A security test in Iraq

Brian Burton, a 2007 CISAC Honors alumnus who won a Firestone Medal for his thesis ("Counterinsurgency Principles and U.S. Military Effectiveness in Iraq"), was interviewed by Reuters about the upcoming U.S. combat troop withdrawal by the end of June, and how it will be a key test for Iraqi security forces.

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Gays in the Military: Let the Evidence Speak

John Shalikashvili, senior advisor to the Preventive Defense Project at CISAC, has written an opinion piece about research that shows that openly gay soldiers would not undermine military readiness. Read more »

How Firestorms Would Greatly Intensify the Effects of Nuclear War

Lynn Eden, CISAC acting co-director, discusses the history and dysfunctional aspects of U.S. war planning and nuclear weapons targeting, arguing that a nuclear blast on a U.S. (or Russian) city would be far more destructive than planners have estimated because they did not take into account firestorms resulting from an bomb detonation. Read more »

A Threat in Every Port

CISAC faculty member Lawrence Wein warns that "while President Obama's future vision of 'a world with no nuclear weapons' is certainly laudable, for the present America still needs to do everything it can to prevent a terrorist from detonating such a bomb on our soil." Read more »

June 12, 2009
CISAC awards 12 honors certificates in international security studies

June 4, 2009
CISAC Celebrates 25th Anniversary

May 29, 2009
Look at the bright side

May 28, 2009
"Power and Responsibility" on Forum with Michael Krasny