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FacebookNovember 2nd, 2010
David Kinley discusses relationship between global finance and human rights
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, PHR NewsOn November 1, David Kinley, chair of human rights law at the University of Sydney, addressed economists, financiers, consultants, human rights activists, and students in his talk "Principle, Pragmatism or Prostitution? Speaking human rights to global finance," hosted by CDDRL and the Program on Human Rights.
September 22nd, 2010
Elections and Changing Political Dynamics in the Arab World Seminar Series Launched
ARD NewsThe Program on Arab Reform and Democracy is pleased to announce its seminar series for 2010-11, titled "Elections and Changing Political Dynamics in the Arab World". The series kicks off with two seminars on October 7 and November 18, examining elections in Iraq and Jordan, respectively. Read more »
March 17th, 2010
Larry Diamond: Iraq and the oil curse
CDDRL, FSI Stanford News"Not a single one of the 23 countries that derive most of their export earnings from oil and gas is a democracy today," wrote CDDRL Director Larry Diamond in an an article for the Journal of Democracy, Why are there no Arab democracies? In these countries, the state is "large, centralized, and repressive," he notes. Diamond comments in Newsweek about Iraq's prospects for escaping the oil curse.
May 28th, 2009
After America: How Iraq can ensure stability and achieve reconciliation
CDDRL, FSI Stanford NewsAs the date of the American withdrawal from Iraq approaches, there are four key imperatives that must be addressed and important goals to be achieved to help assure that recent progress will not be reversed once the American withdrawal takes place, CDDRL Director and FSI Senior Fellow Larry Diamond argues in a recent op ed in the Arabic magazine, The Majalla. Read more »
October 23rd, 2008
McFaul offers historical view of regime change
Op-ed: ForaTV on October 14, 2008In video taken October 14, during a debate with former CIA Director James Woolsey, CDDRL Director Michael McFaul attacks the idea that America invaded Iraq solely to promote democracy. McFaul argues that, except in a few rare instances, the United States has never invaded a country unless there was a national security concern. Read more »
October 10th, 2008
Obama advisor, CDDRL Director McFaul to square off against McCain advisor, former CIA Director Jim Woolsey
On October 14, at a special Commonwealth Club of California event in San Francisco, CDDRL Director Michael McFaul will debate former CIA Director James Woolsey on international security and how it factors into each presidential campaign's plans for the country. McFaul is a foreign policy advisor to Sen. Barack Obama; Woolsey is an advisor to Sen. John McCain.
August 1st, 2007
Larry Diamond on importance of diplomatic strategy in Iraq in contrast to "surge" or "withdraw" talks
ARD NewsWhile the debate to "surge" or "withdraw" troops continues, Larry Diamond, Coordinator of the Democracy Program at CDDRL, along with Carlos Pascual, writes on the need for a diplomatic strategy to achieve a sustainable peace in Iraq. Diamond asserts that U.S. troops should aim to provide security needed to create an environment to negotiate a peace agreement to end the war and warns that if the parties in Iraq cannot reach a political settlment to reduce the violence and achieve peace, then military force must be redeployed to contain the regional spillover from the conflict.
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