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November 18th, 2009

Another al-Qa'ida 9/11 attack on U.S. unlikely, Crenshaw testifies

In the News

Martha Crenshaw, a CISAC senior fellow, testified Thursday, November 19, before the House Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment on the subject of "Reassessing the Evolving al-Qa'ida Threat to the Homeland." Read more »



November 10th, 2009

Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe to be nominated U.S. ambassador to UN Human Rights Council

Announcement

CISAC Affiliate Donahoe is to be nominated to a key post in Obama administration, the White House announced Nov. 9. Read more »



November 4th, 2009

Scott D. Sagan named Caroline S.G. Munro Professor

CISAC Co-Director Scott D. Sagan, a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, has been named to an endowed professorship in political science. Read more »



November 3rd, 2009

Joan Rohlfing named president of Nuclear Threat Initiative

In the News: NTI on October 28, 2009

Joan Rohlfing, a 1987-88 CISAC fellow, has served as NTI's senior vice president since the organization's founding in 1991. She will take over as president at the end of this year. From left, sociologist Lynn Eden, Rohlfing and astronaut Sally Ride from their days as CISAC fellows. Read more »



November 2nd, 2009

The Global Nuclear Future -- special edition of Daedalus journal

CISAC Co-Director Scott Sagan and Steve Miller of Harvard's Belfer Center have jointly edited a special two-volume issue of Daedalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, on "The Global Nuclear Future." Read more »



October 26th, 2009

Using intelligence to shape the future

CISAC, FSI Stanford News

"We spend $45 billion annually to reduce uncertainty, to help us combat threats to our nation, our people, and our security," said Payne Distinguished Lecturer Thomas Fingar in his third Payne lecture, devoted to anticipating the future--"not for purposes of prediction but for purposes of shaping it." Noting that strategic intelligence treats the future neither as "inevitable or immutable," Fingar employed real-life examples from his career in national intelligence to explore concrete ways intelligence can be used to move developments in a more positive direction. +VIDEO+ +AUDIO+ Audio & Video transcripts available +PDF+ paper available
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October 21st, 2009

Martha Crenshaw awarded $500,000 to study terrorist patterns

CISAC, FSI Stanford News

Crenshaw, a senior fellow at FSI's Center for International Security and Cooperation, has received a National Science Foundation grant to identify patterns in the evolution of terrorist organizations. "Mapping Terrorist Organizations" will be the first worldwide study to analyze terrorist groups and trace their relationships over time. Read more »



October 19th, 2009

Exchange over Scott Sagan's 'No First Use' article in Survival

In the News: Survival on October 5, 2009

In the June-July 2009 issue of Survival, Scott Sagan argued for the United States to adopt a declaratory policy of nuclear no first use. In response, Survival invited experts to comment on the argument, with a conclusion from Sagan.




October 16th, 2009

2009-10 CISAC Fellows and Visiting Scholars

Announcement

CISAC is pleased to announce fellows and visitors at the Center during the 2009-10 academic year. Read more »



October 15th, 2009

Joseph C. Martz from Los Alamos National Lab named inaugural Perry Fellow

CISAC, FSI Stanford Press Release

Joseph. C. Martz, a nuclear materials scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), has been named the inaugural William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at Stanford University. Read more »



October 7th, 2009

CISAC goes to Washington

CISAC may be geographically distant from Washington, DC, but its influence inside the Beltway has been underscored by five scholars now serving in the Obama administration. Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Michael McFaul, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Paul Stockton and Jeremy Weinstein have all been closely affiliated with the center. Read more »



October 5th, 2009

Op-Ed: Exchange we can believe in

Op-ed: Washington Post on October 5, 2009

J.P. Schnapper-Casteras, a recent CISAC fellow, argues in the Washington Post that despite the potential long-term benefits, only a few dozen Iraqis are able to study in the United States each year. By comparison, during the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union exchanged 50,000 citizens over 30 years, producing more educated students and some of the most pro-Western and pro-democracy Soviet scholars and scientists. Read more »



September 28th, 2009

Scott Sagan discusses reducing the world's nuclear arsenal at World Affairs Council

