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MagnifyLarry Diamond, MA, PhD
Director, CDDRL; Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute and the Hoover Institution and Professor of Political Science and Sociology, by courtesy
CDDRL
Stanford University
Encina Hall C140
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
Research Interests
democratic development and regime change; U.S. foreign policy affecting democracy abroad; comparative trends in the quality and stability of democracy in developing countries and postcommunist states; and public opinion in new democracies, especially in East Asia
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Working Papers
- Democratic Governance and the Performance of Democracy
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Working Papers (2009)
- The Quality of Democracy
Larry Diamond, Leonardo Morlino
CDDRL Working Papers (2004) - Moving Up Out of Poverty: What Does Democracy Have to Do With It?
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Working Papers (2004)
Reports
New Day New Way: U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century
Michael A. McFaul, Larry Diamond, Steve Radelet, Gayle Smith, Brian Atwood, David Beckmann, Lael Brainard, Francis Fukuyama, George Ingram, Carol Lancaster, Charles MacCormack, Larry Nowels, Ray Offenheiser, Stewart Patrick, William Reese, Sam Worthington
Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (2008)
A Diplomatic Offensive for Iraq
Larry Diamond, Carlos Pascual
The Brookings Institution (2007)- Democracy and Human Development in the Broader Middle East: A Transatlantic Strategy for Partnership
Urban Ahlin, Menur Akgün, Gustavo de Aristegui, Ronald D. Asmus, Daniel Byman, Larry Diamond, Steven Everts, Ralf Fücks, Iris Glosemeyer, Jana Hybaskova, Thorsten Klassen, Mark Leonard, Michael A. McFaul, Thomas O. Melia, Michael Mertes, Joshua Muravchik, Kenneth M. Pollack, Karen Volker, Jennifer Windsor
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (2004)
- Workshop on Regime Transitions from Communist Rule in Comparative Perspective
Michael A. McFaul, Gail W. Lapidus, Larry Diamond
(2003) - Prospects for Democratic Development in Africa
Larry Diamond
Hoover Institution Essays in Public Policy vol. 74 (1997)
Journal Articles
The Coming Wave
Larry Diamond
The Journal of Democracy vol. 23, 1 (2012)
Why Are There No Arab Democracies?
Larry Diamond
Journal of Democracy vol. 21, 1 (2010)
Democratic Rollback: The Resurgence of the Predatory State
Larry Diamond
Foreign Affairs (2008)
Iran's weakened hard-liners crave a US attack
Michael A. McFaul, Abbas Milani, Larry Diamond
Christian Science Monitor (2007)
Iraq and Democracy: The Lessons Learned
Larry Diamond
Current History (2006)
Slide Rules: What Civil War Looks Like
Larry Diamond
The New Republic (2006)
What to Do in Iraq: A Roundtable
Larry Diamond, James Dobbins, Chaim Kaufmann, Leslie H. Gelb, Stephen Biddle
Foreign Affairs vol. 85, 4 (2006)
A Win-Win U.S. Strategy for Dealing with Iran
Michael A. McFaul, Larry Diamond, Abbas Milani
The Washington Quarterly (2006)
Building Democracy After Conflict: Lessons from Iraq
Larry Diamond
Journal of Democracy vol. 16 (2005)- Beyond Incrementalism: A New U.S. Strategy for Dealing with Iran
Michael A. McFaul, Abbas Milani, Larry Diamond
Hoover Institution Press (2005) 
A Transatlantic Strategy to Promote Democratic Development in the Broader Middle East
Michael A. McFaul, Larry Diamond, Ronald Asmus, Mark Leonard
The Washington Quarterly vol. 28, 2 (2005)
The Quality of a Democracy: An Overview
Larry Diamond, Leonardo Morlino
Journal of Democracy vol. 15, 4 (2004)
What Went Wrong in Iraq?
Larry Diamond
Foreign Affairs vol. 83, 5 (2004)- The Rule of Law as Transition to Democracy in China
Larry Diamond
Journal of Contemporary China vol. 12, 35 (2003) 
Species of Political Parties: A New Typology
Larry Diamond, Richard Gunther
Party Politics vol. 9, 2 (2003)
Universal Democracy?
