The Europe Center is jointly housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Global Studies Division.
Scholarly Publications
The containment of the Islamic State: A realist case to engage a hybrid actor
July 2019
Next to military means, causing disruption and interdiction, Western and local powers also relied on policies of containment to halt the expansion of the Islamic State’s territorial strongholds....
Oregon’s Expansion of Prenatal Care Improved Utilization Among Immigrant Women
June 2019
Objectives To determine whether expanding Emergency Medicaid to cover prenatal care in Oregon affected maternal health outcomes for unauthorized immigrants.
African States Since Independence: Order, Development, and Democracy (Castle Lecture Series)
May 2019
Authors Christensen and Laitin argue that an interplay of geographic, historical, and demographic factors undergird sub‑Saharan states’ post‑independence struggles to eradicate poverty, establish...
Other Publications
Once, the ‘Judeo-Christian tradition’ united Americans. Now it divides them.
April 2019
Even as Notre Dame Cathedral was burning, pundits such as Ben Shapiro and Katie Hopkins began to mourn it as a “monument to Western civilization … built on the Judeo-Christian heritage” —...
The Papal Human Rights Discourse: The Difference Pope Francis Makes
February 2019
Religious actors and their political concepts are commonly assumed to be conservative, static, and aligned with the private contemplative world.
Crowdsourcing accountability: ICT for service delivery
December 2018
We examine the effect on service delivery outcomes of a new information communication technology (ICT) platform that allows citizens to send free and anonymous messages to local government...
News
Heading for (Another) Ukraine-Russia Gas Fight?
September 2019
Twice in the past 14 years, a dispute between Ukraine and Russia has led Russia to cut off natural gas flows to Ukraine and Europe. The stage is being set for another cut-off in January.
Advice for President Zelenskyy as he Prepares to Meet President Trump
August 2019
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may meet President Donald Trump this weekend in Warsaw and is expected to travel to the United States later in the fall. This gives Mr.
Observations from a Defense Study Trip to Lithuania
June 2019
Significant progress has been made in improving the defense situation in the Baltic states since 2014, but NATO can take some relatively modest steps to further enhance its deterrence and defense...
Events
The Putin Exodus and Its Implications for Russia and the West
September 10, 2019
Human capital is fleeing Russia.
30 Years on From the Velvet Revolutions of 1989: Time For a New Liberation?
August 30, 2019
RSVP required by October 4, 201930 years ago, communist rule ended across central Europe in a dramatic series of events ranging from Solidarity's election triumph in Poland on 4 June 1989, through...
Projects
European Public Finance
Modern European states have significant responsibilities to their populace, including ensuring that citizens’ basic needs are met and the provision of security, law and order, and other public...
English
European Governance
The governance of Europe has constantly been reimagined, debated, and revolutionized.
English
Austrian and Central European Program
The Europe Center's Austrian and Central European Program seeks to advance relations between the United States and Austria and Central Europe.
English
Multimedia
The World Heritage Bluff: Comparing Vienna’s historic city center with Ephesos
May 2019
Comparing Vienna’s historic city center with Ephesos, Sabine Ladstätter discusses how a consciousness for cultural heritage, apart from touristic-economic incentives and beyond national (in many cases regional) borders, can be created.Sabine...
Elections in a time of fragmentation and polarization: the European Parliament and Belgium
May 2019
As the European Parliament elections draw near this month, Christophe Crombez discusses what he sees as the possible outcomes in this period of fragmentation and polarization in the European Union.Christophe Crombez is Senior Research Scholar at...
How Democracies Die
April 2019
At Daniel Ziblatt's April 11th talk based on scholarship from his recent book co-authored with Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die, he discussed the current dangers facing democracies around the world, and ways of preventing democracy's...
People
Condoleezza Rice Senior Fellow, by courtesy Professor, Political Science, Professor, Management, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 
Norman M. Naimark Senior Fellow, by courtesy Professor, History, Professor, by courtesy, German Studies, Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution 
Russell A. Berman Senior Fellow, by courtesy Professor, Comparative Literature, Professor, German Studies, Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution 
Timothy E. Josling Senior Fellow, by courtesy Professor, Food Research Institute, Emeritus, 1940-2018 
