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January 18th, 2013
Korea's new leadership should promote country abroad
Shorenstein APARC, KSP Op-ed: Dong-A Ilbo on January 14, 2013Korea's new presidential administration should embrace the opportunity to provide more foreign aid, and to raise the profile of Korean technology and culture abroad, said Gi-Wook Shin in a recent Dong-A Ilbo op-ed.
The American pivot in Southeast Asia
Shorenstein APARC, SEAF Op-ed"As much as China is front and center for the United States and Asia, the American pivot is not all about the dragon. It is also very much about the 10 member states of ASEAN," says Donald K. Emmerson in a recent opinion article.
January 17th, 2013
New Mexican President may be able to break cycle of drug violence
CISAC Op-ed: The San Francisco Chronicle on January 11, 2012CISAC Postdoctoral Fellow Ben Lessing outlines how Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, may differ significantly from his predecessor in dealing with the country's drug war. Lessing argues Peña Nieto's middle path may lay the foundation to break Mexico's cycle of violence. Read more »
January 16th, 2013
Failure to protect democracy in Mali opened path for grave atrocities
CDDRL, FSI Stanford Op-edAs French troops deployed to Mali this week to push back Islamist rebels,
CDDRL Post-Doctoral Fellow Landry Signé writes in the New York Times
that the failure to restore democracy sooner has descended the country into
a devilish civil war with grave humanitarian consequences. Signé argues that
Mali's West African neighbors and the international community should have
acted earlier to restore peace and security to a country long recognized for
its democratic stability. 
Read more »
January 9th, 2013
Obama and the betrayal of democracy in Bahrain
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program Op-edIn a piece for The Atlantic, CDDRL Director Larry Diamond shines light on the Obama administration's betrayal of democracy in the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain. As security interests outweigh moral principles, Diamond details how the U.S. has turned its back on human rights activists and their popular aspirations for democracy. One such activist is Abduljalil al-Singance, a 2007 Draper Hills Summer Fellow, who was tortured at the hands of the Bahraini regime and recently sentenced to life imprisonment. Read more »
January 8th, 2013
Zegart: Brennan as CIA director reflects increasing public tolerance for torture
CISAC Op-ed: The New York Times on January 7, 2013CISAC Faculty Member Amy Zegart discusses how changing American attitudes toward torture have impacted intelligence agencies. The Obama administration's recent appointment of John Brennan to lead the CIA is a case in point. Read more »
January 7th, 2013
Qatar's involvement in Libya
CDDRL, ARD Op-ed: World Peace Foundation blog on January 7, 2013Lina Khatib comments on Qatari foreign policy with special reference to Libya in a piece published by the World Peace Foundation on the WPF Blog. Read more »
December 20th, 2012
The good, the bad, and the ugly of aviation security
CISAC Op-ed: Foreign Policy on January 19, 2012CISAC Faculty Member and Foreign Policy blogger Amy Zegart explains the good, the bad and the ugly of aviation security. Despite the problems, there are positive developments in the Transportation Security Administration's work. Read more »
December 12th, 2012
Weinstein: Susan Rice "uniquely qualified" to lead State Department
CISAC Op-ed: Huffington Post on December 11, 2012Jeremy Weinstein defends Ambassador Susan Rice's career, saying that the potential candidate for Secretary of State is "uniquely qualified" for the position and hopes that President Obama will nominate her to the position. Read more »
December 7th, 2012
Image politics in the Middle East
CDDRL, ARD Op-ed: LSE Middle East Center Blog on December 7, 2012Marking the publication of Lina Khatib's new book, Image Politics in the Middle East: The Role of the Visual in Political Struggle (2012), Khatib comments on the centrality of the visual in the politics of the region for the LSE Middle East Center blog. Read more »
November 28th, 2012
Why cultures clash when military leaders run the CIA
CISAC Op-ed: Foreign Policy on November 28, 2012Amy Zegart explains why military leaders have a difficult time running intelligence agencies. Even though both deal with national security, their organizational structures create very different operational cultures.
November 23rd, 2012
A Vaccine to Curb Addicts' Highs
CHP/PCOR Op-ed: The Wall Street Journal on November 23, 2012New research shows that our immune system can mute the effects of cocaine and other stimulant drugs.
November 15th, 2012
North Korea not a major U.S. focus
Shorenstein APARC, KSP Op-ed: Dong-A Ilbo on November 10, 2012In a recent Dong-A Ilbo op-ed, Gi-Wook Shin says that North Korea is not a priority in current U.S. foreign policy.
