Rate Professor Larry Diamond

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Sociology, Stanford University, 1980; M.A. in Sociology, Stanford University, 1978; B.A. in Political Science, Stanford University, 1974.

Research Interests: Democratic development, governance, and authoritarianism, with a focus on global democratization and U.S. foreign policy.

Appointments: Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Professor of Political Science and Sociology (by courtesy) at Stanford; Director of the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.

Awards: Richard E. Neustadt Award for Best Book on U.S. Government; Fulbright Fellowship.

Publications: Author of Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency (Penguin Press, 2019); Co-editor of Democracy in Decline? (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015).

Editorial Contributions: Co-editor of Journal of Democracy.