“Bukele may have mostly satisfied Salvadorans’ need for security, but he has failed to deliver elsewhere,” write Beatriz Magaloni and Alberto Diaz. “The Salvadoran economy remains in the doldrums, with nearly 30 percent of the country living in poverty.” fam.ag/46aiF4J

With support from Stanford CDDRL scholars, Stanford students have launched Stanford Space Law and Policy Perspectives, a new publication to encourage discussion, debate, and scholarship about the rule of law beyond Earth's atmosphere. ow.ly/qBSu50X1CAT

🗓️ UPCOMING EVENT | Oct. 6, 10:00am PT Join Stanford CDDRL next week for a webinar with נדב איל Nadav Eyal, who will reflect on the major shifts in Israel, the region, and in global geopolitics in the two years since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. ow.ly/nJPX50X2uhA

Congratulations to Erin Baggott Carter and Brett Carter of Stanford CDDRL on receiving the William H. Riker Book Award from the APSA for PROPAGANDA IN AUTOCRACIES, recognized as the best book in political economy published in the past three years. ow.ly/bnyC50X5YmC

⏰ SOON: Tragedy, Triumph, or Both? Israel After Two Years of War Join our Israel Studies Program for a webinar with Nadav Eyal marking 2 years since the Oct. 7th Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent multi-front war in the Middle East. Zoom link: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/f3bfc84…

🗓️ UPCOMING EVENT | Oct. 10, 12:00pm PT Mary Elise Sarotte joins Stanford CDDRL and CISAC & on Bluesky @stanfordcisac.bsky.social to explore the historian’s challenge of disentangling myth from evidence and reckoning with a legacy that remains deeply contested and urgently relevant. ow.ly/38NR50X6ukp

The 2026 Fisher Family Summer Fellows Program application is now open! Practitioners from emerging democracies are invited to participate in this 3-week program & learn from Kathryn Stoner Michael McFaul Francis Fukuyama LarryDiamond & more! LEARN MORE & APPLY ➡️ ow.ly/ANHl50X8g8v

Congratulations to @fukuyamafrancis on receiving the 2025 Excellence in Public Diplomacy Award from the USC Center on Public Diplomacy! 🔗 ow.ly/kgUw50X8KYX

"A smart machine may be able to come up with a plan for a better mousetrap, but to actually fabricate that mousetrap requires capabilities beyond any machine’s control." Read more from Francis Fukuyama on the limitations of AI and 'superintelligence'. ↘️ ow.ly/PvR750X8MNQ

Congratulations to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on receiving the #NobelPeacePrize! We were honored to host her last November for a conversation on Venezuela’s political challenges and the fight for democracy. Watch here 👉 ow.ly/3pTj50X9XqT

🗓️ UPCOMING EVENT | Oct. 22, 4:00pm PT Join Stanford CDDRL scholars and the Democracy Action Lab (DAL) as they explore why some democracies erode while others endure. ☑️ In-person seating available for Stanford University affiliates, open to the public via Zoom. ow.ly/N0us50XbQcy

⏰ STARTING SOON | 10 AM PT Join us for the first of our Israel Insights Webinar series with Professor Azar Gat of Tel Aviv University. Webinars will explore key topics and public debates shaping Israel domestically and internationally. Register to join: ow.ly/VxVv50Xg18G