May 23rd, 2012

Stanford conference to analyze democratic attitudes and values in Asia

On May 25-26, the Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law (CDDRL) will hold its seventh annual conference for the Taiwan Democracy Project on, "How the Public Views Democracy and its Competitors in East Asia: Taiwan in Comparative Perspective” at Stanford University. The conference will bring together leading social scientists from Taiwan and other Asian countries to present and discuss papers analyzing the third wave of data from the Asian Barometer Survey. Read more »

May 11th, 2009

Exploring the new, dynamic triangle among Taiwan, the U.S., and China

CDDRL Director Larry Diamond engaged in a far-reaching conversation at FSI with Jason Yuan, Taiwan's Representative to the United States, about the dynamic relationship among Taiwan, the United States, and China. Finding fertile ground for debate, the two examined democracy in Taiwan, cross-strait relations, Taiwan's economy, and prospects for the development of democracy on the mainland.

• » New Dynamic Triangle-Taiwan, US, and China: A Conversation
  

July 10th, 2008

Democracy in Taiwan program releases first book, edited by Diamond and Gilley

In Political Change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan, CDDRL's Democracy in Taiwan program marshals commentary from leading experts on what lessons, if any, Taiwan's experience of democratization might hold for China's future. The volume was co-edited by Larry Diamond and includes a chapter by Weitseng Chen, one of CDDRL's 2007-08 Hewlett Fellows.
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March 20th, 2008

BIOSKETCH: Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond has been appointed as a Senior Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI). Currently a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a renowned scholar of democratization, and prolific in both editorial and policy work, Diamond is an active member of FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL). He coordinates the Program on Democracy, which examines the comparative dynamics of democratic functioning and change in the contemporary world, with a particular focus on the countries of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and the post-communist world. He has also established the offshoot program, Democracy in Taiwan, in 2006, and is a central participant in the Stanford Summer Fellows Program on Democracy and Development. Read more »

October 22nd, 2006

CDDRL brings Republic of China (Taiwan) foreign minister to Stanford

James C. F. Huang, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan), addressed Stanford faculty, students, and Taiwan conference participants in a conversation with Larry Diamond on October 20. Huang and Diamond discussed Taiwan's relations with the U.S., the progress of democracy in Taiwan and China, and regional issues and tensions in light of the North Korea nuclear test. Read more »

February 8th, 2005

Diamond Draws Lessons on Rebuilding After Conflict From Iraqi Experience

In January's Journal of Democracy, CDDRL Faculty Associate, and coordinator of CDDRL's Democracy program, Larry Diamond, argues that Iraq's reconstruction is unique in many ways from other post-conflict reconstruction efforts. Nonetheless, there are certain parallels to Afghanistan and other post-conflict zones in terms of reestablishing basic state services and the restoration of civil society organizations.

• » Building Democracy After Conflict: Lessons from Iraq

December 3rd, 2004

How U.S. Should Take on Iran

CDDRL Faculty Associate, Michael McFaul and Hoover Institution Fellow, Abbas Milani argue that Iran's nuclear program does not pose a direct threat to the United States. US leaders, therefore, need a radical new approach that would nurture change from within Iran rather than impose change from without. Read more »