In the News

As the United States takes the lead on international efforts toward a world free of nuclear weapons, Charles Ferguson, Director of the Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored Independent Task Force, and Task Force member Scott Sagan discussed key recommendations on ways to reduce the world's nuclear arsenal. Read more »



September 24th, 2009

New UN resolution aims at nuclear-free world

CISAC, FSI Stanford In the News

CISAC's William Perry and Hoover Distinguished Fellow George Shultz joined President Barack Obama as the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-sponsored resolution last month committing all nations to work for a nuclear-weapons-free world. Read more »



September 22nd, 2009

CISAC researchers influence Obama's decision on missile defense

CISAC, FSI Stanford In the News

President Obama scrapped his predecessor's proposed antiballistic missile shield in Eastern Europe on September 17, 2009 and ordered instead the development of a reconfigured system designed to shoot down short- and medium-range Iranian missiles. His decision relied heavily on research done at CISAC by David Holloway, Dean Wilkening, and Siegfried Hecker. +PDF+
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September 17th, 2009

CISAC's Siegfried Hecker receives 2009 Enrico Fermi Award

In the News: CISAC News

Professor Siegfried S. Hecker, co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and director emeritus of Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been named a recipient of the 2009 Enrico Fermi Award, one of the U.S. government's oldest and most prestigious science and technology prizes. Read more »



September 10th, 2009

Released: Proceedings of the 2nd U.S.-Russian Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference

The second nuclear nonproliferation conference sponsored by the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Russian Academy of Sciences was held in Moscow, March 18-20, 2009. Read more »



September 8th, 2009

Stanford Africa expert to work for National Security Council

CISAC, CDDRL, FSI Stanford Press Release

Jeremy Weinstein, an associate professor of political science, has been appointed Director for Democracy at the National Security Council (NSC). He will be responsible for democracy and governance-related issues and formulate broader U.S. government policies on global development. Read more »



September 4th, 2009

North Korea says it is in 'final stage' of uranium enrichment

In the News: Washington Post on September 4, 2009

CISAC's Siegfried Hecker quoted in The Washington Post on North Korea's ability to make a nuclear bomb. Read more »



August 28th, 2009

2009 CISAC Zukerman Fellows announced

Announcement

Emily Meierding and Michael Sulmeyer have been awarded Zukerman Fellowships for the 2009-10 academic year. The fellowships are awarded to "exceptionally promising young scholars" working in the field of security studies at CISAC. Read more »



August 27th, 2009

Princeton's John Ikenberry reviews 'Power and Responsibility' in Foreign Affairs

In the News: Foreign Affairs on September 1, 2009

In this major new treatise on twenty-first-century global security, Jones, Pascual, and Stedman -- all experienced policy thinkers -- provide a conceptual framework and comprehensive agenda for U.S. foreign policy in a world of security interdependence, writes G. John Ikenberry, professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton. +BUY+
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August 26th, 2009

Thomas Fingar assesses Iran's nuclear capability

In the News: National Public Radio on August 24, 2009

Thomas Fingar is interviewed in a weeklong NPR series on the uncertainty surrounding Iran's nuclear capability. The audio interview can be downloaded from National Public Radio's website at www.npr.org.




August 25th, 2009

Power and Responsibility: A call for the new president to rethink U.S. foreign policy

In the News: KQED Radio on August 24, 2009

CISAC Faculty Member Stephen Stedman discusses his new book, "Power and Responsibility," in an interview at the World Affairs Council of Northern California.




August 11th, 2009

David Holloway introduces Poland's foreign minister at World Affairs Council

In the News: World Affairs Council on August 5, 2009

CISAC's David Holloway introduced and moderated a discussion with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski at the World Affairs Council of Northern California in San Francisco on Aug. 5, 2009.




August 5th, 2009

CISAC mourns death of John Barton, member of center's executive committee

Announcement

John Barton, law school professor emeritus, and founder of CISAC's predecessor organization, died Aug. 3, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m Aug. 16 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Los Altos. Barton, 72, recently spoke about the center's early days during a CISAC 25th Anniversary celebration.




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