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The @stanford Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law @fsi_stanford produces policy-relevant research to advance political development.

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🇸🇾📢 UPCOMING EVENT:

𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗜𝘁? 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗜𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄? 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗜𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴? | 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹-𝗛𝗮𝗷 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗵

🗓️ Mon, Oct. 19, 2026
⏰ 5:00-6:30 PM
🏫 Stanford Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall
424 Santa Teresa Street Stanford, CA 94305

🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/YassinAlHaj

After close to 14 years of cruel struggle, the “eternal” #Assad regime was overthrown. #Syria came out of that eternity quite shapeless. This talk explores the trajectory of Syria from the beginning of the #revolution to the present day, and examines future possibilities.

𝗬𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹-𝗛𝗮𝗷 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗵 is a Syrian writer and translator, and is an International Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Humanities Center.

👉 Sponsored by: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, @mideaststanford, Program on Arab Reform and Development (@stanford_cddrl)

#AbbasiProgram #StanfordIslamicStudies

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Come say hi at our Stanford event on Monday where we will discuss America’s slide into authoritarianism. You watch it online too! 12.00 at @stanford_cddrl, more details on their website

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🎓 Открыт набор на Stanford U.S.-Russia Forum (SURF) 2026–2027!

Приглашаем русскоязычных студентов Карлова университета подать заявку на участие в Stanford U.S.-Russia Forum — совместной программе Стэнфордского университета и магистратуры имени Бориса Немцова по изучению России в Карловом университете. Отбор участников проходит на конкурсной основе.
SURF объединяет студентов Стэнфорда и Карлова университета для работы над совместными проектами, связанными с Россией и более широким регионом, а также представляющими взаимный интерес для России и США.
Фокус исследований может быть самым разным: международные отношения и внешняя политика, общество и культура, медиа, экономика, технологии, государственная политика и многое другое. Участники работают в небольших командах и вместе готовят итоговые работы.

В течение года проходят онлайн-сессии и две очные конференции:
📍 Прага — 23–25 марта 2027
📍 Стэнфордский университет, Калифорния — ориентировочно 16–18 мая 2027

На конференциях участники представляют результаты своей работы, встречаются с учеными, журналистами и экспертами и общаются друг с другом.

✈️ Для наиболее активных и мотивированных участников расходы на поездку в Стэнфорд в мае покрываются.
📅 Дедлайн подачи заявки — 23 октября 2026 года, 23:59.
Работы участников SURF прошлых лет можно посмотреть на сайте.

Программа организована совместно с @stanford_cddrl ,@nemtsovmaprogram , @uves_ff_unikarlova

Если у вас возникли вопросы, напишите нам russianstudies@ff.cuni.cz

👉 Форма заявки в шапке профиля
🔗 Ссылка на сайт SURF в сторис

Ждем ваши заявки!

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Join us on tour this fall as @mariadeforest and @storyevtime tell you HOW TO SURVIVE AUTHORITARIANISM from coast to coast!

HOW TO SURVIVE AUTHORITARIANISM: A RUSSIAN'S PHRASEBOOK FOR EVERYDAY LIFE IN AMERICA is the indispensable lexicon you need to face authoritarianism—from the country that’s been surviving it for centuries.

America is not the first country to experience the stirring of tyranny; in Russia, it has been the law of the land for generations. Over the years, a vernacular of double-speak emerged, one that helped ordinary people make sense of how illiberalism takes shape and makes itself felt in daily life. It allowed them to talk about authoritarianism and to subvert it—with a healthy dose of humor and irony along the way.

In this edifying yet lighthearted glossary, two exiled dissidents share one hundred Russian idioms and turns of phrase, from “apparatchik” to “samizdat.” Some, like “power vertical,” give name to a hypercentralized form of government. Others are playful, like mnogohodovochka (“master plan”), used to deride bizarre, misguided state measures. Taken together, they make up the vocabulary we need to understand what is really taking place, and offer a roadmap to what might still lie ahead.

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Happening now!

Three Authors Discuss Egypt’s Security State, Media, and Judiciary. A Talk with Hossam El-Hamalawy, Maher Hamoud, and Waleed Salem, in discussion with Hesham Sallam.

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¡Estamos felices de sumarnos al primer Democracy Garage del Democracy Action Lab de @stanford_cddrl! ⚡️

En los próximos meses, trabajaremos codo a codo con el extraordinario equipo de Stanford y 7 organizaciones colombianas, peruanas y brasileñas que defienden la democracia en sus países. Una espacio disruptivo para aprender, colaborar y potenciar nuestra acción con evidencia, estrategia, comunicación e innovación.

¡Un honor representar al Perú en esta cohorte, junto al @ieperuanos!

