July 2nd, 2008
Q&A: Inside Yongbyon nuclear plant
Op-ed: Al Jazeera on June 27, 2008CISAC Co-Director Siegfried Hecker talks to Al Jazeera about being one of the few outsiders to have visited North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility, what he saw on his visits to the plant, and how likely he thinks it is that North Korea will give up its nuclear program. Read more »
May 28th, 2008
Sagan interviews Madeleine Albright about challenges facing next US president
In the News: Stanford Daily on May 28, 2008CISAC Co-Director Scott Sagan interviewed former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright May 27 before a capacity audience in Kresge Auditorium about the challenges facing the next U.S. president. Albright, now a professor at Georgetown, also offered an insightful, and often biting, analysis of current policy dilemmas worldwide. Read more »
May 27th, 2008
CISAC's Sweeny, Stanford Video garner Telly Award
AnnouncementCISAC development manager Nora Sweeny and Stanford Video received a bronze Telly Award in the History/Biography category for Peace of Mind: A Film Tribute to William J. Perry. Sweeny produced the video, which was shown last October at CISAC to honor William Perry on his 80th birthday. The Telly Awards honor the best local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions and work created for the web.
» Video: Peace of Mind: A Film Tribute to William J. Perry
May 19th, 2008
US must fulfill its commitment to diplomacy with North Korea, Lewis writes in Globe
Op-ed: The Boston Globe on May 17, 2008CISAC faculty member John Lewis argues in the Boston Globe that the North Korea diplomatic initiative launched by President Bush in October 2006 will come to naught if the administration fails to follow through on promises it made to encourage Pyongyang to destroy its nuclear weapons programs. Read more »
May 14th, 2008
Hecker interviewed on NPR about documents related to North Korea's plutonium program
In the News: National Public Radio on May 13, 2008A U.S. official says a preliminary review of thousands of documents shows North Korea has fully accounted for its plutonium development program. But the papers may not convince skeptics that the disarmament process is moving ahead. Read more »
May 13th, 2008
CISAC's Hecker and Perry discuss North Korea in Washington Post
Op-ed: Washington Post on May 13, 2008Siegfried Hecker and William Perry argue that the Bush administration should not walk away or slow down talks with Pyongyang, instead it should focus on limiting North Korea's nuclear capabilities by concluding the elimination of plutonium production. Read more »
May 12th, 2008
Sagan receives honorary degree from Ohio Wesleyan University
AnnouncementOhio Wesleyan University presented CISAC Co-Director Scott Sagan with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during its 164th commencement ceremony on May 11. Read more »
May 2nd, 2008
National Academies Press releases book on democracy assistance, Weinstein co-author
CISAC, CDDRL AnnouncementThe National Research Council at the National Academies has released a new, book-length report from its Committee on the Evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance Programs. CDDRL/CISAC faculty member Jeremy Weinstein was a member of the committee and co-author of the report, "Improving Democracy Assistance: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research," which is available for PDF download and will be published in hard copy Dec. 2008. 
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April 30th, 2008
CISAC's Siegfried Hecker testifies before Senate Appropriations Committee
Dr. Hecker testified April 30, 2008, about the importance of expanding the cooperative threat reduction programs to counter the growing proliferation of nuclear weapons and weapons capability.
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April 29th, 2008
Scott Sagan elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
AnnouncementCISAC's Co-Director Scott Sagan, professor of political science, is one of 190 new fellows and 22 foreign honorary members elected this year to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers. Sagan and Harvard's Steve Miller jointly direct a new initiative sponsored by the Academy to identify ways to manage the global spread of nuclear energy without a concurrent increase in nuclear weapons proliferation or nuclear terrorism.
