Kathryn Stoner-Weiss

NEWSLETTERFORD DORSEY PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY STUDIES

FALL 2010

FROM THE DIRECTOR:

It is with great pleasure and excitement that I take over as faculty director of the Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies this fall. Filling Steve Stedman’s shoes will not be easy, and the program owes him a great deal for all his hard work in restructuring IPS into a two­year master’s !"#$"%&'(()*+,+-.(+//#"*.(0%,+(!1*()*%2/#"3(4"&56(#2(*0+(&%!(72(*0+(72*+"2%*7#2%5(!#5786(4+53'((9+(send him and Corinne our best wishes as they head off on their new venture, the establishment of the global citizenship undergraduate theme house, Crothers Hall, just behind Encina Hall at Stanford. One reason I look forward to leading IPS now in particular is that I truly believe in the vital

importance of interdisciplinary policy programs like ours. The breadth of political, economic, and social problems the world currently faces is a stark reminder of the need for policy analysts with %(37,+".+(.+*(#/(.:755.(%23(72*+"+.*.'( (;07.(.1&&+"-.(3+,%.*%*72$(<##3.(72(=%:7.*%2>( *0+(#75(.!755( 72(*0+(?15/(#/(@+A78#>( %23( *0+( 572$+"72$($5#B%5(42%287%5( 8"7.7.( %"+( .*"7:72$( "+&723+".(#/(#1"($5#B%5(challenges. Natural disasters and those caused by human error present the world with ever more ­ and ever more interrelated ­ policy problems. Demand for well trained policy experts with diverse

international experiences and solid economic and political training can only increase in the coming years. I look forward to gradually expanding and adapting the program as we seek to address these growing global challenges. In the last academic year, IPS continued its development as an increasingly professionalized and competitive two­

year policy program. I think our program offers students three distinct advantages over our competition. First, since we are smaller than most other serious policy programs, we are able to provide students with more personalized faculty and staff attention than they might get elsewhere. Second, situated within Stanford, we are also able to offer our students access to some of the world’s leading researchers in international economics, development, politics, 5%C>(0+%5*0>(%23(*0+(+2,7"#2&+2*(72(!%"*7815%"'((;07"3>(*0"#1$0(#1"(%/457%*7#2(C7*0("+.+%"80(8+2*+".(%*(*0+(D"++&%2(Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), as well as with Stanford’s Division of International, Comparative and Area Studies (ICA), we offer our students a diverse international and interdisciplinary policy education from one of the world’s best universities. As we begin the 2010­2011 academic year, we welcome new students and new faculty, and we welcome back the

E5%..(#/(FGHH'((9+(%"+(%5.#(0%!!6(*#(C+58#&+(="#/+..#"(D"%287.(D1:16%&%(*#(*0+(I=)(/%&756(%.(0+(J#72.(D)I-.(E+2*+"(#2(K+&#8"%86>(K+,+5#!&+2*>(%23(L15+(#/(M%C(NEKKLMO(%.(*0+(P57,7+"(Q#&+55727()+27#"(D+55#C'((9+(5##:(/#"C%"3(to Frank’s participation in our seminars and classes in the coming years. Our incoming Class of 2012 is among our most diverse ­ of our 23 students, 11 are from abroad, while the remainder are from the US; more than three quarters are women; and all are remarkable.

Kathryn Stoner­Weiss is a senior fellow at FSI, deputy director at CDDRL, and as of September 1, 2010, director of IPS. Prior to coming to Stanford in 2004, she was on the faculty at Princeton University’s Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School for International and Public Affairs for nine years.She is a specialist on contemporary Russia and has authored two books: Resisting the State: Reform and Retrenchment in

Post­Soviet Russia (Cambridge, 2006), and Local Heroes: The Political Economy of Russian Regional Governance (Princeton, 1997). She is also co­editor of After the Collapse of Communism: Comparative Lessons of Transitions (Cambridge, 2004).Professor Stoner­Weiss received a BA and MA in Political Science from the University of Toronto, and a PhD in Government

from Harvard University.

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HERE ARE STUDENTS’ IMPRESSIONS:

Juxtaposed against the vibrant and jostling city of Istanbul, the layout, structures and atmosphere of *0+(8%!7*%5(87*6(R2:%"%($%,+(#//(%(.+2.+(#/(/#"&%57*6(%23(7&!#"*%28+'((S!#2(%""7,72$(%*(*0+(#/48+(#/(="7&+(Minister Erdogan, we were ushered right in. After a few minutes, the prime minister joined us with his advisors. In his speech, he touched on the progress Turkey had made in its EU accession negotiations, the unique advantage Turkey had due to its strategic location to effectively mediate between Europe and the Middle East, and Turkey­US relations.

At one point, an aide whispered to Mr. Erdogan that he would have to excuse himself to take a call from the president of Syria. Given that the prime minister had started off with some harsh words about the US House Foreign Affairs Committee’s resolution on the Armenian genocide, we were impressed that he came back to continue talking to us.