Larry Diamond
Policy Review vol. 119 (2003)
Elections Without Democracy: Thinking about Hybrid Regimes
Larry Diamond
Journal of Democracy vol. 13, 2 (2002)
How People View Democracy: Halting Progress in Korea and Taiwan
Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, Doh Chull Shin
Journal of Democracy vol. 12, 1 (2001)
Is Pakistan the Reverse Wave of the Future?
Larry Diamond
Journal of Democracy vol. 11, 3 (2000)
The Global State of Democracy
Larry Diamond
Current History vol. 99, 641 (2000)
Consolidating Democracy in the Americas
Larry Diamond
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences (1997)
Promoting Democracy
Larry Diamond
Foreign Policy vol. 87 (1992)
Liberation Technology
Larry Diamond
Journal of Democracy vol. 21, 3
Books & Book Chapters
Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner
The Johns Hopkins University Press (2012)
Political Change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan
Bruce Gilley, Larry Diamond, Weitseng Chen
Lynne Rienner Publishers (2008)
The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World
Larry Diamond
Times Books (2008)
With All Our Might: A Progressive Strategy for Defeating Jihadism and Defending Liberty
Will Marshall, Michael A. McFaul, Larry Diamond
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (2006)
Electoral Systems and Democracy
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner
The Johns Hopkins University Press (2006)
Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq
Larry Diamond
Times Books (2005)
Empowering the Poor: What Does Democracy Have to Do with It?
Larry Diamond
World Bank in "Measuring Empowerment: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives", Deepa Narayan, ed. (2005)
What Went Wrong and Right in Iraq
Larry Diamond, Francis Fukuyama
Johns Hopkins University Press in "Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq", Francis Fukuyama, ed. (2005)
World Religions and Democracy
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Philip J. Costopoulos
The Johns Hopkins University Press (2005)
Assessing the Quality of Democracy
Larry Diamond, Leonardo Morlino
Johns Hopkins University Press (2005)
Nigeria's Struggle for Democracy and Good Governance: A Festschrift for Oyeleye Oyediran
Abigun A. B. Agbaje, Larry Diamond, Ebere Onwuiwe
Ibadan University Press (2004)
Promoting Real Reform in Africa
Larry Diamond
Lynne Rienner Publishers in "Democratic Reform in Africa: The Quality of Progress", E. Gyimah-Boadi, ed. (2004)
Islam and Democracy in the Middle East
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Daniel Brumberg
Johns Hopkins University Press (2003)
Democracy After Communism
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner
Johns Hopkins University Press (2002)
Institutional Design, Ethnic Conflict Management, and Democracy in Nigeria
Rotimi Suberu, Larry Diamond
Oxford University Press in "The Architecture of Democracy: Constitutional Design, Conflict Mangement and Democracy", Andrew Reynolds, ed. (2002)
Consolidating Democracies
Larry Diamond
Sage in "Comparing Democracies: New Challenges in the Study of Elections and Voting", Larry LeDuc, Richard Niemi, and Pippa Norris, eds. (2002)
Promoting Democratic Governance
Larry Diamond
U.S. Agency for International Development in "U.S. Agency for International Development, Foreign Aid in the National Interest: Promoting Freedom, Security, and Opportunity" (2002)
Building a World of Liberal Democracies
Larry Diamond
Hoover Institution Press in "Foreign Policy for America's Third Century: Alternative Perspectives", Thomas Henriksen, ed. (2001)
Foreword to "Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria"
Larry Diamond
U.S. Institute of Peace in "Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria", Rotimi T. Suberu, ed. (2001)
Anatomy of an Earthquake: How the KMT Lost and the DPP Won the 2000 Presidential Election
Larry Diamond
M.E. Sharpe in "Taiwan's Presidential Politics: Democratization and Cross-Strait Relations in the 21st Century", Muthiah Alagappa, ed. (2001)
The Global Divergence of Democracies
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner
Johns Hopkins University Press (2001)
Political Parties and Democracy
Larry Diamond, Richard Gunther
Johns Hopkins University Press (2001)
Elections and Democracy in Greater China
Larry Diamond, Ramon H. Myers
Oxford University Press (2001)
Institutional Reform and Democratic Consolidation in Korea
Larry Diamond, Doh Chull Shin
Hoover Institution Press (2000)
Foreword to "China and Democracy: The Prospect for a Democratic China"
Larry Diamond
Routledge in "China and Democracy: The Prospect for a Democratic China", Suisheng Zhao, ed. (2000)
Consolidating Democracy in South Korea
Larry Diamond, Byung-Kook Kim
Lynne Rienner Publishers (2000)
Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America
Larry Diamond, Jonathan Hartlyn, Juan Linz, Seymour Martin Lipset
Lynne Rienner Publishers (1999)
The Self-Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies
Andreas Schedler, Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner
Lynne Rienner Publishers (1999)
Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation
Larry Diamond
Johns Hopkins University Press (1999)
Democratization in Africa
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner
Johns Hopkins University Press (1999)
Democracy in East Asia
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner
Johns Hopkins University Press (1998)
Promoting Democracy in the 1990s: Actors, Instruments, and Issues
Larry Diamond
Cambridge University Press in "Democracy's Victory and Crisis: Nobel Symposium 1994", Axel Hadenius, ed. (1997)
Transition Without End: Nigerian Politics and Civil Society under Babangida
Larry Diamond, Anthony Kirk-Greene, Oyeleye Oyediran
Lynne Rienner Publishers (1997)
Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Yun-han Chu, Hung-mao Tien
Johns Hopkins University Press (1997)
How Much Inequality Can Democracy Stand?
