http://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/Recent news from CDDRLen-usPublic domainhttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/60http://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3326In 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 President Bashar al-Assad.]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3326?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3323The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy scholar Elias Muhanna, the blogger behind qifanabki.com, was nominated for a special award for an outstanding contribution to new media by the Next Century Foundation.]]>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3323?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3328In 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.]]>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3328?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3317Arab 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.]]>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3317?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3306CDDRL 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.]]>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3306?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3311Roni 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.]]>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3311?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3312Madeline 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.]]>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3312?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3295A 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.]]>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3295?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3278The 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.]]>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3278?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3309Bradley 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.]]>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3309?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3318Lebanon’s peculiar brand of democracy, dysfunctional and widely unpopular, is a perennial source of national vexation, debated over Sunday lunches and in the press.]]>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3318?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3279In an article for the Jan./Feb. issue of Foreign Affairs, Francis Fukuyama traces the rise of liberal democracy through the 20th century, which led to the growth of the middle class.]]>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3279?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3275The Liberation Technology Seminar Series for the winter quarter features an impressive array of speakers.]]>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3275?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3266Michael McFaul, a senior fellow at FSI and President Obama's top Russia advisor, will be Washington's chief diplomat in Moscow.]]>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3266?rsshttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3258Russian protesters are clamoring for political change, but Kathryn Stoner-Weiss says they're not likely to get it. The CDDRL deputy director argues in The New York Times and on National Public Radio that Russians can expect Vladimir Putin to be their president.]]>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://cddrl.stanford.edu/news/3258?rss