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The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies is Stanford's hub for nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research, teaching, and policy impact in international affairs.

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FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 18h

Professor @mcfaulmike.bsky.social, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, offers key takeaways from his new book, Autocrats versus Democrats: China, Russia, America and the New Global Disorder, available starting Oct. 28.

Five Lessons on How the World’s Great Powers Compete, and Why

Professor Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, offers key takeaways from his new book, Autocrats versus Democrats: China, Russia, America and the New Global Disorder

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FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 20h

Putin has offered to extend the New START Treaty for an additional year beyond its 2026 expiration date if the U.S. elects to do the same. Is this a deal Washington should take?

Steve Pifer of @stanfordcisac.bsky.social weighs in on the pros and cons ↘️ ow.ly/sxSt50X7oPr

Responding to Putin’s Proposal to Extend New START

With the [New START] treaty due to expire in February 2026, the Trump administration must decide how to respond to a Russian proposal to extend the treaty’s quantitative limits for one year

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 1d

Technology and the internet are the driving forces behind today's global populism and the particular form it has taken in the modern era, writes @frankfukuyama.bsky.social in Persuasion. ow.ly/h0p650X6tA7

It’s the Internet, Stupid

What caused the global populist wave? Blame the screens.

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 4d

TRAGEDY, TRIUMPH, OR BOTH? ISRAEL AFTER TWO YEARS OF WAR
🗓️ Monday, Oct. 6, 10:00am PT

Join @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social and Nadav Eyal for a discussion 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

Tragedy, Triumph, or Both? Israel After Two Years of War — Webinar With

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 6d

Ahead of a leadership shakeup in Japan's current ruling party, @dcsneider.bsky.social examines the potential front runners and how their politics may impact Japan-Korea relations: ow.ly/QQfO50X422o

Japan's Succession Battle Pits Moderates Against the Right—and Korea Is Watching - Korea Economic Institute of America

The path ahead in Japan is likely to be fraught with ongoing political instability until the party wins a new election and regains its majority.

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 7d

With the start of a new academic year, @mcfaulmike.bsky.social reflects on 30 years of teaching @stanford.edu, how he encourages critical thinking and nuance in classroom discussions, and what he learns from his students in return.

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How I Teach at Stanford

On his blog "McFaul's World," Professor Michael McFaul, director of FSI, reflects on thirty years of teaching at Stanford University

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 8d

Putin may not agree that the war in Ukraine is a failure, Kathryn Stoner of @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social points out.

"Ukraine has not joined NATO, and the U.S. has said that it will not. There is nothing to keep him from continuing the war," she tells @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social.

What in the World Is Going On?

In this moment, when global politics feel overwhelmed by unprecedented change and intense international upheaval, the Network for Responsible Public Policy convened foreign policy experts to discuss t...

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 11d

Speaking to @bostonglobe.com, @larrydiamond.bsky.social weighs in on how high-profile killings, death threats, and distrust are impacting an already tense and divided Congress and its ability to legislate. ow.ly/iQoP50X2ycp

After Charlie Kirk’s killing, Congress has plans to increase security for lawmakers. It could come at a price. - The Boston Globe

Democracy experts warn that elected officials could be pushed deeper into a bubble, making it harder for average Americans to interact with them.

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 12d

"Workslop," or AI-generated content in the workplace that is unhelpful, incomplete, or missing context about a project, is on the rise.

Jeff Hancock of @stanfordcyber.bsky.social helps explain this trend and what to do about it. ow.ly/Nr1x50X0ycU

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

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Georgetown Center for Asian Law @georgetowncal.bsky.social · 13d

Book talk at Georgetown Oct 8!

RSVP to join @fsi.stanford.edu scholar @chenggang-xu.bsky.social for a discussion of his latest book, Institutional Genes: Origins of China's Institutions and Totalitarianism.

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Institutional Genes: Origins of China's Institutions and Totalitarianism

Date: October 8, 2025 Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m. Location: Hotung 1000 Refreshments will be served. Why has China’s party-State system persisted for decades, even as many other Communist regimes around the...

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 13d

With support from @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social 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

Law students launch nation’s first student-run space law publication

Stanford Space Law and Policy Perspectives explores the legal landscape of outer space. “On the West Coast, and especially in Silicon Valley, space is happening all around us…Stanford is uniquely posi...

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 15d

In their latest working paper, the International Working Group on Russian Sanctions offers their recommendations for what can be done to bring Russia to the negotiating table to establish a ceasefire in Ukraine.

