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Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. Views expressed are purely my own.

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Joined November 2008
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  1. Jun 6

    Alarming to see 's government turn to China for help in building a Great Firewall to ramp up its efforts at online censorship and surveillance. This is exactly the wrong response to Nigeria's mounting governance failures.

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  2. Jun 3

    Keep alive the memory of . Do not allow China's neo-totalitarian regime to extinguish the history of momentous demonstrations for freedom in and their brutal suppression with military force on this day, 32 years ag.o

    The CCP has tried to erase all memory of June 4. Remembering it is a political act of solidarity: we honour China's critic & conscience academics, watchdog journalists, & the many ordinary people who wanted a better future.
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  3. Jun 3

    Hong Kong cracks down on Tiananmen commemorations, arrests vigil organiser. We must stand with the people of and make China's leadership pay a stiff economic and geopolitical price for their repression.

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  4. Jun 2

    Congratulations, Steve. It’s been an amazing run.

    Announcement! At the end of this month and I will say goodbye to Crothers, formerly Stanford’s academic theme dorm on global citizenship. To celebrate 11 years of the theme I’m going to post daily this month about some of our incredible programs.
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    Jun 1

    NEWS: 100 leading democracy scholars just issued a powerful new statement warning that our democracy is under dire threat, and that Democrats must pass sweeping federal voting rights protections, ending the filibuster to do so if necessary. Details here:

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  6. Jun 1

    100 democracy scholars, including six past presidents of the Am Political Science Assn, urgently warn: Republican state efforts to restrict access to the ballot and politicize election administration and certification imperil American democracy:

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  7. May 31

    A former Trump national security advisor endorsing a military coup in America, a member of Congress stoking a convention of extreme right lunatics, Roger Stone's media advisor suggesting Hillary Clinton be hanged--this was the Q Anon convention in Dallas.

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  8. May 11

    I don't care what you think of Liz Cheney's voting record in the House, on the most important issue confronting America--whether we will remain a democracy, a country of laws, not strongmen--this woman is a profile in courage.

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  9. May 11

    "We’re witnessing a daylight mugging of our democracy." And it's not just the McCarthyite Republican assault on Liz Cheney. It's the attack on the integrity of our entire electoral process. The Trump G.O.P.’s Plot Against Liz Cheney — and Our Democracy

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  10. May 6

    This is a profile in courage. I wish there were more.

    This is a hell of an op-ed from Liz Cheney. In addition to not backing down, she becomes the first elected Republican (that I know of) to call for an independent fact-finding commission for 1/6.
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    May 4

    "We risk irreversible losses of human freedom and privacy if we do not impose democratic controls on digital technologies," writes in his review of @profdeibert's "Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society."

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  12. May 1

    See this inspiring online archive & tribute to a great American, John W. Gardner-- statesman, social reformer, democratic advocate, and founding spirit behind public service at . Thanks to Suzanne Abel and Stanford Libraries for this contribution.

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    Apr 28

    Ahead of today's show on the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes, here's on last week's show saying he's on the "war path" to make all our election administrators nonpartisan officials. Full show with ⬇️

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  14. Apr 22

    From Russia's courageous freedom fighter,, an eloquent appeal for the West to support the leader of Russia's pro-democracy movement, . We need tougher sanctions now. Here’s what the West can do now to protect Alexei Navalny.

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  15. Apr 21

    Should have added: That quote, one of my favorites, is from the late Margaret Mead.

    "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has." Thank you Darnella Frazier & the other committed citizens who filmed the murder and so enabled the .
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  16. Apr 21

    Wonderful that Vanita Gupta has been confirmed as the third highest official at the Justice Dept. Depressing that only among Senate Republicans voted for her -- and that we are so polarized on basic issues of justice.

    Our country is very lucky
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  17. Apr 21

    "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has." Thank you Darnella Frazier & the other committed citizens who filmed the murder and so enabled the .

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  18. Apr 20

    Excited to be joining and for this awesome "America at a Crossroads" series. With all of our troubles, this remarkable sequence of weekly programs has left me feeling more hopeful about our democracy.

    Republicans have introduced 361 bills in 47 states that would make it harder to vote. On tomorrow's show, discuss how to keep our elections free and fair with . At 5 pm PT/8pm ET. Register ➡️
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  19. Apr 20

    Our roaring comeback on Covid and the economy reminds me one of Churchill's most brilliant quips: "You can always trust the United States to do the right thing--after it has exhausted all the other alternatives."

    Very smart take on great power competition over Covid from , "As unlikely as it might have sounded just a few months ago, the United States still has a good chance to be the country that leads the world out of the pandemic."
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  20. Apr 20

    Very smart take on great power competition over Covid from , "As unlikely as it might have sounded just a few months ago, the United States still has a good chance to be the country that leads the world out of the pandemic."

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