9075+( C+( 37.81..+3( %( 21&B+"( #/( 37//+"+2*(foreign policy issues ­ from Armenia to pipeline politics to EU accession ­ one of the most valuable aspects of our meetings was the variation

in opinion. For example, when we met with the prime minister, he provided his ,7+C(#/( *0+(R"&+27%2(8#2<78*(in light of tension in US­Turkish relations. In contrast, Professor Hasan Koni in the Law Department at Bahcesehir University provided the 07.*#"78%5(B%.7.(/#"(*0+(8#2<78*(%.(C+55( %.( %( 5+$%5( J1.*748%*7#2(for avoiding the term genocide. This legal argument was made repeatedly at a number of think tanks and universities.

I2( $+2+"%5>( *0+( 5+,+5( #/( 2%*7#2%57.&( C%.( .*"7:72$'( ( 9+( +28#12*+"+3( ,+"6( 57**5+( 37..+2*( "+$%"372$(government action. However, the meeting with Dr. Cem Kozlu of the Foreign Economic Relations Board stood out in this regard. According to Dr. Kozlu, a Stanford Graduate School of Business alumnus and former member of the Turkish Grand Assembly, chairman and CEO of Turkish Airlines, and president of Coca­Cola Central Europe and Eurasia, the EU process will damage Turkey as a whole. From an

STUDENTS TRAVEL TO TURKEY ON IPS STUDY TRIP

Under the leadership of Class of 2010 students Valerie Szybala and Meltem Turker and IPS lecturer Dr. Eric

Morris, twenty students participated in the IPS Study Trip to Turkey, Meltem’s native country, March 19­28, 2010.

Discussions with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, US Ambassador

James Jeffrey, two university presidents, and several think tank scholars presented students with an opportunity

to “envision what it would be like to be real players in international policy.”

IPS NewsletterEditor: Sara Tung

Design: Tatiana Deogirikar

Ford Dorsey Program in International

Policy Studies

216 Encina Hall West

Stanford, CA 94305­6045

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PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

Kathryn Stoner‐Weiss, Director

Sara Tung, Associate Director

Jonathan Achter, Academic

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Coit Blacker (Co­chair)

Andrew Walder (Co­chair)

Larry Diamond

Nicholas Hope

Jenny Martinez

Rosamond Naylor

Bruce Owen

Julie Parsonnet

Kathryn Stoner­Weiss (Director)

Frank Wolak

CORE FACULTY AND LECTURERS

Michael Armacost

Chonira Aturupane

Coit Blacker

Alexander Betts

Paul Brest

Jeremy Bulow

Joshua Cohen

Mariano­Florentino Cuellar

Larry Diamond

Thomas Fingar

Erica Gould

David Holloway

Claire Lim

Anja Manuel

Eric Morris

Joe Nation

Lee Ross

Scott Sagan

Daniel Sneider

Peter Stone

Kathryn Stoner­Weiss

David Straub

Jeff Strnad

Allen Weiner

Meltem Turker (’!"#$%&'(')*($+,-'&($*,$.&/0'$1/)/(*'&$Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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economic perspective, he believes most of the value in accession will come from the process rather than from membership itself. In his view, the backlash from EU countries against Turkey will have long­term negative effects on regional relations, as well as relations within Turkey. This was not a perspective we had been given, as the current government is running on a platform that relies primarily on the accession process.

Our meetings provided a valuable opportunity to see the “interdisciplinary” approach to policy, as well as the similarities and differences in policymaking in a country with a different history, culture, and values. Meeting with the president’s energy advisor, Professor Volkan Ediger, was a huge highlight. The US focuses on climate change and energy incentive programs and weatherization. Yet for the most part Turkey has enacted very little

legislation to deal with these issues on a domestic level. Instead, energy seemed to be a foreign policy issue (not surprising given Turkey’s geography), with an emphasis on pipeline relations and oil and natural gas in neighboring countries.

At Stanford we have so many opportunities to attend lectures or conferences on a certain country or topic, but we rarely, if ever, get the opportunity to gain so many different, relevant perspectives.

Polly Davis Hand, Damilola Sobo, Justine Isola, and Lucinda Gibbs contributed to this article. Photos courtesy of Jiro Kodera and Stephanie Gimenez Stahlberg. !

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FACULTY NEWS

Outgoing IPS Director Stephen Stedman Hosts Hillary Clinton for National Security Strategy Discussion

Professor Steve Stedman, outgoing IPS director and co­director of the Managing Global Insecurity project, hosted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a conversation on the Obama Administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS) at the Brookings Institution on May 27, 2010. Managing Global Insecurity is a joint effort between Stanford, Brookings, and New York University. After an introduction by Brookings President Strobe Talbott, Secretary

Clinton outlined the major points of the NSS, including preventing nuclear proliferation, terrorism and al Qaeda, use of military force, development, and diplomacy. Following are her opening remarks:“One of our goals coming into the administration was to do exactly

what Strobe said: To begin to make the case that defense, diplomacy and development were not separate entities, either in substance or process, but that indeed they had to be viewed as part of an integrated whole and that the whole of government then had to be enlisted in their pursuit. So I am very pleased that I have this opportunity. There are so many old friends and important thinkers and talkers about American foreign policy who are here today along with members of the diplomatic community, and we’re very pleased to see all of you.This is a comprehensive national security strategy that integrates