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FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 18d

A new study led by @marshallburke.bsky.social estimates that wildfire smoke emissions caused 41,380 excess deaths per year from 2011 to 2020, and rising temperatures could increase U.S. deaths from wildfire smoke more than 70% by 2050. ow.ly/RAp050WYWia

U.S. faces rising death toll from wildfire smoke, study finds

Wildfire smoke increasingly threatens lives across the country. A new study shows smoke exposure in the coming decades will cause tens of thousands of excess deaths and predicts where exposure will oc...

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 19d

Every year, the gaokao test determines the future of millions of students and their families in China.
Read more in a special brief from the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions about how the test impacts lives, the economy, and culture in China and abroad.
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The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China

Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 20d

Unless Nayib Bukele's model of governance is challenged, Beatriz Magaolni and @adiazcayeros.bsky.social warn that the state repression and democratic regression seen in El Salvador will spread and reshape the political landscape of Latin America for generations. ow.ly/A4S350WY0Ej

Does the Bukele Model Have a Future?

El Salvador’s police state will soon face a reckoning.

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 22d

You've heard of NATO's Article 5...but what about Article 4?

Rose Gottemoeller of @stanfordcisac.bsky.social joined @npr.org to discuss what Article 4 is, why Poland invoked it, and what its use means for the war in Ukraine and NATO's relationship with Russia. ow.ly/coE050WWxXv

Russian Drones crossed into their airspace, so Poland invoked Article 4. What is it?

NATO jets shot down Russian drones that entered Polish airspace overnight, and Poland invoked NATO's Article 4. Mary Louise Kelly talks with former deputy Secretary General of NATO Rose Gottemoeller.

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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 25d

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FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 25d

"Stronger community and citizenship can pave the way for building infrastructure, while infrastructure can help to build community. It is a middle path by which liberalism can build things once again," writes @frankfukuyama.bsky.social.

Abundance Is a Vehicle For Community

Why investing in infrastructure can bolster a healthy liberalism.

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 26d

Writing for @theatlantic.com, @amyzegart.bsky.social reflected on how her discussions with students about national security, intelligence, and the complexities of foreign policy have changed since 9/11: ow.ly/89uM50WUSq2

None of My Students Remember 9/11

For coming generations of students, September 11 is history rather than memory. How does that affect how they learn about it?

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FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 27d

Research from Jasmine English, a postdoc @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social, indicates that actions taken by police during a protest can be more influential in shaping the public perception of social justice movements than the tactics and behaviors of the protesters themselves.
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How Police, Not Protesters, Shape Perceptions of Racial Justice Movements

CDDRL Research-in-Brief [3.5-minute read]

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Stanford APARC @aparc.stanford.edu · 27d

🏆 On Oct 7 @ noon PT, join us in celebrating @netranews.bsky.social, Bangladesh’s premier investigative journalism platform, winner of the 2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award.

Hear founder Tasneem Khalil discuss reporting under censorship and defending democracy in Bangladesh. buff.ly/6ZCHBuL

2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award: Netra News' Tasneem Khalil on Defending

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FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 28d

With much of modern life dependent on satellite enabled technologies, @stanfordcisac.bsky.social honors student Isobel Porteous makes the case in @thebulletin.org for why stronger political and technical verification mechanisms will help keep space nuclear weapons-free. ow.ly/zSjW50WTxRA

Modern arms control verification for the Outer Space Treaty

The 1967 Outer Space Treaty banned nuclear weapons in space but contained no verification provisions. Technological advances make verification and monitoring for treaty compliance more attainable now ...

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Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · 29d

“Stanford provides an unparalleled setting for rigorous, interdisciplinary engagement with the thorniest questions of international law and policy”

Tom Dannenbaum, expert on laws of war, joins Stanford Law School and @fsi.stanford.edu in joint appointment. law.stanford.edu/press/tom-da...

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 29d

The one-child policy had a marked impact on the China's fertility, but it only accounts for some of country's fertility decline since the 1980s. Learn how researchers at the Center on China's Economy and Institutions are accounting for the other sources of decline.

Fertility Fell Sharply in China Recent Decades; the One-Child Policy

FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · Sep 5

There isn't one AI race underway, but several, FSI Senior Fellow Colin Kahl told colleagues at @stanfordhai.bsky.social, and understanding the nature and challenges of each is critical if the U.S. is to remain robust in global competition.

AI Reshapes Global Power: Insights from Stanford HAI’s Congressional Boot Camp | Stanford HAI

The U.S must sharpen its competitive edge against China and invest in the talent pipeline, said a panel of security and technology experts.