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Lynn Eden, PhD
Senior Research Scholar and Associate Director for ResearchView Lynn Eden's bio, list of research, recent publications and events »
January 17th, 2011
Stanford researchers come together to discuss the environment and security
CISAC, FSE, FSI Stanford AnnouncementWhat is the relationship between security and the environment? In an effort to spur discussion on this critical topic in international affairs, Stanford CISAC and the Woods Institute for the Environment brought together historians, political scientists, engineers, economists, physicists and other researchers from throughout the university. Read more »
September 24th, 2010
Honors students explore challenges of policy implementation, assessment in Washington, D.C.
CISAC, CDDRL, FSI Stanford NewsIn September, honors students from FSI's two undergraduate honors programs - the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) - traveled to Washington, D.C., with their faculty advisors for senior-level policy briefings with U.S. government officials and major international organizations, NGOs, and think tanks. A highlight was a meeting at the National Security Council with two leading Stanford foreign policy experts serving in the current administration: Michael McFaul, President Obama's senior advisor on Russia; and Jeremy Weinstein, Director for Democracy on the National Security Council Staff. Read more »
June 18th, 2009
How Firestorms Would Greatly Intensify the Effects of Nuclear War
in the news: If You Love This Planet (a weekly radio program with Dr. Helen Caldicott) on June 1, 2009Lynn 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. 
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October 9th, 2008
Eden to share leadership of CISAC
AnnouncementLynn Eden, CISAC's longtime associate director for research, has been named the center's acting co-director for the 2008-09 academic year. She replaces Scott Sagan, political science professor, who is on sabbatical. Eden's "deep knowledge of and long association with CISAC will guarantee a seamless transition," said Coit Blacker, director of the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies, where CISAC is based. In addition, Pavel Podvig, a CISAC research associate, will step into Eden's role this year. He will be responsible for research administration, mentoring of fellows, the annual social science fellowship selection process, working with foundations, and other center-wide management.
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 »
