The Europe Center is jointly housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Global Studies Division.
Scholarly Publications
From Coordination to Cooperation. Does Log-Rolling Guarantee the Union's Consensus?
July 1999
In this paper, EU decision-making is explained by an empirical log-rolling analysis considering multi-issue Commission proposals, member state unanimity or majority voting and parliamentary...
Institutional Reform and Codecision in the European Union
August 1999
This paper studies the Treaty of Amsterdam's reform of the codecision procedure in the European Union.
Other Publications
When will European groups send flotillas to help people of North Korea and Syria?
July 2011
Freedom House’s Freedom in the World survey showcases an alarming decline in freedom, democracy and respect for human rights around the world for a fifth consecutive year.
Biotechnological Inventions – A Comparison between the Patent Systems of Europe and the United States
December 2010
Reaching everything from medicine to the food industry, biotechnology’s impact on society has become a major economic factor and is ever-increasing.
News
Historian Naimark offers perspective on proposed memorial to expelled Germans
February 2004
In a Jan. 21 article published in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, SIIS senior fellow and historian Norman M.
Germany after the Dictatorships: Totalitarianism and its Consequences
December 2004
The workshop with this title was organized on November 19-20 by the European Forum at SIIS and it gathered leading German historians from Stanford, other U.S. universities, and from Germany.
A New Beginning? What the United States Can Do with Europe Now
December 2004
On November 16, the European Forum at SIIS hosted a lecture by Timothy Garton Ash, Professor at St.
Old Events
Projects
Transatlantic Technology Law Forum
The European Union and the United States, the world's leaders in the fields of innovation and high technology, share a common set of values based on a commitment to democracy, human rights, market...
English
Debating History, Democracy, Development, and Education in Conflicted Societies
The Forum on Contemporary Europe (FCE) at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) has launched a multi-year collaborative project with research institutes in...
English
European Governance
The governance of Europe has constantly been reimagined, debated, and revolutionized.
English
Multimedia
Why France and the European Union Still Matter for the United States
February 2015
Is Europe "elderly and haggard", and could France become "the crucible of Europe" (Jan.
Immigration and Integration: Introduction
November 2015
Immigration policy has been a very controversial and highly debated topic for decades, both in the United States and in Europe.
Immigration and Integration: Current Research
November 2015
In this video, Jens Hainmueller, Co-Director of the Immigration and Integration Policy Lab, and Duncan Lawrence, Executive Director of the Immigration and Integration Policy Lab, explain some of the challenges created by current immigration...
People
Condoleezza Rice Senior Fellow, by courtesy Professor, Political Science, Professor, Management, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 
Michael A. McFaul Director, Senior Fellow Professor, Political Science, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 
Norman M. Naimark Senior Fellow, by courtesy Professor, History, Professor, by courtesy, German Studies, Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution 
Francis Fukuyama Senior Fellow Director, Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 
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 
