Peace, Security & Geopolitics
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The following activities and people highlight efforts at Stanford to understand, reimagine and strengthen democracy through peace, security and geopolitics.
Upcoming Events
Research
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Tech Track 2
TT2 seeks to break down barriers between the government, industry, and academia, and inspire partnerships that reinforce US advantages critical to protecting liberal Democratic values, fostering prosperity, and preserving peace worldwide. -
Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region
Supports research and public dialogue about Taiwan’s democracy and society and the pivotal position Taiwan occupies in a vast, strategic, and increasingly integrated swath of the world. -
Strengthening US-India Relations
The goal of the US-India Program at Hoover is to generate, identify, and advance policy-relevant scholarship and connections that will deepen the relationship between the world’s oldest democracy and the world’s largest democracy. -
Mapping Militant Organizations
The Mapping Militants Project identifies patterns in the evolution of militant organizations in specified conflict theatres and provides representations of changing relationships among groups. -
Initiative on International Conflict and Negotiation
The Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN) and CISAC are collaborating to support a special initiative on international conflict resolution. -
Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue
The Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue, led by the Hoover Institution, aims to address security challenges and promote cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. -
China’s Global Sharp Power
The China’s Global Sharp Power Project delivers data-driven analysis and actionable solutions that equip decisionmakers to strike more resilient, balanced, and vigilant relationships with the People’s Republic of China. -
Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on the Middle East and the Islamic World
Research into the Middle East--"to support changes that enhance economic and political freedom, and foster personal liberty and rule of law—developments that are critical to the very order of the international system." -
Existential Risks Initiative
The Stanford Existential Risks Initiative is dedicated to mitigating existential risks, such as extreme climate change, nuclear winter, global pandemics (and other risks from synthetic biology), and risks from advanced artificial intelligence. -
European Security Initiative
The European Security Initiative focuses on the Russia challenge to Europe’s security and steps that the United States and its European partners can take to maintain and strengthen European security. -
Program on Arab Reform and Democracy
Examines the different social and political dynamics within Arab countries and the evolution of their political systems, focusing on the prospects, conditions and possible pathways for Democratic reform in the region. -
Gordion Knot Center for National Security Innovation
The Stanford Gordian Knot Center (GKC) for National Security Innovation trains and connects the next generation of national security innovators with the U.S. Government to solve the world's most intractable challenges. -
Cyber Policy Center
Stanford University's research center for the interdisciplinary study of issues at the nexus of technology, governance and public policy focused on digital technologies impacting democracy, security, and geopolitics globally. -
Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
An interdisciplinary center for research on development in all of its dimensions: political, economic, social, and legal, and the ways in which these different dimensions interact with one another. -
Center for International Security and Cooperation
CISAC scholars are involved in issues like nuclear nonproliferation research, the study of international norms and ethics, and Track II talks with China, North Korea, Pakistan and Russia. -
Hoover Institution
Seeking to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity while securing and safeguarding peace for America and all mankind. -
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Stanford’s hub for nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research, teaching, and policy impact in international affairs.
Spring 2025 Courses
People in the Stanford Community
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Cryptography Professor, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Emerita -
Professor of History -
Mosbacher Senior Fellow of Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Professor, by courtesy, of Sociology and of Political Science -
Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Health Policy -
Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics -
Senior Research Scholar -
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Edgar E. Robinson Professor of United States History, Emerita -
Olivier & Nomellini Senior Fellow in International Studies at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science -
John H. Scully Professor of International Business Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Psychology -
Payne Distinguished Lecturer
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Research Scholar
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Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Professor of the Practice
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Reliance-Dhirubhai Ambani Professor -
Professor (Research) of Management Science and Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Emeritus -
Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Emeritus -
Associate Professor of Political Economy at the GSB, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research & Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science and of Economics -
Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Hoover Institution
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Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Hoover Institution, Emeritus -
Professor of Anthropology, Emerita -
Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Assistant Professor (by courtesy) of Political Science -
Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, at the Freeman Spogli Institute and at the Woods Institute -
Hoover Senior Fellow
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Distinguished Visiting Fellow
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William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Michael & Barbara Berberian Professor, Senior Fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Emeritus -
Lecturer
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Tad & Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution, Denning Professor of Global Business & the Economy, Thomas & Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at Hoover, Professor of Political Sci & Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at FSI
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Helen C. Farnsworth Professor of International Agricultural Policy and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Caroline S. G. Munro Memorial Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Affiliate
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William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science -
William J. Perry Professor, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Cultures -
William W. and Gertrude H. Saunders Professor of Law
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Hoover Institution Research Fellow -
Hoover Institution Research Fellow
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Deputy Director -
Denise O'Leary & Kent Thiry Professor of the Humanities and Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science -
Senior Lecturer in Law -
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Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Senior Fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, at Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, & Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science -
Kwoh-Ting Li Professor of Economic Development and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Past Events
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Past Event Campus Events
FACES Coffee Chat with Prof. Shinichi Kitaoka
Forum for American-Chinese Exchange at StanfordOpen to: Stanford students-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Campus Events
Executive Director of "The American Conservative": A Conversation on Trade and Foreign Policy
Freeman Spogli Institute for International StudiesOpen to: Stanford community (in-person); Public (online)-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Campus Events
Global Dialogues: The Politics of Solidarity
Stanford Global Studies DivisionOpen to: Stanford community-*This event has already occurred.