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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Publications

Working Papers

Proliferation of International Dispute Settlement Mechanisms: The Threat of Fragmentation vs. the Promise of a More Effective System? - Some Reflections from the Perspective of Investment Arbitration

Martinus Nijhoff Publishers in "International Law between Universalism and Fragmentation - Festschrift in Honour of Gerhard Hafner", J. Crawford/A. Pellet/I. Buffard/S. Wittich (eds.), 2008

Journal Articles

The Global Potential of Bioenergy on Abandoned Agricultural Lands

Environmental Science and Technology, 2008

Books

The Cost of Counterterrorism: Power, Politics, and Liberty

Cambridge University Press, 2008

Journal Articles

Susceptibility locus for clinical and subclinical coronary artery disease at chromosome 9p21 in the multi-ethnic ADVANCE Study.

Human Molecular Genetics, 2008

Working Papers

Are primary care physicians, public and private sector specialists substitutes or complements? Evidence from a simultaneous equations model for count data

Journal of Health Economics, 2008

Journal Articles