our strength here at home, our commitment to Homeland Security, our national defense, and our foreign policy. In a nutshell, this strategy is about strengthening and applying American leadership to advance our 2%*7#2%5( 72*+"+.*.( %23( *#( .#5,+( .0%"+3( !"#B5+&.'( (9+( 3#( *07.( %$%72.*(the backdrop of a changed and always changing global landscape and %(37/4815*(720+"7*%28+(*#C%"3(%(.*"1$$572$(+8#2#&6>("+318+3(8"+37B757*6(abroad, international institutions buckling under the weight of systemic changes, and so much more. Our approach is to build the diverse sources of American power at home and to shape the global system so that it is more conducive to meeting our overriding objectives: security, prosperity, the explanation and spread of our values, and a just and sustainable international order.Now, obviously, the world that we confront today has changed. This

is a comprehensive national security strategy because we believe that we have to look at the world in a much more comprehensive way. The pace and nature of interconnections, economic interdependence, new technologies, all of those have in some ways brought the world, I would .%6>( .1!+"487%556( 85#.+"( *#$+*0+">( B1*( 72( #*0+"( C%6.( 3+&#2.*"%*+3( *0+(intensity of the demands on the United States to be able to respond and lead.” For a full transcript or audio of Secretary Clinton’s remarks, see http://

www.brookings.edu/events/2010/0527_national_security.aspx

Professors Stephen Stedman and Rosamond Naylor Awarded Funding to Develop IPS Course on Climate !"#$%&'#$('!)$*+,-

Steve Stedman and Roz Naylor were awarded funding in 2009 from Stanford’s Presidential Fund for Innovation in International Studies for research to develop a course studying the linkages between climate 80%2$+( %23( 8#2<78*'( =%"*( #/( )*%2/#"3-.( I2*+"2%*7#2%5( I27*7%*7,+>( *0+(fund seeks solutions to worldwide challenges involving international security, governance, and human well­being. Stedman is senior fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and FSI. Naylor is co­director of the Program on Food Security and the Environment, professor of Environmental Earth Systems Science, and senior fellow at D)I(%23(*0+(9##3.(I2.*7*1*+'()*+3&%2(%23(Q%65#"-.(!"#J+8*(C755(+A%&72+(*0+( 8#22+8*7#2.( B+*C++2( 857&%*+( 80%2$+( %23( ,7#5+2*( 8#2<78*( *0"#1$0(interdisciplinary empirical research that builds on Stanford’s strengths 72( 857&%*+( .87+28+>( /##3( .+81"7*6>( 3+&#$"%!078.>( %23( 8#2<78*( .*137+.'((Results will be used to develop an IPS course that will help students develop analytical tools to understand the potential impacts of climate 80%2$+(#2(&7$"%*7#2>( +8#2#&78( .*"+..>( 0+%5*0>( %23( 572:.( *#( 8#2<78*>( %.(well as appropriate policy responses. !

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PRACTICUM

In the two­quarter practicum directed by Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Joe Nation, teams of IPS and Public Policy second­year master’s students conduct policy analyses for client organizations. Class of 2010 students’ practicum reports were well received by clients, but their impact went beyond the client organizations themselves.

Going For Broke: Reforming California’s Public Employee Pension!"#$%"#&'()"'*+#',(-.#')('*+#'/)0#"1)"')('*+#'2*%*#')('3%45()"15%

By Howard Bornstein, Stan Markuze, Cameron Percy, Lisha Wang,

and Moritz Zander

Three public funds administer the pensions of 2.6 million Californians. Between June 2008 and June 2009, these three pension funds lost a combined $109.7 billion in portfolio value. In their policy brief, the students estimated the current funding shortfall of CalPERS, CalSTRS, and UCRS at $525 billion over the next 16 years. The students also

recommended a combination of higher contributions, investment in less "7.:6(%..+*.>(%23(5#C+"(B+2+4*(5+,+5.(*#(0+5!("+,+".+(*0+(81""+2*(*"+23(%23(!"+,+2*(/1*1"+(.0#"*/%55.'((K%*%(C+"+(3"%C2(!"7&%"756(/"#&(*0+(42%287%5(reports of each fund. In addition, experts at Stanford University and other institutions were consulted to support the analysis and conclusions.Following the report’s release in April, Governor Arnold

Schwarzenegger commented, “This study reinforces the immediate need to address our staggering pension debt. According to the study, California *%A!%6+".(%"+(#2(*0+(0##:(/#"(#,+"(%(0%5/(*"7557#2(3#55%".'((9+(8%22#*(C%7*(any longer. I look forward to working with the legislature on a solution that will stop the growth of pension debt, increase transparency, enforce strict funding rules, and protect California’s budget priorities.”Our students’ analysis received coverage in the New York Times, Wall

Street Journal>( %23( #*0+"( 2+C.( &+37%'( I2( @%6>( *0+( .*13+2*.( *+.*74+3(before the California State Senate, and in July they joined the Governor’s roundtable discussion on public pension reform.

