February 5th, 2008

BP's chief scientist discusses secure, sustainable energy in Drell Lecture

Steven E. Koonin, chief scientist for BP in London, gave an address titled "Energy, Environment, Security: Can We Have It All?" at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, in the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center. The talk, free and open to the public, was this year's Drell Lecture, hosted by Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Audio & Video transcripts available transcript available
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March 14th, 2007

CISAC Drell Lecturer shares service members' views of Iraq war, combat readiness

Delivering CISAC's Drell Lecture March 8, New York Times reporter Thom Shanker shared service members' views of the Iraq war and combat readiness. In a talk titled "The Wars on Three Fronts: Iraq, the Pentagon and Main Street," Shanker drew on Pentagon sources and comments from Iraq war veterans as he spoke to an audience of more than 200 people in the Tresidder Oak Lounge. Audio & Video transcripts available transcript available
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March 1st, 2007

New York Times correspondent to speak on war's 'three fronts'

Thom Shanker, national security and foreign policy correspondent for the New York Times, will give this year's Drell Lecture, titled "The Wars on Three Fronts: Iraq, the Pentagon, and Main Street," Mar. 8 at 4 p.m. in the Oak Lounge at Stanford University's Tresidder Memorial Union. The talk, hosted by CISAC, is free and open to the public. Audio & Video transcripts available transcript available
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December 9th, 2005

Iraq dominates debate at CISAC's Drell Lecture

The Iraq war has been waged with arrogance and confusion by the Bush Administration, the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir said after delivering CISAC's annual Drell Lecture Dec. 6. In his talk, "The Politics and Ethics of Nonproliferation," Hehir analyzed tensions between nuclear nonproliferation efforts and respect for state sovereignty. Afterward, questions from the audience focused on the Iraq war. Audio transcript available transcript available
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November 28th, 2005

The Rev. J. Bryan Hehir to deliver Drell Lecture on nuclear weapons politics, ethics

J. Bryan Hehir, a Catholic priest and leading thinker on ethics and foreign policy, will deliver CISAC's annual Drell Lecture on Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Oak Lounge at Tresidder Union. The talk, titled "The Politics and Ethics of Nonproliferation," is free and open to the public. Audio transcript available transcript available
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Stephen Walt: "Taming American Power: the Global Response to U.S. Primacy"

"The United States is the most powerful since the Roman Empire," stated Stephen Walt, the Belfer Professor of International Affairs and academic dean of the John F. Kennedy School, Harvard University, delivering the 2005 Robert G. Wesson Lecture in International Relations Theory and Practice, at the Freeman Spogli Institute on November 16, 2005. Read more »

October 11th, 2005

CISAC 2004 Drell lecturer wins Nobel peace prize

A year after delivering CISAC's Drell Lecture, Mohamed ElBaradei has won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. He and the International Atomic Energy Agency share the renowned prize "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes." 2 transcripts available
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