Yearning for Democracy: Thailand and Burma This summer I had the rare opportunity to visit Thailand and Burma, both of which have recently made the news for their tumultuous political situations. At first glance the situation jkabaker 14 Oct 2007
Editor’s Note: The Death of the CoHo When we returned to campus this year, we returned to find much that was new. A new class of students, a remodeled Old Union, and a new year full of Christopher Fish 14 Oct 2007
Criticism of Petraeus Falls Flat Anti-war activists have a new item in their arsenal of bones to pick with the war effort. Hopping with delight from one strategic error to the next, many undoubtedly squealed Christopher Fish 14 Oct 2007
The Case Against Rumsfeld Stanford’s Hoover Institution has predictably attracted considerable and sustained criticism for inviting former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to be a “Distinguished Visiting Fellow” and work on a large, Christopher Fish 14 Oct 2007
Give Rumsfeld a Chance Despite the vitriolic opposition generated by Donald Rumsfeld’s appointment as a Hoover Institution Distinguished Visiting Fellow, the former secretary of defense should be given a chance to speak. As Christopher Fish 14 Oct 2007
Rumsfeld Issue Raises Debate over the Definition of Tolerance The appointment of former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld as a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution has faced enormous opposition on the Stanford campus. As of October 6, an seck 14 Oct 2007
Unique Take on Chinese Cuisine in Downtown Palo Alto The culinary culture of the Bay Area has been greatly influenced by the Chinese ever since the first large wave of immigrants arrived in the mid-nineteenth century as gold miners Christopher Fish 27 Sep 2007
Winning an Asymmetrical War The Second World War is thought of as a conventional conflict in which the world’s great powers threw like against like—tanks against tanks, planes against planes. However, not Christopher Fish 27 Sep 2007
Olympics to Showcase a Changing China BEIJING – Flashing lights, giant signs, and elaborate displays now adorn the once-drab streets of China’s capital city. Digitized concrete billboards stand nearly fifteen feet tall at major intersections, screaming Christopher Fish 27 Sep 2007
Power Corrupts in Beijing Beijing’s preparation for the Olympics is a double-sided story: China has made great economic strides over the past two decades, allowing unprecedented individual freedom to participate and compete in Christopher Fish 27 Sep 2007
Editor’s Note As we arrive on and return to campus, and as we usher in another year at Stanford, it seems appropriate to offer a restatement of what the Stanford Review is, Christopher Fish 27 Sep 2007
Romney in Best Shape for GOP Nod The first presidential election in fifty-six years without an incumbent president or vice president on the ballot has surprised politicos and challenged conventional wisdom, seemingly at every turn. No one tford 27 Sep 2007
China expert and Former Presidential Advisor talks East Asian, American politics Christopher Fish 7 Jun 2007
Final Agreement Reached in Khmer Rouge Trial Negotiations Although it has been nearly thirty years since the Cambodian Khmer Rouge was ousted from power, its leaders have yet to be tried for the human rights atrocities of their Christopher Fish 7 Jun 2007
The Sun Sets on Tony Blair British Prime Minister Tony Blair, winner of three consecutive elections and in power for a decade, has announced that he will submit his resignation to the Queen on June 27th. Christopher Fish 7 Jun 2007