Lessons for the Afghanistan Counterinsurgency Campaign!"#$%"#&'()"'*+#'67$5"5.%4'2*8&5#9')('3)1:5.*'/")8$

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In December 2009, President Barack Obama announced an expanded counterinsurgency strategy requiring the commitment of additional troops from the US and NATO, as well as international resources to improve Afghan government capacity. The strategy also redirected priorities from combating insurgents to protecting civilian populations, providing economic development aid, promoting governance and institution building, and developing strategic communications with the aim of increasing Afghan public support for both the US­led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition and the Afghan government. The students examined factors driving changes in insurgent violence

against Afghan civilians. Their analysis concludes that increases in anti­civilian violence were most clearly tied to the initiation of ISAF security initiatives, and further that the quality of Afghan governance and rule of 5%C(%"+(57:+56(7&!#"*%2*(/%8*#".(72<1+2872$(5#8%5(.1!!#"*(/#"(72.1"$+2*.'(T#02(97$5+>(E07+/(#/(*0+(9#"53C73+(I2873+2*.(;+%&(%*(*0+(Q%*7#2%5(

Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), commended the students for their “excellent work” and invited them to present their paper at NCTC’s Terrorist Incidents Conference in July 2010.

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The students’ report outlines the social and political context of human *"%/48:72$(72(I237%>(+,%51%*+.(*0+(81""+2*(Q?P>(3#2#">(%23($#,+"2&+2*(+//#"*.( *#( 4$0*( *"%/48:72$>( %23( "+8#&&+23.( !"#&7.72$( 72*+",+2*7#2.(

Moritz Zander (’!"#$*'(*/H'($?'9,&'$*5'$D8>/9,&)/8$2*8*'$2')8*'$,)$%')(/,)$&'9,&0

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based on current gaps and best practice approaches.The team reviewed secondary data on the dynamics of human

*"%/48:72$( 72( "+!"+.+2*%*7,+( .*%*+.'( ( ;0+6( %5.#( 73+2*74+3( "+8+2*(interventions of NGOs, state governments, local bodies, and major multilateral organizations and conducted an analysis of the legal framework. NGOs and donor organizations were later interviewed to identify hurdles in implementation and best practices. The students then developed a range of policy alternatives, ranked them against 14 criteria, and provided recommendations that included implementation analyses and suggested partner organizations. The report was published by The Asia Foundation.

Evaluating Access to Finance Barriers for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in India!"#$%"#&'()"';+#'<95%'=)81&%*5)1

!"#2/&F'/#:/&/0/1#,/">(%#7/?"/1#G/8%&"*#Seitz, and Shwetha Shankar

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and voluntary exclusion. In cases of involuntary exclusion, banks discriminate against small borrowers because of higher transaction costs and information asymmetry. In cases of voluntary exclusion, 4"&.( 80##.+( 2#*( *#( !1".1+( /#"&%5( 42%2872$( 31+( *#( *0+( %,%75%B757*6( #/(informal lending sources or the lack of a desire to grow. The students also found considerable variation across states in lending to small enterprises resulting from varying levels of bureaucratic effectiveness, legal protection, and progress with economic development initiatives.The team recommended that The Asia Foundation work with the

MSME sector to analyze government reforms to address involuntary +A851.7#2( #/( .&%55( B1.72+..+.( 72( %88+..72$( 42%28+'( ( R337*7#2%556>(the students suggested that the foundation launch dialogues between government agencies, banks, and small businesses on information sharing, business registration, business skills training, and communication B+*C++2(&78"#42%28+(72.*7*1*7#2.'

Subnational Capacity Building for the Next International Climate Change Agreement!"#$%"#&'()"'*+#'3%45()"15%'6105")17#1*%4'!")*#.*5)1'<>#1.?'%1&'*+#'3%45()"15%'<5"'@#9)8".#9'A)%"&

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Global climate change requires an international response, a responsibility conventionally assigned to nation­states. Recently, however, subnational governments have stepped beyond domestic borders to cooperate internationally. The students examined the

effectiveness of subnational climate collaborations through literature reviews and extensive interviews.R88#"372$(*#(*0+(*+%&-.(42372$.>(.1B2%*7#2%5(8#55%B#"%*7#2.(N)QE.O(

offer unique contributions toward meeting climate change policy goals. These contributions include experience implementing climate policy, serving as policy “laboratories,” pressuring national governments to strengthen climate efforts, and sharing knowledge. However, as non­binding agreements, SNCs may lack effectiveness and commitment.

Wobblers and Criminal Justice in California: A Study into Prosecutorial Discretion!"#$%"#&'()"'*+#'B%*5)1%4'3#1*#"'()"'2*%*#'3)8"*9

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California Penal Code §17(b) provides prosecutors and judges with the discretion to reduce certain crimes, known as wobblers, from felonies to misdemeanors. The students’ study focuses on the exercise of prosecutorial discretion under §17(b)(4), which includes, among other offenses, methamphetamine possession. Through district attorney interviews and quantitative analysis, the

team determined that individuals with prior offenses were less likely to receive a misdemeanor charge. Age, gender, and race did not appear *#( 72<1+28+(80%"$72$(!#5786'( (@#"+(X57B+"%5Y(8#12*7+.>(%.(&+%.1"+3(B6(voting history, had a record of fewer felony charges. The students recommended a policy of structured discretion through

a combination of the status quo and transparency. Under the status quo, DAs exercise their discretion under §17(b)(4) based primarily on case­related factors and community interests. Increasing transparency by publishing explicit and detailed DA guidelines would hold DAs accountable to standards that they set themselves and provide uniformity and fairness in charging within a county. !

