Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency

Larry Diamond, '73, MA '78, PhD '80, is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a professor, by courtesy, of sociology and of political science. He has written seven books and edited or co-edited more than 40 on democratic development around the world, including his most recent, Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency. Larry is the 2014 recipient of the Richard W. Lyman Award for service to the Stanford Alumni Association and, in June 2016, he was honored with the Kenneth Cuthbertson Award for Exceptional Service to Stanford University, recognizing his “visionary leadership” of the Haas Center. In 2007, the Associated Students of Stanford University named him “Teacher of the Year” for teaching that “transcends political and ideological barriers.”