Terry L. Karl, Larry Diamond
International Forum for Democratic Studies, in "Constructing Democracy in Markets: Comparing Latin America and Asia" (1996)
The Global Resurgence of Democracy
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner
Johns Hopkins University Press (1996)
Civil-Military Relations and Democracy
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner
Johns Hopkins University Press (1996)
Democracy in Latin America: Degrees, Illusions, and Directions for Consolidation
Larry Diamond
Johns Hopkins University Press in "Beyond Sovereignty: Collectively Defending Democracy in the Americas", Tom Farer, ed. (1996)
Promoting Democracy in the 1990s: Actors and Instruments, Issues and Imperatives
Larry Diamond
Carnegie Corporation of New York (1995)
Promoting Democracy in Africa
Larry Diamond
Westview Press in "Africa in World Politics", John W. Harbeson and Donald Rothchild, eds. (1995)
Democracy and Economic Reform: Tensions, Compatibilities, and Strategies for Reconciliation
Larry Diamond
Hoover Institution Press in "Economic Transition in Eastern Europe and Russia: Realities of Reform", Edward Lazear, ed. (1995)
Politics in Developing Countries
Larry Diamond, Juan Linz, Seymour Martin Lipset
Lynne Rienner Publishers (1995)
Subsaharan Africa, Colonialism, Legitimacy, and Nigeria
Larry Diamond
Congressional Quarterly in "The Encyclopedia of Democracy" Seymour Martin Lipset, ed. (1995)
Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Democracy
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner
Johns Hopkins University Press (1994)
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner
Johns Hopkins University Press (1993)
Political Culture and Democracy in Developing Countries
Larry Diamond
Lynne Rienner Publishers (1993)
Reexamining Democracy: Essays in Honor of Seymour Martin Lipset
Gary Marks, Larry Diamond
Sage (1992)
The Globalization of Democracy
Larry Diamond
Lynne Rienner Publishers in "Global Transformation and the Third World", Robert Slater, Steven Dorr, and Barry Schutz, eds. (1992)
Democracy in Developing Countries: Asia
Larry Diamond, Juan Linz, Seymour Martin Lipset
Lynne Rienner Publishers (1989)
Class, Ethnicity, and Democracy in Nigeria: The Failure of the First Republic
Larry Diamond
Syracuse University Press (1988)
Op-eds & Editorials
- How To Get Rid of Assad By Engaging Him
Larry Diamond
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, ARD Op-ed - A Fourth Wave or False Start?
Democracy After the Arab Spring
Larry Diamond
CDDRL, FSI Stanford Op-ed: Foreign Affairs on May 22, 2011 - Obama’s Moment of Truth
The clock is ticking on action in Libya—and on the president’s foreign policy legacy
Larry Diamond
CDDRL, FSI Stanford Op-ed: The New Republic on March 15, 2011 - Transition traps
How Egypt can avoid the most dangerous pitfalls on the way to becoming a democracy
Larry Diamond
CDDRL, FSI Stanford Op-ed: The New Republic on February 16, 2011 - Toppling of Egypt's regime will serve U.S., Israel
Larry Diamond
February 14, 2011 CDDRL, FSI Stanford Op-ed: San Francisco Chronicle - How Egypt can build lasting democracy in a post-Mubarak world
Larry Diamond
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, ARD Op-ed: The Washington Post on February 4, 2011 - Prospects for Egypt's political transition
Larry Diamond
CDDRL, FSI Stanford Op-ed - Tunisia's uncertain transition
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Op-ed: CDDRL on January 18, 2011 - Progress, pitfalls as U.S. troops leave Iraq
Larry Diamond
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, ARD Op-ed: CNN on August 19, 2010 - Let's Hear the Democracies
Larry Diamond, Abbas Milani
CDDRL, FSI Stanford Op-ed: New York Times on July 6, 2009 - How to save democracy
Bush gave democracy promotion a bad name. The next administration has to get it right.
