The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies is a comglomerate of research centers at Stanford University in Stanford, California. For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ... Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Santa Clara County, California. ...

The institute is composed of five research centers:

• Stanford University Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC)
• Stanford University Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL)
• Stanford University Center for Environmental Science and Policy (CESP)
• Stanford University Center for Health Policy/Primary Care and Outcome Research (CHP/PCOR)
• Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)

Founded in 1983 as the Institute for International Studies, IIS added Stanford to the beginning of its name in 2003, and is abbreviated as Stanford IIS. On September 1, 2005 Stanford IIS was renamed the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies due to $50 million donation to the Institute from Brad Freeman and Ron Spogli, and is now abbreviated as FSI. IIS was founded by former Stanford President Richard Wall Lyman, who became its first director. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Wall Lyman (born 1923) was a U.S. educator and historian. ...

The Institute sponsors various programs in international relations, including Technology & Education: Connecting Cultures and Stanford-Iraq Student Exchange. International relations (IR), a branch of political science, is the study of foreign affairs of and relations among states within the international system, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs). ...

The current director of FSI is Coit D. Blacker, who served as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council during the presidency of Bill Clinton under National Security Advisor Anthony Lake. The President of the United States (fully, President of the United States of America; unofficially abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States and the chief executive of the federal government. ... African-Eurasian aspect of Earth Eurasia is the landmass composed of the continents of Europe and Asia. ... The National Security Council (NSC) of the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe, III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor, serves as the chief advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues. ... Lake (left) meets with Bill Clinton and Leon Panetta at the White House in 1994. ...

The deputy director's post was vacated in February 2005, when Stephen D. Krasner left to become Director of Policy Planning at the State Department under Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the presidency of George W. Bush. Stephen Krasner is currently the Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... The Seal of the United States Department of State The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. ... Condoleezza Rice (born November 14, 1954) is the 66th and current United States Secretary of State, and the second in the administration of President George W. Bush. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (under George W. Bush) and former Secretary of Defense William Perry (under Bill Clinton) are among the faculty members of FSI. Seal of the United States Department of Defense The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense, concerned with the armed services and The Secretary is appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate, and is a member of the Cabinet. ... William Perry William James Perry (born October 11, 1927) was the U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton from February 3, 1994 to January 23, 1997. ...

External link

• Official Web Site of FSI