White House Honor
Obama awards Sidney Drell National Medal of Science

President Barack Obama awards CISAC's founding science co-director Sidney Drell the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the government on scientists, inventors and engineers. Read more »

North Korea
Perry, Hecker discuss Pyongyang's threat of a third nuclear test

CISAC's William J. Perry and Siegfried Hecker attend an international security conference in Seoul, South Korea, where the North's threat of another nuclear test dominates.

New Co-Director
CISAC welcomes microbiologist David Relman as co-director

David Relman, a Stanford microbiologist and professor of infectious diseases, has taken up the mantle as CISAC co-director alongside Stanford law professor Tino Cuéllar, both of whom intend to broaden the center’s research in biosecurity and the life sciences.

Interactive Cartoon
Interactive cartoon introduces cybersecurity fellows, their work

CISAC is expanding its research into cybersecurity and for the first time has three fellows devoted to Internet freedom, privacy and government controls: Jonathan Mayer, Andrew Woods and Tim Junio.

Carnegie Grant
Carnegie awards CISAC $1 million grant for research and training

Carnegie Corporation of New York, the foundation that promotes "real and permanent good," has awarded a $1 million grant to CISAC to fund research and training on international peace and security issues.

January 29, 2013
Hegghammer: Western jihadists prefer foreign fighting

January 14, 2013
U.S. can use threat of military intervention to secure chemical weapons

January 15, 2013
Empirical Studies of Conflict Project launches data archive