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At my organization, the Israel­Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI), I worked on a project that attempted to assess the needs and priorities of two critical minority groups: Israeli settlers and Palestinian refugees. The study’s objective was to identify ways to better incorporate the needs of these two groups into current policy, particularly with regard to the peace process. As a researcher on the settler­refugee project, I helped develop interview questionnaires, reached out to interested stakeholders, and did background research. I also went out in *0+(4+53(%23(8#2318*+3(72*+",7+C.(C7*0(.+**5+".(%23("+/1$++.>(+,+2*1%556(becoming the lead interviewer for Palestinian refugees.My experience was fantastic both because I worked on exactly the

types of peace process policy issues that I hope to focus on in my future 8%"++">(%23(B+8%1.+(I(C%.(%B5+(*#($+*(%("%"+($57&!.+(#/(*C#(,+"6(8#2<78*+3(C#"53.'((@6(%!%"*&+2*(C%.(72(V+*05+0+&(Z(72(*0+(9+.*(V%2:(123+"(%8*7,+(=%5+.*727%2(R1*0#"7*6( 8#2*"#5( Z( %23(&6( #/48+(C%.( 72( I."%+5( !"#!+">( #2(the outskirts of Jerusalem. At least twice a day I commuted from one side of “the wall” to the other, through an Israeli military checkpoint. Movement across this barrier is extremely restricted for Palestinians ­ who need special permits to pass ­ and forbidden for Israelis not on active military duty. Many of the other interns at IPCRI could not have this same experience because their schools’ funding would not allow them to live or work in the Palestinian Territories due to the standing US State Department travel warning. @6(.1&&+"(72(I."%+5(%23(*0+(9+.*(V%2:(C%.(57/+(80%2$72$'( (V6(

straddling two worlds and inserting myself directly into the heart of *0+( 8#2<78*>( I( /+5*( 72(&%26(C%6.( *0%*( I(C%.( %B5+( *#(&#,+( B+6#23(the headlines and see what life was really like for both Israelis and Palestinians. I would like to thank IPS and the Abbasi Center for Islamic Studies for making my experience possible. Since her graduation, Valerie Szybala (’10) has been working as

project manager for the Afghan Depository at Yale project under Dr. Jason Lyall.

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The UNFPA is “an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man, and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity.” Under the supervision of UNFPA’s National ="#$"%&(P/48+"(/#"(=#!15%*7#2(%23(Development, I authored a research paper on India’s aging policies. In &6(4".*(C++:>(I(&+*(C7*0(%(.+27#"(#/487%5( %*( *0+( @727.*"6( #/( )#87%5(Justice and Empowerment to get the Government of India’s view on aging policies. Subsequently my project became the foundation for the UNFPA’s presentation to the Government of India. In addition to a review of current policies, I 1*757U+3(2%*7#2%5(.1",+6(3%*%(*#(8#2318*(%2%56.+.(%23(C+2*(#1*(72(*0+(4+53(to meet with non­governmental organizations and actually spent several days traveling with a mobile medical unit at one NGO, doing slum­side visits and patient check­ups. The work was especially relevant to health policy, but also touched on labor policy and social policies in general, and of course on development. !"##$%&#'()%*+,-.%(/%01#2()'%3"%/3453%62%4%)17%)")25"839%301%:"65311)30%

Dalai Lama Global Scholars and Fellows Program.

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;0+(W8#2#&78(=#5786(L+.+%"80(I2.*7*1*+(NW=LIO(7.(%(2#2!"#4*(*072:(*%2:(focused on social protection research, with resources dedicated towards capacity­building courses for national legislators.

@6( 72*+"2.07!( /+%*1"+3( %( "%2$+( #/( !#5786( C#":( Z( B"7+42$(legislators on various policy areas (e.g. housing, trade, and welfare policy); facilitating a conference for the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Human )+**5+&+2*.[(4+53("+.+%"80(72("1"%5()#1*0(R/"78%(C7*0(government grant recipients; and co­authoring two

papers: “The use and effectiveness of social grants in South Africa” and “A review of the Grant­In­Aid in order to determine its effectiveness and appropriateness as a measure of non­contributory social assistance.”

2009 SUMMER INTERNSHIP REPORTS

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Beyond the meaningful research, the internship also provided an opportunity to network with ministers, legislators, and other stakeholders in South Africa’s policy space.;4)<(#1%=#43/074$"%*+,-.%251/1)31<%>?01%&@8A4A$%"@%B)A")<(3(")4#%

Cash Transfers: Evidence from South Africa” at Stanford’s Center for African Studies’ Africa Table on January 13, 2010. She now conducts

economic research for Dr. Peter Blair Henry, the dean of NYU’s Stern School of Business, and serves as a teaching assistant to Dr. Michael Spence, also of Stern School of Business. !

