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Ambassador Audra Plepytė of Lithuania in conversation with Michael McFaul, director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.

Lithuanian Ambassador Audra Plepytė Urges Resistance to Russia

During a discussion at FSI, Audra Plepytė, the Lithuanian ambassador to the United States, explained why preserving Ukraine's sovereignty is crucial for maintaining stability and security in the international order and challenged the West to do more to support Ukraine.

WAR IN UKRAINE

The Class of 2026 of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy on the steps of Encina Hall at Stanford University.

Meet the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy Class of 2026

Hailing from every corner of the globe, the new class of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy is ready to make an impact on nuclear policy, digital trust and safety, rural investment, and more.

MASTER'S STUDENTS

[Left to right]: Michael McFaul, Marshall Burke, Steven Pifer, Oriana Skylar Mastro, Didi Kuo, and Amichai Magen on stage.

Five Things FSI Scholars Want You to Know About the Threats Our World Is Facing

At Stanford's Reunion weekend, scholars from across the FSI shared what their research says about climate change, global democracy, Russia and Ukraine, China, and the Middle East.

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Welcoming the Fourth Cohort of Ukrainian Emerging Leaders to Stanford

News October 5, 2021

Welcoming the Fourth Cohort of Ukrainian Emerging Leaders to Stanford

News October 5, 2021

After the program was postponed in 2020, the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of law is pleased to have Yulia Bezvershenko, Denis Gutenko, and Nariman Ustaiev join us on campus this year.

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Introducing Our 2021-22 Pre and Postdoctoral Fellows

News September 3, 2021

Introducing Our 2021-22 Pre and Postdoctoral Fellows

News September 3, 2021

The Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is pleased to welcome six pre- and postdoctoral fellows who will be joining us for the 2021-22 academic year. These scholars will spend the academic year focusing on the Center's four program areas of democracy, development, evaluating the efficacy of democracy promotion, and rule of law.

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Global Democracy Leaders Gather Virtually for the 2021 Draper Hills Summer Fellowship

News August 18, 2021

Global Democracy Leaders Gather Virtually for the 2021 Draper Hills Summer Fellowship

News August 18, 2021

For the next two weeks, Fellows will participate in workshops led by an interdisciplinary team of faculty to study new theories and approaches to democratic development.

CDDRL Awarded a California 100 Grant to Evaluate Governance, Media and Civil Society in California’s Future

News July 19, 2021

CDDRL Awarded a California 100 Grant to Evaluate Governance, Media and Civil Society in California’s Future

News July 19, 2021

The research will be led by Francis Fukuyama, Mosbacher Director of CDDRL, and Michael Bennon, Program Manager of CDDRL’s Infrastructure Policy Research Initiative

Professor Beatriz Magaloni Wins the 2021 Heinz I. Eulau Award for Best Article Published in American Political Science Review

News June 30, 2021

Professor Beatriz Magaloni Wins the 2021 Heinz I. Eulau Award for Best Article Published in American Political Science Review

News June 30, 2021

The award-winning article is entitled “Killing in the Slums: Social Order, Criminal Governance and Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro.” Professor Magaloni coauthored the article with Edgar Franco-Vivanco, who earned his Ph.D. from Stanford and is now at the University of Michigan; and with Vanessa Melo, a graduate student in Anthropology at UCLA.