogli Institute scholars Oriana Skylar Mastro, Michael McFaul, Gi-Wook Shin, and Kiyoteru Tsutsui considered the impacts of the war in Ukraine, strategies of deterrence in Taiwan, and the growing tension between liberal democracy and authoritarian populism.
The probability that Putin would challenge a NATO member militarily is not high, but his history of miscalculations and overinflated ambition should remind the alliance not to underestimate the risks.
DREAMS Center for Diabetes Translational Research national enrichment program meeting draws early stage investigators focused on diabetes equity research.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine updates its 20-year-old report on inequities in the U.S. health-care system, with expert advise from Stanford Health Policy researchers.
Stanford Medicine researchers Jonathan Chen and Mary K. Goldstein are using data science and machine learning to help doctors make better informed decisions and health-care facilities to adopt a precision stewardship approach to combatting antimicrobial resistance.
In his new advisory on the public health crisis of firearm violence, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy cites research by Stanford Health Policy's Maya Rossin-Slater which lays out the devastating long-term impacts of school shootings on the classmates who survive them.
Stanford Law School students research and advocate for stronger regulation of lawyer-enablers of Russian sanctions evasion, led by professor Erik Jensen.
In July 2024, the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law will welcome a diverse cohort of 27 experienced practitioners from 21 countries who are working to advance democratic practices and economic and legal reform in contexts where freedom, human development, and good governance are fragile or at risk.
Kathryn Stoner, Mosbacher Director of CDDRL, discussed the politics and complexities of the anti-foreign agent law and its implications for Georgia's future.
Anna Grzymala-Busse's book "Sacred Foundations" has been awarded the American Political Science Association's J. David Greenstone Award and the Hubert Morken Best Book in Religion and Politics Award. Erin Baggott Carter and Brett Carter's book "Propaganda in Autocracies" has won the Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award from the International Journal of Press/Politics.
Skylar Coleman and Maya Rosales jointly delivered the student remarks at the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2024 of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy.
At the graduation ceremony for the Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy Class of 2024, human rights and climate activist Kumi Naidoo commissioned the new alumni to pursue the numerous challenges facing the world with kindness, creativity, and responsibility.
Paul Wise and Lauren Stoffel concede U.S. immigration policy has always experienced big ups and downs. What makes this moment unique, they write in this commentary, is that the contentious public sentiment is bearing down on an unprecedented number of unaccompanied children.
Tickets on sale for the third annual Trust & Safety Research Conference to be held September 26-27, 2024. Lock in early bird prices by registering before August 1.
Rosenkranz Global Health Policy Research Symposium keynote speaker Mark Dybul talks about the great strides in international health systems over the last 25 years—but calls on next generation to disrupt a system that has become stagnant.
![Maya Rosales [left] and Skylar Coleman [right] jointly deliver remarks at the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2024 of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy.](https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/328x223_x2/public/2024-06/mip_graduation_2024_skylar_colemna_maya_rosales_hero.png?h=c4d9845d&itok=XUo0YRgk)