2010 SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

! Jane Choi

Korea Economic Institute

Washington, DC

! Polly Davis Hand

California Energy Storage Alliance

Berkeley, CA and

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! Taylor Dewey

The Carter Center Human Rights Program

Atlanta, GA

! Kia Ghorashi

Avascent Group

Washington, DC

! Lucinda Gibbs

Institute for Financial Management and Research

Chennai, India

! Kumi Harischandra

KPMG Economic Valuation and Services Group

Mountain View, CA

! 7-$'%+,#%(8/5*-## Institute for Financial Management and Research

Chennai, India

! Justine Isola

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

New Delhi, India

! Elaine Kan

Autodesk Inc., Sustainability Initiative

San Francisco, CA

! Erica Kang

Nautilus Institute

San Francisco, CA

! Peter Lefrancois

Shared Governance Program

Bamako, Mali

! Lizhi Liu

World Bank‐IFC Doing Business Group

Washington, DC

! Amber Luong

Clinton Foundation ‐ Clinton Climate Initiative

Jakarta, Indonesia

! Holger Fabian Sahl

Fiji Mission to the United Nations

New York, NY

! Damilola Sobo

Institute for Financial Management and Research

Chennai, India

! Stephanie Gimenez Stahlberg

UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth

Brasilia, Brazil

! Anthony Suen

California Public Utiilities Commission

San Francisco, CA

! Di Wang

World Bank‐IFC Doing Business Group

Washington, DC

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Working in the United NationsAlan Gutman (’92) !"#$%&'()*"+,&-.&/"*+"0$+1$02$3&45,&5646

I2(+%"56(@%6>(R5%2(?1*&%2>(81""+2*56(C#":72$(%.(%(M+$%5(P/48+"(%*(the United Nations, returned to Stanford, accompanied by colleagues /"#&( *0+(P/48+( #/(\1&%2(L+.#1"8+.(@%2%$+&+2*>( M622+(L#.+2B+"$(and Matthew Sanidas, to share with students the different entry points for a career at the UN. After IPS, Alan earned a law degree from UC Berkeley’s Boalt School of Law and later served with the Peace Corps 72(Q7$+"'((R5%2(J#72+3(*0+(SQ(%.(%(5+$%5(#/48+"(C7*0(*0+(SQ(@7..7#2(#/(Support in East Timor (UNMISET) and served as defense counsel before the Special Panel for Serious Crimes in East Timor. R.( %( 5+$%5( #/48+"(C7*0( *0+(SQ(@7..7#2( 72(M7B+"7%( NSQ@IMO>(R5%2(

advised the National Election Commission and the mission on legal issues related to the October 11, 2005 national elections, and later provided 5+$%5(.+",78+.(*#(SQ@IM(72(*0+(P/48+(#/(*0+()+27#"(M+$%5(R3,7.#"(*#(*0+(Special Representative of the Secretary­General. In his current role, Alan represents the United Nations Administration before the newly created UN Dispute Tribunal.Alan and his colleagues advised students to apply for positions at

2#*( #256( S27*+3( Q%*7#2.( 0+%3]1%"*+".( B1*( %5.#( %*( *0+( &%26( SQ( 4+53(agencies, where 60% of the organization’s 40,000 staff works. All three talked about their meaningful careers in the UN and the opportunity to “work with great people.” They also shared war stories. One of Alan’s favorites ­ his search by helicopter for a goat herder to testify as a witness in a criminal case in East Timor. Alan became accustomed to helicopter *"%,+5'( (9075+(.*%*7#2+3( 72(M7B+"7%>(R5%2(<+C(B6(0+578#!*+"( *#(,7.7*(07.(C7/+>( %(SQIEWD( 80753( !"#*+8*7#2( #/48+">(C0#(C%.( .*%*7#2+3( 72( )7+""%(Leone. Alan is happy to be stateside for a while.

Stanford’s Division of International, Comparative, and Area Studies (ICA) Alumni Career Panel

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9%.072$*#2>(KE>(%23(*+&!+3(%*(*0+(I2*+"2%*7#2%5(@#2+*%"6(D123(B+/#"+(5%2372$(%(!#.7*7#2(C7*0(E7*7U+2.(K+,+5#!&+2*(E#"!.(NEKEO>(%(2#2Z!"#4*(private voluntary organization. At CDC Andrea managed a team of eight and worked on USAID funded enterprise development projects in W%.*+"2(W1"#!+(%23(W1"%.7%(/#"(4,+(6+%".(B+/#"+(J#7272$(KRI(72(FGG^'((KRI(7.(%2(+&!5#6++(#C2+3(/#"Z!"#4*(8#2.15*72$(8#&!%26'(At DAI Andrea is a technical specialist focused on promoting economic

$"#C*0'(()0+(4".*(8#2.15*+3(#2(+2*+"!"7.+(3+,+5#!&+2*(!"#J+8*.(72(V"%U75>(Eastern Europe, Russia, and Tanzania. Andrea then became a project quality manager for a micro and small enterprise (MSME) value chain project in Cambodia, an enterprise development program in Indonesia, and an impact assessment project in Bangladesh. As deputy manager of the Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project Business Development Services Knowledge and Practice task order, Andrea helped develop papers on best practices in value chain development and market and impact assessment. From 2007 to 2008, she was posted in Zagreb as the senior tourism advisor for USAID’s Enhancing Small and Medium Enterprise Performance Project in Croatia. In the past year, Andrea has completed consulting assignments in Serbia, Indonesia, Ghana, Moldova, Haiti, Georgia, Kosovo, and acted as Senior tourism advisor for the USAID/Cambodia MSME project. Andrea advised students to market their foreign language, quantitative

modeling, and writing and communication skills. She highlighted two distinct paths to advance in a career as a technical specialist in international development. First, students could apply for entry­level !"#J+8*( 8##"372%*#">( !"#$"%&( #/48+">( #"( !"#$"%&( &%2%$+"( !#.7*7#2.(at small NGOs or companies to develop skills in technical analysis, consulting, proposal writing, and project management. Alternatively, students could gain overseas experience in technical consulting work as interns or volunteers, which they could successfully market afterwards.Chief of party would be Andrea’s dream job; she hopes someday

