Larry Diamond

Larry Jay Diamond
Larry Diamond (2014)
Born (1951-10-02) October 2, 1951 (age 72)
U.S.
Alma materStanford University
Occupation(s)Sociologist, scholar, researcher, educator
Known forPolitical sociology, democracy studies

Larry Jay Diamond (born October 2, 1951)[1] is an American political sociologist and leading contemporary scholar in the field of democracy studies. Diamond is a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University's main center for research on international issues. At the Institute Diamond served as the director of the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law from 2009-2016.[2] He was succeeded in that role by Francis Fukuyama[3] and then Kathryn Stoner.[4]

Diamond has served as an advisor to numerous governmental and international organizations at various points in his life, including the United States Department of State, United Nations, World Bank, and U.S. Agency for International Development.[5] He is a founding co-editor of the National Endowment for Democracy's Journal of Democracy, stepping down from that role in fall 2022. As of August 2023, he co-chairs Hoover's China Global Sharp Power Project (with Glenn Tiffert) and Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region Project (with James O. Ellis).[6][7]

  1. ^ "Diamond, Larry Jay". Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC). University of Virginia Library, National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ "FSI - CDDRL - Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law". Cddrl.stanford.edu. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  3. ^ University, © Stanford; Stanford; California 94305 (2015-04-20). "Fukuyama to lead FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of". cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ University, © Stanford; Stanford; California 94305 (2021-08-27). "Kathryn Stoner Named Mosbacher Director of the Center on Democracy,". cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Larry Diamond". Hoover.org. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  6. ^ "China's Global Sharp Power Project". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  7. ^ "Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2023-05-21.

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