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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 »
December 1st, 2007
'Power and prosperity: new dynamics, new dilemmas': Freeman Spogli Institute's third annual International Conference and dinner
FSI Stanford NewsOn November 15, 2007, FSI held its third annual international conference, Power and Prosperity: New Dynamics, New Dilemmas, examining seismic shifts in power, wealth, security, and risk in the global system. Acting FSI Director Michael McFaul, former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and former Secretary of Defense William Perry offered stagesetting remarks before a capacity crowd of business and civic leaders, diplomats, policymakers, faculty, and students. Interactive panel sessions encouraged exploration of contemporary issues with Stanford faculty and outside experts. Read more »
November 16th, 2007
FSI annual conference brings together scholars, guests to discuss international issues
FSI Stanford News"This conference can teach us what there is to do," former Secretary of Defense William Perry told faculty, students, and visiting colleagues and friends at FSI's third annual international conference on Nov. 15. "What is needed is the political will to do it." About 350 people attended this year's conference, "Power and Prosperity: New Dynamics, New Dilemmas," which featured addresses, debates, and discussions on changing patterns of power and prosperity in the international system. 
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September 19th, 2005
60 years with the bomb - a retrospective
in the newsSixty years after Hiroshima, at least eight nations have nuclear weapons. Terrorists want them too. How safe is the world from the ultimate weapon? CISAC affiliate and Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Rhodes reflected on the nuclear age in "Living with the bomb," an article he wrote for National Geographic. Read more »
February 10th, 2005
Underestimating nuclear weapons' effects can cause tragic repetition of past errors
Op-ed: Physics and Society on January 1, 2005Underestimating the damage caused by nuclear weapons is an important part of the historical explanation for the inflated force requirements--"overkill"--that led the United States and Soviet Union to build nuclear arsenals in the tens of thousands of warheads. But underestimating damage matters importantly now as well. To paraphrase George Santayana, those who do not understand the past may well be condemned to repeat its errors. Read more »
November 3rd, 2004
Lynn Eden's book offers hot lessons from Cold War
Lynn Eden's award-winning book, Whole World on Fire: Organizations, Knowledge and Nuclear Weapons Devastation, focuses on the past but it offers broader lessons for the ongoing war on terror. 
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