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Allies must do more, Nobel Peace Prize winner says
A defeat in Ukraine would have global ramifications for democracy, Oleksandra Matviichuk told a Stanford audience on Monday. Western aid “gives us a chance to push Russian troops out.”
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Visiting fellow Susan Rice will focus on AI governance
The former domestic policy advisor to President Biden will have appointments across FSI and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
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Francis Fukuyama honored for public administration
The FSI senior fellow received a lifetime achievement award for his international contributions to the fields of public administration, policy, and governance.
America can continue its economic and technological dominance while maintaining strong alliances, Condoleezza Rice said in the 2024 Drell Lecture. “It requires a sense of national mission to make things better here at home first.”
Maya Rossin-Slater wins AEA prize for women economists
The Elaine Bennett Research Prize from the American Economic Association recognizes her work examining the impacts of public policies on families and children.
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Wildfire smoke drives a rise in ER visits – up to a point
Eran Bendavid and his Stanford colleagues examined how often Californians visit emergency departments and found that, surprisingly, people tend to avoid the hospital on the smokiest days.
New technologies aid the fight against human trafficking
An AI-powered database could help Brazilian authorities locate labor camps in the Amazon rainforest where hundreds of thousands of people are held in conditions of modern slavery.