Regional Expertise

In addition to the most pressing issues of the day, scholars at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies focus their research on many regions of the world, from Beijing to Brazil.

Research Spotlight

Students in China participate in the National College Entrance Exam

The Ripple Effects of China’s College Expansion on American Universities

Researchers at SCCEI trace how China’s unprecedented expansion of higher education has impacted U.S. graduate education and local economies surrounding college towns.

Nayib Bukele and Gabriela Roberta Rodríguez de Bukele, president and first lady of El Salvador, wave to supporters from a balcony.

Does the Bukele Model Have a Future?

While Nayib Bukele's style of authoritarianism may have some successes on paper, Beatriz Magaloni and Alberto Diaz-Cayeros argue that the regime is headed for a reckoning.

Time for Iran to Make a No-enrichment Nuclear Deal

The time has come for Iran’s leaders to reconsider their past intransigent, deceptive posture and instead pursue a nuclear power program that will benefit the Iranian people, write Abbas Milani and Siegfried Hecker.

Featured Faculty

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Karen Eggleston

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Deputy Director, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

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https://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/people/beatriz_magaloni

Beatriz Magaloni

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Professor of Political Science

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https://reap.fsi.stanford.edu/people/scott_rozelle

Scott Rozelle

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Co-Director, Rural Education Action Program

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https://fsi.stanford.edu/people/kiyoteru-tsutsui

Kiyoteru Tsutsui

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor and Director, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

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Books

Kleptocratic Interdependence: Trafficking, Corruption and the Marriage of Politics and Illicit Profits

Brookings Institution Press in "Corruption, Global Security and World Order", Robert I. Rotberg, ed., 2009

Journal Articles

Estimation of the warfarin dose with clinical and pharmacogenetic data.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2009

Journal Articles

The influence of economic incentives and regulatory factors on the adoption of treatment technologies: A case study of technologies used to treat heart attacks

Health Economics, 2009

Journal Articles

Decade of the Brain, of the Mind – or of Reason? The IV. Preparatory Conference for A "Decade of Consciousness 2010-2020“

Berliner Debatte Initial. Zeitschrift für sozialwissenschaftlichen Diskurs. Herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft für sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung und Publizistik Berlin, 2009

Journal Articles

Human Resource Management Technology Diffusion through Global Supply Chains: Buyer-Directed Factory-Based Health Care in India

World Development, 2009

Books

The Healer or the Druggist: Effects of Two Health Care Policies in Taiwan on Elderly Patients' Choice Between Physician and Pharmacist Services

Asia Heath Policy Program working paper #5, 2009

Books

Coping with Climate Risks in Indonesia Rice Agriculture: A Policy Perspective

Springer in "Uncertainty and Environmental Decision Making", 2009