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CDDRL's Democracy Action Lab (DAL) is thrilled to announce the organizations participating in the first cohort of its Democracy Garage — the first accelerator program of its kind dedicated to strengthening frontline democracy defenders across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Over the next few months, DAL will work side by side with eight organizations across the region, applying a structured accelerator methodology to co-develop strategies tailored to each country's democratic challenges. It's a deep collaboration grounded in evidence, strategy, and solidarity — built to close the gap between high-level research and the real-time needs of those doing the hardest work on the ground.

👆️ Click the link in our bio to read more about the program and the participating organizations — in both English and Spanish.

🖼️ on slide 1: @pariplab_chakraborty

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Join us on September 21 at 10 AM PST for a talk by Hossam El-Hamalawy, Maher Hamoud, and Waleed Salem, in discussion with Hesham Sallam, on "Egypt's Security State, Media, and Judiciary."

This is a hybrid event! Register to attend in-person in SFU Harbour Centre room 2270, or online on Zoom, via the link in our LinkTree.

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Some experiences hand you answers. The ones that really matter hand you better questions. That’s what my #FisherFamilyFellowship at @stanford_cddrl turned out to be.

I arrived with questions about democracy, governance, politics, conflict and participation. Questions shaped by my own years in public life in India, and by a stubborn belief that democracy remains meaningful only when we keep asking how institutions can become more responsive, inclusive and connected to the people they serve.

I’m leaving with fewer certainties than I arrived with, but with a lot more curiosity.

Curiosity to listen before forming an opinion. To question what seems obvious. To look at familiar problems through unfamiliar lenses. And, perhaps most importantly, the humility to accept that sometimes the most important question is the one I haven’t yet thought to ask.

I had the privilege of learning from people whose work I had read for years. My sincere gratitude to Kathryn, Larry, Franc, Michael, Dinsha, Paul, Mike and every faculty member who shared their time, knowledge and honest perspectives with us.

And to Cheng Hyunh, our Program Manager, thank you. Your care, patience and attention to every small detail made this fellowship what it was.

But honestly, @stanford was never just about the classroom. It was about the people.

Fellows from different countries, backgrounds and professional lives. We didn’t always agree, and that was precisely the point. The coffee conversations, debates that went nowhere and everywhere, laughter, disagreements and friendships that grew out of all of it will stay with me far beyond the seminar rooms.

Maybe that’s the real purpose of learning. Not to reach a finish line where you have every answer, but to develop the curiosity to keep asking better questions.

If this journey gave me one word to carry forward, it is curiosity. Grateful for the journey. Grateful for the people. Grateful for the questions I still haven’t answered.

Thank you, #Stanford, for this extraordinary opportunity, and thank you to all the wonderful people who have become friends for life.

Much love❤️
#Democracy #curiosity #indiaatstanford

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Over the last nine months, I’ve traveled across America speaking about the ideas in my book, Autocrats vs. Democrats.

I've been to 13 states and given dozens of talks— including four in Texas, two in Montana, and over a dozen in California alone. This has allowed me to meet and hear from people in different parts of our great country, and I’ve summarized some of my main takeaways in a new essay at McFaul’s World.

I also want to say thank you to everyone who came out. The enthusiastic, welcoming crowds, the standing ovations, and the long book-signing lines have inspired me to stay in the fight for defining America’s role in the world!

I’m taking a break for the rest of the summer, but I’ll be back on the road this fall with stops at Cornell University, Salve Regina University, the University of Toronto, and the University of Utah among those planned.

If you have ideas for other stops, send me an email!

Visit McFaul's World or see link in bio to read my latest essay.

#Democracy #USPolitics #ForeignPolicy #Russia #China

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Bringing cultural policy to the forefront of global development discussions at Stanford.

📷 Rod Searcey

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It has been a fantastic week with our 2026 Fisher Family Summer Fellows! 🌎️

This first week, our cohort dove into foundational questions of democracy, development, and the rule of law with talks from @francis.fukuyama, @larryjdiamond, @kathryn.stoner, Erik Jensen, and @ambmcfaul, exploring everything from “What is Democracy?” to global challenges facing democratic governance today. Fellows also examined case studies on autocracy and local governance in the Middle East with Hesham Sallam and @aycalem, dug into China’s global information ecosystem with Jennifer Pan, and joined a fireside chat on energy and geopolitics with Arun Majumdar (@stanford.doerr) and David Fedor.

Beyond the classroom, fellows sharpened their storytelling skills in a communication workshop with @mattabrahams to prepare for their upcoming “TED-style” Spotlight Talks and had the chance to build connections with faculty and one another along the way.

Next week, fellows will continue their Spotlight Talks, learn how deliberative democracy can drive positive change, explore the politics of migrant scapegoating, and hear from and @hrf panel of regional experts, including taking a look at HRF’s Tyranny Tracker index.

🔗 Learn more about the Fisher Family Summer Fellows Program and this year’s cohort at the link in our bio.

📸: Rod Searcey

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