*#(&%2%$+(%(3+,+5#!&+2*(!"#J+8*( /"#&(.*%"*( *#(427.0'( (\+"(2+A*(&%J#"(role, however, will be as new mother to her son Milo, who was born August 28.In addition to Andrea Chartock, the ICA Alumni Career Panel

featured Nate Aden (MA, East Asian Studies, 2005), senior research associate on energy policy in the China Program of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; Lindsay Caldwell (MA, African Studies, 2009), consultant at Cultural Practice, LLC; Louis O’Neill (MA, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, 1992), US Ambassador and Former Head of OSCE to Moldova; and Alicia Riley (MA, Latin American Studies, 2008), Latina Program Coordinator for the Women’s Cancer Resource Center. !

ALUMNI CONTRIBUTE…

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2010Dear IPS Alums,

Please send news! We would love to hear about your adventures in the big, wide world, and will post updates in our next issue of the IPS newsletter. We’ll also plan events at Stanford and elsewhere so we can catch up.

If you’d like to send an update or support IPS in some way, please see http://ips.stanford.edu/alumni_info

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Economic Development in East Africa: Integrating Gender Into TechnoServe Programs

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ways for TechnoServe to enhance women’s !%"*787!%*7#2( 72(%23(B+2+4*( /"#&(;+802#.+",+-.(

programs. In general, women in Africa work longer hours than men, 3+"7,+(5+..(B+2+4*(/"#&(*0+7"(+//#"*.>(%23(%"+(37.%3,%2*%$+3(31+(*#(5#C+"(education and literacy levels. At the same time, data suggest that women generally respond better to training opportunities, are more responsible C7*0(&78"#8"+37*("+!%6&+2*.>(%23(0%,+(%(5#2$+"Z*+"&(42%287%5(#1*5##:'Kelly’s project analyzed academic articles and reports; interviewed

university professors, NGOs, private sector representatives and TechnoServe staff in the US, Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda; and held interviews and focus groups with more than 90 farmers and entrepreneurs participating in TechnoServe programs in 10 East African cities and towns. Kelly found that increasing household incomes does not necessarily

B+2+4*( 7237,731%5( 0#1.+0#53( &+&B+".( +]1%556'( ( I2.*+%3>( 72*+",+2*7#2.(that do not consider the distribution of power and control of income within a household can, in some contexts, actually harm women. In #"3+"( *#( 7&!"#,+(C#&+2-.(!%"*787!%*7#2( 72( %23(B+2+4*( /"#&(+8#2#&78(development programs, gender concerns need to be incorporated into each stage of a project ­ choosing the site, publicizing the intervention, selecting local leaders, training participants, distributing resources,

monitoring impact, etc. Recommendations included the formation of a TechnoServe East Africa gender council, gender sensitivity training for staff and program participants, integration of gender concerns into TechnoServe proposals and workplans, and the development of gender metrics to track the organization’s impact in this area. As a result of Kelly’s project, TechnoServe has adopted gender

integration as a key part of its overall strategy and is now utilizing the detailed gender toolkits she developed as its organization­wide approach to gender integration. TechnoServe is also investing in the development and rollout of gender sensitivity training, in collaboration with an organization with deep expertise in this area.

Kelly Spann is currently a strategy consultant and case team leader at Monitor Group. !

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MANY THANKS TO ALUMS WHO HELPED:

In 2010, our students delivered the following conference papers:

Taylor Dewey (’12), “Pending Environmental and Economic Catastrophe in the Middle East” at the US Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference on “National Security Beyond the Horizon: E0%2$72$(;0"+%*.(72(%(E0%2$72$(9#"53>Y(R!"75(`Za>(FGHG

Lizhi Liu (’11), “Impact of Chinese Exports on East Asian Exports – Crowding Out?” at the Third Annual China Undisciplined Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, May 14­15, 2010

Stephanie Gimenez Stahlberg (’11), “Racial Inequality in Education in Brazil” at the Conference on “Latin America: Crisis and Opportunities,” University of California, Riverside, April 23­24

Other conference activity:

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attendees and provided students the chance to network with cleantech executives. Class of 2011 students Elaine Kan, Polly Davis Hand, and Anthony Suen served as chair, director of content, and director of marketing respectively.Stanford African Business Forum on “Fortune at the Bottom of the

African Pyramid,” May 7­8, 2010, featured panels on business incubator programs, mobile phone technology, sustainable energy, and social entrepreneurship. Damilolo Sobo(N-HHO(C%.(#!+"%*7#2.(#/48+"'Stanford US­Russia Forum, November 2009­April 2010, brought

together 40 delegates from the two countries for a virtual seminar series, collaborative research projects, and a conference at Stanford. Delegate Taylor Dewey was later invited to Russia, where he met President Dmitry @+3,+3+,>(C0#(.%73(*#(;%65#">(Xc#1(0%,+(%(,+"6($##3(127,+".7*6'((9+(.0#153(3+427*+56(B+(/"7+23.'Y(!

