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Martha Crenshaw, PhD
Senior Fellow at CISAC and FSI; Professor of Political Science (by courtesy)View Martha Crenshaw's bio, list of research, recent publications and events »
May 1st, 2011
Martha Crenshaw: How Bin Laden's death changes terrorism (with video)
CISAC, FSI Stanford AnnouncementCISAC's Martha Crenshaw has been researching terrorist organizations since the late 1960s. In the wake of the U.S. military’s successful mission against Osama bin Laden, she comments on what happens to Al Qaeda now and the challenges that remain. 
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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 17th, 2010
Interactive website tracing 'terrorist family trees' to be launched
By the end of the year, scholars of security studies will be able to use a new website to learn how terrorist and militant organizations evolve over time and how they collaborate with—and compete against—one another. Read more »
April 3rd, 2010
NYT: Words as Weapons: Dropping the ‘Terrorism’ Bomb
in the news: The New York Times on April 2, 2010CISAC's Martha Crenshaw is quoted in this article on use of the term 'terrorism.' 
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February 12th, 2010
Martha Crenshaw on 'The Consequences of Counterterrorism'
in the news: Russell Sage Foundation Press on February 1, 2010In this edited volume, Martha Crenshaw states that "citizens of democracies may be paying a high price for policies that do not protect them from danger." The book examines the political costs and challenges democratic governments face in confronting terrorism. 
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