The Europe Center is jointly housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Global Studies Division.
Democracy
Scholarly Publications
Who Speaks for the Poor? Electoral Geography, Party Entry, and Representation
September 2017
Who Speaks for the Poor? explains why parties represent some groups and not others.
Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
May 2017
From the former secretary of state and bestselling author -- a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom.From the end of...
Ce qu'ils disent vraiment: Les politiques pris aux mots
January 2017
"Liberty," "secularism," "security," "people," "identity" . . .
Other Publications
Trump is right: The United States needs electoral reform
February 2017
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has claimed that the U.S. presidential election is rigged.
Dear Trump: Defending democracy is no vice
January 2017
For decades, American presidents have used their inaugural addresses to celebrate the values of freedom. At his inauguration on Friday, President Donald Trump will take to the podium to declare his...
News
‘Everything is Possible in Ukraine’: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Addresses Stanford Community During Historic Visit
September 2021
President Zelenskyy outlined the steps his administration is undertaking to bring increased digitization to Ukraine, curb corruption and create more equitable access to public services for more...
Belarusian Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Meets with Stanford Scholars for Roundtable on Democracy in Belarus
August 2021
Democratic leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and her delegation joined an interdisciplinary panel of Stanford scholars and members of the Belarusian community to discuss the future of democracy in...
Stanford scholar unpacks the rhetoric behind extremist politician's mainstream success
April 2015
French politician Marine Le Pen carried her father's right-wing fringe political party to first place in the country's latest elections for European Parliament.Stanford scholar Cécile Alduy says Le...
Old Events
An Address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
August 24, 2021
The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) is honored to host the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, for an address on U.S.-Ukrainian relations.
Book Talk | The New Party Challenge: Changing Cycles of Party Birth and Death in Central Europe and Beyond
December 4, 2020
Why do some parties live fast and die young, but other endure? And why are some party systems more stable than others?
How Democracies Die
March 13, 2019
To listen to the audio recording of this talk, please visit our multimedia page.
Projects
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
Democracy in the European Union
This project discusses visions of democracy, and analyzes and determines criteria for the evaluation of the democratic character of political systems.
English
Multimedia
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
Michael A. McFaul Director, Senior Fellow Professor, Political Science, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 
Francis Fukuyama Senior Fellow Director, Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 