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Part 1 of our series on the language and culture of Thailand. In this video, instructors Suriya Sriphrom and Suchada Sanonguthai introduce the country of Thailand and the topics covered in this…

This talk examines Russia’s evolving information strategy abroad, examining the variety of different tools now being used to try to influence the domestic political discourse and media space of…

The present paper begins with the well-traveled notion of institutions as “the rules of the game” and seeks to give some conceptual concreteness to the idea of rules in order to…

We examine non-price allocation mechanisms when the incentive and information constraints faced by a democratic government may render the ideal (i.e., “first-best”) outcomes…

The persistence of autocratic regimes in the context of modern societies creates significant challenges for social science theory and empirical research. The panelists will address these challenges…

The paper describes and analyzes women’s participation in the recent constitutional amendment process in Liberia and argues that a feminist, dialogic model best captures the lessons learned…

Scholars typically regard the “rule of law”—a stable and predictable process by which laws are implemented, enforced, and changed—as a cornerstone of good governance and a…

In part 6 of our month-long conversation about the role business can and should play in the world's peace processes, Dr. John Sullivan, retired Executive Director of the Center for International…

BiographyPamela S. Karlan is the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law and co-director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford Law School. Her primary scholarly…

Over half a century of the power struggle between local communities and the state on environmental governance issues in Southeast Asia, the conception of data, knowledge, and science went through…