Pudar Draško described the student movement as an “advanced participatory experiment” that chose its candidates through two ...

Christopher Dann argues that 21st-century autocracies sustain power by treating infrastructure as a costly signal of developmental commitment. Analyzing 150,000 global projects, he finds autocracies ...

Ukraine is pioneering a new kind of warfare in which cheap drones and unmanned ground vehicles hold the front line in place ...

Natália Neris and Sami Sternberg, representatives of Pacto pela Democracia, an inaugural participant in DAL’s Democracy ...

His “pressure cooker” framework argues that Putin needs a “forever war” to maintain control, so restraint holds until accumulated political pressure makes escalation the less costly option.

Hakeem Jefferson is an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University where he is also a faculty affiliate with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and the ...

Israelis will soon vote in the most consequential election of their lives. There are five ways it can end—and only one of them is (mildly) reassuring.

Only those with an active Stanford ID and access to the William J. Perry Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person. Others may attend virtually, via Zoom.

A Democracy Action Lab panel weighed competing scenarios for Venezuela’s political future amid elite continuity, economic crisis, and international intervention. Experts convened by CDDRL's Democracy ...

More than 6,300 deliberators from 32 countries and nine regions around the ...

"America in One Room: Democratic Reform" polled participants before and after deliberation to gauge their opinions on democratic reform initiatives, including voter access and voting protections, ...

Amichai Magen and Abbas Milani explore the geopolitical dynamics and implications of the conflict between Israel and Iran.