April 28th, 2008
Pavel Podvig receives Szilard Award
AnnouncementThe American Physical Society has honored CISAC's Podvig for helping a establish in Moscow "a center for scientific study of arms control, for landmark analyses, and for courage in supporting open discussion of international security in Russia." Read more »
April 24th, 2008
CISAC's Hecker analyzes challenges to denuclearizing North Korea
After visiting the Yongbyon nuclear complex in February, CISAC's Co-Director Siegfried Hecker, the former head of Los Alamos National Lab, judges that North Korean officials are working in "good faith" to disable the facilities. But he warns that complete denuclearization presents formidable obstacles. Read more »
April 16th, 2008
Preparation is key to avoiding 'worst-case outcome,' Chertoff says
CISAC members Lynn Eden, Martha Crenshaw, and Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar participated in"Germ Warfare, Contagious Disease and the Constitution," a daylong event co-hosted by Stanford Law School. CISAC affiliate Laura Donohue conceived and developed the project. Read more »
April 15th, 2008
Sagan wins Gerner teaching award
The International Studies Association has awarded CISAC Co-Director Scott Sagan the 2008 Deborah "Misty" Gerner Innovative Teaching in International Studies Award for his simulation exercise that he has taught to Stanford undergraduates for the last decade through PS 114S "International Security in a Changing World." Read more »
March 25th, 2008
Blog: Weiss interviewed about U.S.-India nuclear deal
In the NewsKingston Reif interviews CISAC affiliate Leonard Weiss for Nukes of Hazard, a project of the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation. YouTube video available. Read more »
Siegfried Hecker's report on North Korea visit to Senate Foreign Relations Committee
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsSiegfried Hecker's report was presented as part of a formal report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 17, 2008, by Keith Luse, senior staffer to Sen. Richard Lugar.
CISAC's Perry to head congressional commission examining nation's strategic weapons posture
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsFormer U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry, co-director of CISAC's Preventive Defense Project, has been named chair of a Congressional bipartisan commission nominated March 19 to examine America's strategic military posture, including the "appropriate role" of nuclear weapons. Read more »
Ahmed interviewed about life in Baghdad five years after beginning of war
CISAC, CDDRL, FSI Stanford In the NewsHuda Ahmed, an Iraqi journalist living in the United States and a visiting scholar at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute, talks about the frustrations and fears Iraqis face five years after the beginning of the war in Iraq. She also shares the personal struggles she faces living in the U.S. while her family faces daily dangers in Iraq.
March 24th, 2008
Abrams: Presidency too demanding to not have upper age limit for candidates
Op-ed: San Francisco Chronicle on March 16, 2008Herbert L. Abrams, CISAC member-in-residence and Stanford professor of radiology, emeritus, looks at the issue of a presidential candidate's age and its effect on decision-making. Read more »
March 7th, 2008
Leading constitutional theorist discusses wars for 21st century
Philip Bobbitt, a Columbia University law professor and one of the nation's leading constitutional theorists, spoke about his forthcoming book, Terror and Consent: The Wars for the 21st Century, at Stanford Law School on March 6. Read more »
February 26th, 2008
Negotiating with North Korea: 1992-2007
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsJohn W. Lewis and Robert Carlin, longtime North Korea experts, have just published a paper in CISAC's Policy in Context series, titled, Negotiating with North Korea: 1992-2007. The 50-page paper, which includes texts of major documents, analyzes U.S. bilateral and international multilateral diplomatic efforts to negotiate normal relations and an end to North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
February 20th, 2008
Hecker shares findings from North Korea trip
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsNorth Korea has shut down its key nuclear facilities and is discussing how to retrain workers at the Yongbyon nuclear complex, CISAC Co-Director Siegfried Hecker said Feb. 20 following a five-day visit to the country. 2 papers available
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February 17th, 2008
Group led by Stanford physicist says there's an urgent need for nuclear detectives
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsA group of 12 scientists with extensive nuclear expertise, headed by Stanford physicist Michael May, is urging an international push to improve the science of nuclear forensics. They say there is an urgent need for more nuclear detectives, armed with science PhDs and instilled with the instincts of an investigator. And those detectives will need training, advanced equipment and stronger ties to intelligence agencies, political leaders and law enforcement.
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February 8th, 2008
National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley speaks at CISAC
National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley discussed the challenges of nuclear proliferation in the 21st century during a Feb. 8 speech at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). He praised CISAC's efforts in helping to shape the national debate on global security challenges, while also showing how international cooperation is essential to meeting future threats to peace.
February 6th, 2008
Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Joshua Lederberg dies at 82
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsJoshua Lederberg, PhD, winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize for his discovery of how bacteria transfer genes, died Feb. 2 of pneumonia. He was 82. Read more »
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