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US FOREIGN POLICY:

Questions and Answers with Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice, Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, and former US Secretary of State, joined IPS for lunch on February 25, FGHG'((="#/+..#"(L78+(4+53+3(]1+.*7#2.(/"#&(*07"*6Z4,+(.*13+2*.(#2(7..1+.("%2$72$(/"#&(2185+%"(proliferation to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and US relations with Japan, Korea, Europe, and a host of other countries and regions. A student in Professor Rice’s course on Challenges and Dilemmas in American Foreign Policy asked her to grade the Obama Administration on its conduct of foreign policy to date. Professor Rice politely declined, suggesting she would not have wanted her predecessors to comment during her tenure. In any case, she noted, the Obama Administration was continuing a number of the previous administration’s policies. !

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Over the last two years, our class has learned a lot from our Stanford experience, a lot from each other. And being committed policy students, it seems only right that we should try to !"#$"%&'(%)&(!*%+",,"(%,-#.%)"%/&'.*%0,1%2%34'("*%0,%504-,%+"%'6"/'!%,&%7#66%&.%6&5"%&/%&'(%lessons learned to those who will follow us. So, some pieces of advice ­ eight, to be exact ­ for the incoming IPS Class of 2012:

H(Z(W&B"%8+(6#1"(37,+".7*6'((;%:+(7*(/"#&(#1"(85%..d(I*(7.(%($##3(*072$'(9+(0%,+(%(.&%55(8#0#"*(­ there are only 21 of us ­ but between us, we represent 11 different countries, have worked on six different continents, have experience in various sectors of the economy, and bring to Stanford broadly different skills. And yet, even with all these differences, we are a unit. More than maybe any other !"#$"%&(0+"+>(C+(4*( *#$+*0+"'( ()#>(E5%..(#/(FGHF>( J1.*(:2#C(that your class’s diversity will be not only your strength, but also your glue.

2 ­ Take golf, fencing, scuba diving, kickball, a day off – something, anything, that will keep you fresh. Take advantage of the fact that you live in one of the most beautiful places in the world. You are in California. California is awesome. Don’t waste it.

3 ­ Recognize that you will need your classmates; if you are doing this alone, you are not doing it right. In our class, we are each better for having known each other; we are each better from having learned from one another. Stick together, because, really, you don’t want to get lost in the sea of Stanford engineers.

4 ­ Take a breath and take stock. At some point, you will think you are stupid, feel under­prepared %23(#,+"Z&%*80+3>(B1*(6#1(C755(B+(C"#2$'((K1"72$(#1"(4".*(]1%"*+"(%*()*%2/#"3>(C+(%55(/+5*(%(57**5+(#,+"C0+5&+3>(%(57**5+(3+.!+"%*+>(42372$(.#5%8+(72(57**5+(+5.+(B+6#23(our statistics textbook that was ­ no kidding ­ full of cartoons. But the source of our discomfort was not stupidity ­ it was growth. Use it. Don’t panic. It’ll only sting for a little bit.

5 ­ Go to San Francisco. It is much cooler than Palo Alto. Plus, it’ll keep you away from undergraduate frat parties.

6 ­ Forget about your GPA … because everyone else will. If you only take classes that play to your strengths, if you only focus on what you think you want to know, you will have missed the point. This is an interdisciplinary program; you %"+(0+"+(*#(B"#%3+2(6#1"(!+".!+8*7,+>(2#*(*#(8#24"&(7*'((I2(#1"(class, each and every one of us challenged ourselves, and in doing so, succeeded in proving our worth in a way that GPA will never capture.

EXCERPT FROM COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS: ADVICE FOR THE CLASS OF 2012

by Christine Abizaid, June 13, 2010

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7 ­ Go to math camp, despite the fact that it is exactly as cool as it sounds. You will get to meet your classmates, get free food, and maybe re­learn some calculus. Also, come better prepared than I did. I was armed with only my Math for Dummies book and a drugstore calculator. Purchase a TI­83 ­ trust me on this.

8 ­ Think about your future, but don’t let ambition sabotage you. At Stanford, you will be surrounded by people ­ students and faculty alike ­ who have had brilliant careers and who seem to have been destined to achieve great things. But remember: they became great because they were good at what they did, not what they were going to do. Don’t be so anxious about becoming something

better than you are now, when what you do today will make you who you are in the future.

There are lots of other bits of advice, like get a bike with gears for the Law School hill … live in Rains or be friends with someone who does … ask Professor Bulow to throw out the orange juice before his pricing class … or plan a study trip to somewhere you never thought you wanted to go. Obviously, with two years of material, I could go on. But, in the spirit of keeping this short, let me just close by

.%672$( *0%2:.( *#(&6( 85%..&%*+.'( (9+(C755( %55( *%:+( .#(&%26(great things away from our Stanford experience, including, and perhaps most importantly, our connection to each other. Thanks for the last two years, guys. I couldn’t have done it

without you, and certainly wouldn’t have wanted to.

Christy Abizaid (’10) is now a senior analyst on terrorism in South and Southeast Asia at the US Department of Defense. !

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