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
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...
Cuéllar looks back on leading FSI
December 2014
For 14 years, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar has been a tireless Stanford professor who has strengthened the fabric of university’s interdisciplinary nature.
European Union can overcome extremism vote, Stanford faculty say
May 2014
Stanford scholars say the European Union faces one of its most critical challenges after anti-EU parties made widespread electoral gains based on issues like immigration, austerity and elitism....
Events
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. Daniel Ziblatt will describe current dangers facing democracies around the world, including Europe and the United...
Democracy’s Tripwire: The Ethics and Politics of Whistleblowing in Europe v. the United States
February 22, 2019
Misconduct by those in high places is always dangerous to reveal.
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 
Saumitra Jha Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Research Affiliate at the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Associate Professor of Political Economy, GSB Senior Fellow, SIEPR 