Published in Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies·Mar 14‘A Monkey with a Grenade’: Russia’s Attacks on Nuclear Reactors Cross a Dangerous LineFiring on civilian nuclear facilities is an unacceptable disregard for the rules of war that endangers the entire world, not just Ukraine. Artem Romaniukov I am a Ukrainian national. I studied at Stanford University in 2019 and 2020 in the Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program run by the Center on Democracy…7 min read
Published in Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies·Feb 18Don’t be Duped by Putin’s Grievances against NATOBy Yasmin Samrai, Stanford ’22 Vladimir Putin broke his months-long silence over the Ukrainian crisis during a press conference on February 1 and accused the United States of “drawing” Russia into an armed conflict with its western neighbor. The Russian President is following a familiar script: deflect blame onto the…Russia10 min read
Published in Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies·Jan 31U.S.-China Detente Would Pose Its Own DangersBeijing’s neighbors are ready to take steps to protect themselves. Taehwa Hong This commentary was originally published in Foreign Policy There’s been a lot of attention paid to the danger of intensifying U.S.-China competition, and to ways to reduce tensions. …China9 min read
Sep 13, 2021How 9/11 Clouded the Threats Closest to Home“The American anti-terrorism plan cannot consist only of a never-ending war overseas. First and foremost, we need to clean up our own backyard and root out domestic terrorism.” By Nora Swidey Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the American people and government have been fearing another terrorist attack on U.S. soil…Terrorism5 min read
Published in Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies·Jun 10, 2021CISA and IIoT: Time to Grab the ReignsBy Dathan Duplichen Current momentum exists at the national level for the development of Internet of Things (IoT) security. These initiatives focus on consumer-based IoT and ignore Industrial IoT (IIoT). Consumer-based IoT security is critical in dampening the effects of malicious software globally but does not directly address the ever-present…Cybersecurity7 min read
Published in Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies·May 27, 2021Stanford Students on Track to Bring Clean, Affordable Energy to Businesses in the Yucatan Peninsula, MexicoA partnership between four students of the Stanford Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy (MIP) program and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) under the auspices of the U.S. …Clean Energy4 min read
Published in Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies·Mar 24, 2021IT Outsourcing to IT Service: Opportunities for Ukrainian TechBy Dathan Duplichen The Ukrainian tech sector is poised to cross ten percent of GDP, generates $360 million US Dollars (USD) in tax revenue, and accounts for over $5 billion USD in exports. As a percentage of commercial services as a whole it equated to 53.05% in 2019. The growing…Ukraine5 min read
Published in Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies·Mar 4, 2021What’s Going On in Georgia? A Democracy Activist Explains the Nation’s Current Political Crisis and Turbulent HistoryGeorgian activist Nino Evgenidze discusses the arrest of opposition leader Nika Melia and what it means for Georgia, the region and the world. By Alice Wenner Last week, opposition parties in the nation of Georgia vowed to boycott Parliament until the government releases Nika Melia, the leader of Georgia’s main…Georgia3 min read
Published in Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies·Feb 18, 2021Biden Administration Should Strike a New Deal with IranAbbas Milani — an expert on U.S.-Iran relations — discusses the Iranian economy, the future of Iran’s leadership, and what a potential nuclear deal could mean for the U.S. By Alice Wenner Iran’s economy is at its worst point in decades, its Supreme Leader is ill, and the country is…Iran3 min read
Published in Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies·Feb 10, 2021My Time at the United Nations Executive Office of the Secretary GeneralMaster’s in International Policy student Anna Nguyen ’21 reflects on her fall internship, during which she helped to carry out research and propose a digital transformation strategy for the United Nations System. By Anna Nguyen ‘21 My 12-week internship with the United Nations in the Fall Quarter 2020 was not…Stanford6 min read