Larry Diamond
CDDRL, FSI Stanford Op-ed: Newsweek on December 31, 2008 - Stemming the democratic recession
Larry Diamond
September 22, 2008 FSI Stanford, CDDRL Op-ed: Encina Columns Summer '08 - The Way Out of Iraq
Larry Diamond
CDDRL, FSI Stanford Op-ed: Huffington Post on April 10, 2008 - Congress must stop an attack on Iran
Larry Diamond, Leonard Weiss
CDDRL Op-ed: Los Angeles Times on February 5, 2007 - Consensus and Iraq's Constitution
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Op-ed: Los Angeles Times on October 15, 2005 - It Only Looks Dead: Don't Write the Obituary for Iraq's Constitution Just Yet
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Op-ed: The New Republic Online on August 17, 2005 - Has America Failed in Iraq?
Larry Diamond, Dan Senor
CDDRL Op-ed: Slate on July 20, 2005 - Beat the Insurgents by Talking to Them
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Op-ed: Los Angeles Times on July 3, 2005 - How a Vote Could Derail Democracy
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Op-ed: New York Times on January 9, 2005 - Between Democracy and Stability: The Middle East
Larry Diamond
January 1, 2005 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest - Iraq: Lessons (Not) Learned
Larry Diamond
January 1, 2005 FSI Stanford, CDDRL Op-ed: Encina Columns - Inside the Gulag
Larry Diamond
October 1, 2004 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest - Report from Baghdad
Larry Diamond
October 1, 2004 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest - The New War for Iraq
Larry Diamond
July 1, 2004 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest - Eyewitness to the Iraq Botch
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Op-ed: Los Angeles Times on June 10, 2004 - Stanford expert says Iraq spinning our of control
Larry Diamond
FSI Stanford Op-ed: San Francisco Chronicle on April 25, 2004 - No Other Option
Larry Diamond
FSI Stanford Op-ed: Wall Street Journal on April 8, 2004 - Iraq: The Long Haul
Larry Diamond
April 1, 2004 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest - Iraq's Democratic Revolution
Out of the ruins of one of the world's worst tyrannies, in an ancient land that has rarely known decent governance, a democracy is struggling to be born
Larry Diamond
FSI Stanford Op-ed: The Wall Street Journal on February 19, 2004 - Foreign Aid and the National Interest
Larry Diamond
January 1, 2004 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest - Rushing Elections Will Only Hurt Iraq
Michael A. McFaul, Larry Diamond
CDDRL Op-ed: San Jose Mercury News on September 28, 2003 - A Blurred Vision
Michael A. McFaul, Larry Diamond, Abbas Milani
CDDRL Op-ed: Los Angeles Times on July 20, 2003 - Endgame: Why the United States Should Not Go It Alone
Larry Diamond
January 1, 2003 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest - Preparing for the Worst
Larry Diamond
April 1, 2002 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest - How to Win the War
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest on January 1, 2002 - Debt for Democracy
Larry Diamond
January 1, 2001 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest - What the Democratization of Mexico Means for All the World
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest on October 10, 2000 - A Report Card on Democracy
Larry Diamond
July 1, 2000 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest - Cross-strait Balancing Act Chen's First Priority
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Op-ed: Taipei Times on March 21, 2000 - A Message to the KMT: Now is the Time to Reform or Die
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Op-ed: Taipei Times on March 20, 2000 - What the Election Signifies for Democracy
Larry Diamond
CDDRL Op-ed - Democracy: The Global Prospect
Larry Diamond
October 1, 1999 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest - Institutions of Accountability
Larry Diamond
July 1, 1999 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest - Building a Democratic Africa
Larry Diamond
July 1, 1998 CDDRL Op-ed: Hoover Digest