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FacebookMarch 8th, 2012
Stanford's Fukuyama launches new project to measure governance
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, Governance Project NewsMeasuring the quality of governance is a challenge for social scientists trying to assess a country’s ability to deliver public services to its citizens. Francis Fukuyama, the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute, recognized that many of the current ways to assess good governance are too general and do not account for the variations that occur within complex societies such as China or the United States. Fukuyama has also realized that democracy is not always a necessary ingredient for good governance and in some cases authoritarian countries govern more effectively than their democratic counterparts. Read more »
"Where are the Women?" in the Huffington Post
Program on Social Entrepreneurship Op-edTo commemorate International Women's Day on March 8, Kavita Ramdas and Robin Rogers blog in The Huffington Post about the role of women in the ongoing national debate on healthcare, contraception, and more. 
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Helen Nissenbaum evaluates concerns about online privacy
Program on Liberation Technology NewsNew York University Professor Helen Nissenbaum outlined her approach to evaluating concerns about pervasive loss of online privacy at the March 8 Liberation Technology Seminar. 
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March 7th, 2012
How to build a world free of slaves
PHR NewsJustin Dillon, musician, film director and consultant to the State Department Office to combat human trafficking, spoke about open source activism and the work of slaveryfootprint.org at the eighth installment of the Program on Human Rights Sanela Diana Jenkins International Speakers Series. Read more »
March 6th, 2012
Will Putin's victory strain U.S.-Russian relations?
CDDRL, FSI Stanford Op-ed: The New York Times on March 5, 2012In an opinion piece for The New York Times, Kathryn Stoner-Weiss discusses Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency and what it means for the future of U.S.-Russian relations.
March 2nd, 2012
Top British advisor joins Stanford as visiting scholar
FSI Stanford, CDDRL NewsSteve Hilton has served as David Cameron’s senior advisor since the British prime minister was elected in 2010. At Stanford for a year, Hilton will teach, research and write about government and public services. Read more »
March 1st, 2012
Bay Area law enforcement adopt victims-based approach to combat human trafficking
PHR NewsThe Program on Human Rights presented the seventh installment of the Sanela Diana Jenkins International Speakers Series on February 28 and focused on anti-trafficking measures in the Bay area. Read more »
Joshua Blumenstock explores economic shock impacts using “big data”
Program on Liberation Technology NewsDuring the Liberation Technology Seminar on March 1, Joshua Blumenstock, a Ph.D. candidate at U.C. Berkeley’s School of Information, demonstrated the use of “big data” to explore the economic impact of mobile phone technologies in sub-Saharan Africa. Video available
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February 24th, 2012
CDDRL scholar cautions against third term for Senegalese president
Op-edIn an opinion piece for The New York Times, CDDRL postdoctoral scholar Landry Signé discusses Senegal's backsliding democracy and the threat that President Abdoulaye Wade's third presidential bid poses to a country that was once West Africa's most stable. Read more »
February 21st, 2012
Addressing the supply and demand side of the sex trafficking industry
PHR NewsJean Enriquez, executive director of the Coalition Against Trafficking of Women - Asia Pacific presented her views on sex trafficking at the sixth installment of the Sanela Diana Jenkins International Speakers Series. Read more »
February 16th, 2012
Stanford Knight journalism fellows share technology ideas
Program on Liberation Technology NewsDuring the Feb. 16 Liberation Technology Seminar, five teams from Stanford University’s John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship program shared their ideas on using technology to push the boundaries of journalism. Read more »
February 15th, 2012
Human trafficking is a growing crisis, activists say
PHR in the news: The Stanford Daily on February 15, 2012Anne Gallagher, director of the Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project and Rosi Orozco, Mexican Congressional Representative and Anti-trafficking leader present their views at the fourth installment of the Sanela Diana Jenkins international speakers series. Read more »
February 9th, 2012
Negotiating Assad's final exit
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, ARD Op-edIn an article for The New Republic's online symposium 'What Should the United States Do About Syria,' Larry Diamond argues that multilateral engagement is the best approach to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Read more »
Kathleen Reen discusses Internet security and safe computing
Program on Liberation Technology NewsKathleen Reen, vice president for Asia and New Media programs at Internews, delivered the Feb. 9 Liberation Technology Seminar on the topic of "Strategies and Support for a Global Open Internet." Read more »
February 8th, 2012
ARD scholar Elias Muhanna nominated for Next Century Foundation award
ARD NewsProgram on Arab Reform and Democracy scholar Elias Muhanna, the blogger behind qifanabki.com, has been nominated for a special award for an outstanding contribution to new media by the Next Century Foundation. Read more »
February 6th, 2012
Will human rights dominate the international stage by 2022?
PHR Op-edIn a piece for Global Brief magazine, Helen Stacy makes predictions about the state of international human rights norms and criminal prosecutions in the year 2022. Read more »
February 4th, 2012
Are the days of web surfing over?
Program on Liberation Technology Op-edIn an opinion piece for The New York Times on Feb. 4, Evgeny Morozov declares the days of cyberspace exploration over, snuffed out by the world of social media and search engine optimization. Read more »
February 2nd, 2012
Make Parliament bigger, says popular blogger Elias Muhanna
ARD in the news: The Daily Star on February 2, 2012Arab Reform and Democracy scholar Elias Muhanna spoke with The Daily Star, a Beirut-based newspaper, about the idea of introducing a bicameral legislature to Lebanon. Muhanna commented on what this would mean for the political system at large and how far it would go in repairing the deep governance issues that have divided the Lebanese polity for decades. Read more »
February 1st, 2012
Stanford democracy experts examine Asia, Middle East
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, Governance Project in the newsCDDRL scholars Larry Diamond, Francis Fukuyama, and Ahmed Benchemsi published articles in the January issue of the Journal of Democracy examining the state of democratic development in two pivotal regions – Asia and the Middle East. Read more »
January 31st, 2012
Trafficking victim turns personal story into powerful force for advocacy
PHR NewsRoni Hong, a human trafficking survivor and founder of the Tronie Foundation presented her testimony at the third installment of the Sanela Diana Jenkins International Speaker Series. Read more »
January 24th, 2012
Madeline Rees speaks out against human trafficking abuses within the UN system
PHR NewsMadeline Rees, former U.N. high commissioner for human rights in Bosnia and secretary general for the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom spoke at the second installment of the Sanela Diana Jenkins International Speaker Series on human rights abuse during peacekeeping operations and how to improve accountability. Read more »
January 23rd, 2012
Stanford scholars reflect on Arab Spring
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, ARD NewsA year after the Egyptian uprising, five scholars talk about democracy in the Middle East, how lives have changed in the Arab world, and what the U.S. has learned from the Arab Spring. Read more »
January 19th, 2012
Poverty and Governance program launches policy brief series
Program on Poverty and Governance AnnouncementThe Program on Poverty and Governance at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law is proud to announce the launch of its inaugural policy brief series. Read more »
David Wolman discusses young activists in Egypt
Program on Liberation Technology NewsOn Jan. 19, David Wolman contributing editor to Wired magazine, presented his new book The Instigators about Egypt’s youth activists at the Liberation Technology Seminar Series. Video available
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January 17th, 2012
Leading trafficking experts inaugurate speakers series
PHR NewsBradley Myles, executive director and CEO of Polaris, and Helga Konrad, OSCE special representative on combating trafficking in human beings inaugurated the 2012 Program on Human Rights Sanela Diana Jenkins International Speaker Series. Read more »
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