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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

President Moon Jae In of South Korea during his inauguration proceedings.

South Korea's Democratic Decay

South Korea is following global trends as it slides toward a “democratic depression.” Both the spirit of democracy and actual liberal-democratic standards are under attack.

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Cover of the book 'The Deer and the Dragon: Southeast Asia and China in the 21st Century"

The Deer and the Dragon: Southeast Asia and China in the 21st Century

Southeast Asian and Chinese perceptions of each other are examined using survey research and by asking whether China views the region as its “strategic backyard.”

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Vincent Barletta book cover

Rhythm: Form and Dispossession

Author Vincent Barletta explores rhythm as a primordial and physical binding force that establishes order and form in the ancient world, as the anatomy of lived experience in early modern Europe, and as a subject of aesthetic and ethical questioning in the twentieth century.

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Featured Faculty

Portrait of Karen Eggleston

cover link https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/people/karen_eggleston

Karen Eggleston

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Deputy Director, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

Eggleston Full Bio

Dr. Scott Rozelle

cover link 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

Rozelle Full Bio

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

Beatriz Magaloni

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Professor of Political Science

Magaloni Full Bio

cover link https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/people/yong-suk-lee

Yong Suk Lee

Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Deputy Director, Korea Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

Lee Full Bio

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Publications

Working Papers

Rural Land and Labor Markets in the Process of Economic Development: Evidence from China

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2005

Journal Articles

Terrorist Speech and the Future of Free Expression

Cardozo Law Review, 2005

Books

The Social and Political Consequences of Oil

Elsevier, in "The Encyclopedia of Energy", 2005

Books

Assessing the Quality of Democracy

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Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

Journal Articles

Children’s Social Welfare in China, 1989–1997: Access to Health Insurance and Education

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Access to Health Insurance and Education, 2005

Working Papers

American Efforts at Promoting Regime Change in the Soviet Union and then Russia: Lessons Learned

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Journal Articles

Preventing Childhood Obesity: A Solution-Oriented Research Paradigm

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American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2005

Journal Articles

Technological advances in cancer and future spending by the elderly

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Health Affairs (Project Hope), 2005

Working Papers

Policy Coherence and Incoherence: The Domestic Politics of American Democracy Promotion

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Books

Human Rights and the Ethic of Listening

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. in "Universal Human Rights: Moral Order in a Divided World", 2005

Journal Articles

Marriage form and age at first marriage: a comparative study in three counties in contemporary rural China.

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Society of Biology, 2005

Working Papers

What Causes Democracy?

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Journal Articles

QuantiFERON-TB Predicts Tuberculin Skin Test Boosting in U.S. Foreign-Born

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International Journal of Tuberculosis & Lung Disease, 2005

Working Papers

Japan in the U.S. Press: Bias and Stereotypes

2005

Working Papers

From Democracy to Democratization and Back: Before Transitions from Authoritarian Rule

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Journal Articles

Chinese Dreams, Persian Realities

Journal of Democracy, 2005

Journal Articles

The Effects of Power Sector Reform on Energy Services for the Poor

UNDESA, 2005

Books

Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq

Times Books, 2005

Journal Articles

Presidential Report to the Congress: Net Benefit Analysis of US/Soviet Arms Control

Science and Global Security, 2005

Journal Articles

Multitasking and Mixed Systems for Provider Payment

Journal of Health Economics, 2005

Journal Articles

Carbon intensity of electricity generation and CDM baseline: case studies of three Chinese provinces

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Energy Policy, 2005

Journal Articles

Global Democracy?

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NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, 2005

Journal Articles

Al Qaeda's Miscommunication War: The Terrorism Paradox

Terrorism and Political Violence, 2005

Policy Briefs

Korean Food, Korean Identity: The Impact of Globalization on Korean Agriculture

Shorenstein APARC, 2005

Books

Gender and Antisemitism in Wartime Soviet Exile

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Cornell University Press in "Antisemitism and Its Opponents in Modern Poland", 2005