November 9th, 2012
How marijuana legalization will affect Mexico’s cartels, in charts
CHP/PCOR Op-ed: The Washington Post on November 9, 2012The decision by voters in Colorado and Washington state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana has “changed the rules of the game” for the administration of Mexican President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto in the U.S.-backed drug war, according to a report by the Washington Post’s William Booth.
- » Keith Humphreys
- » The Washington Post: How marijuana legalization will affect Mexico's cartels, in charts
November 8th, 2012
Predicting Kim Jong Un's next steps not as easy as our elections results
CISAC Op-ed: Foreign Policy on November 7, 2012Amy Zegart, CISAC faculty member, writes in Foreign Policy that national security threats can't be predicted as well as our election outcomes. Although data can be collected easily about ship locations and military movements, personalities and intentions are unpredictable. Read more »
November 1st, 2012
Protecting nuclear plants from nature's worst
Shorenstein APARC, Japan Studies Program Op-ed: Washington Post on November 1, 2012As the East Coast cleans up from super-storm Sandy, Phillip Lipscy and Kenji Kushida point to important lessons from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster. They say more must be done to safeguard U.S. nuclear plants from natural disasters.
Cybersecurity Fellow Mayer exposes leaks of personal data by 2012 campaigns
CISAC Op-edCybersecurity Fellow Jonathan Mayer exposes how personal information is being leaked to third-party trackers on presidential campaign websites, despite official claims that tracking is anonymous. The campaigns are leaking names, addresses and partial e-mail addresses to third parties. Read more »
October 30th, 2012
Experts predict personalized bioweapons possible in the near future
CISAC Op-ed: Atlantic MagazineCISAC Affiliate Marc Goodman co-authors an article on how advances in biotechnology may be used in the near future to create personalized biological agents that target individuals based on their DNA. Read more »
October 2nd, 2012
Zegart: Americans' support for harsh counterterrorism methods increasing
CISAC Op-ed: Foreign Policy on September 25, 2012In the face of a terrorist attack, one quarter of Americans said they would use nuclear weapons to stop terrorists. Read more »
October 1st, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi: From politician to 'democracy icon' and back again
CDDRL Op-edIn a piece for The Atlantic, CDDRL Director Larry Diamond discusses the journey of Burmese human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi from a democracy icon to a political party leader. During her 17-day U.S. tour, Suu Kyi appeared at the San Francisco Freedom Forum carrying the message of forgiveness and non-violence. Diamond reflects on Suu Kyi's leadership and the hope she represents for Burma as it emerges from half a century of military rule. Read more »
September 17th, 2012
The Proposition Games: Will Prop 35 help curb human trafficking?
CDDRL, PHR Op-ed: The Stanford Daily on September 17, 2012In a piece for the Stanford Daily, Nadejda Marques, manager of the Program on Human Rights at the CDDRL, writes about Proposition 35 (the CASE Act), slated for the November 2012 California Ballot. Californians Against Sexual Exploitation (CASE) hopes to raise awareness of human trafficking and deter traffickers with higher penalties and fines. Critics of Proposition 35 argue that stiffer sentencing is not the core of this complex problem. They defend that efforts should be directed to training police and prosecutors, and funding victim-services providers to protect and enable court proceedings. Read more »
September 14th, 2012
Zegart: “Spytainment” blurs the lines between Hollywood and Washington
CISAC Op-ed: Foreign Policy on September 11, 2012CISAC affiliated faculty member and Foreign Policy blogger Amy Zegart explains how spy-themed entertainment has distorted perceptions about intelligence agencies. When government officials recruit Disney to help design the National Counterterrorism Center and a Supreme Court justice says the fictional 24 operative saved Los Angeles, these misperceptions influence intelligence policy in very real ways.
- » Foreign Policy: Langley Goes Hollywood
- » Zegart launches biweekly intelligence column at Foreign Policy
August 29th, 2012
When things are too quiet to be good
CDDRL, PHR Op-ed: Stanford Daily on August 29, 2012In a piece for the Stanford Daily, Nadejda Marques, manager of the Program on Human Rights at the CDDRL, writes about Angola's parliamentary election, political violence and violations to the rights of freedom of expression, assembly and demonstration. Read more »
August 20th, 2012
Canada's new immigration measure and human trafficking
CDDRL, PHR Op-ed: Stanford Daily on August 16, 2012In a piece for the Stanford Daily, Nadejda Marques, manager of the Program on Human Rights at the CDDRL, writes about Canada's new immigration measure and its potential impact on human trafficking. Read more »
August 18th, 2012
Why small is beautiful in venture capital
Shorenstein APARC Op-ed: VentureBeat on August 18, 2012In a VentureBeat guest post, Rafiq Dossani responds to a Kaufmann Foundation analysis about the risks of large venture capital funds.
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