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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Journal Articles

Evaluation of Patients With Pulmonary Nodules: When Is It Lung Cancer?

Chest, 2007

Books

Television and Public Action in the Beirut Spring

Arab Media and Political Renewal: Community, Legitimacy and Public Life, ed. Naomi Sakr, 2007

Journal Articles

Cost-Effectiveness of Screening and Vaccinating Asian and Pacific Islander Adults for Hepatitis B

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007

Journal Articles

Sustained Reduction in Hospital- Wide Mortality Associated with Implementation of a Rapid Response Team in an Academic Children's Hospital

JAMA, 2007

Journal Articles

Imbalanced sex ratio at birth and female child survival in China: issues and prospects

Watering the Neighbour’s Garden: The Growing Demographic Female Deficit in Asia. I. Attané and C. Z. Guilmoto. Paris, Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED), 2007

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