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Siegfried S. Hecker, PhD
Senior Fellow CISAC, FSI and Professor (Research), Department of Management Science and Engineering; FSI Senior Fellow; CISAC Co-Director EmeritusView Siegfried Hecker's bio, list of research, recent publications and events »
May 2nd, 2013
Hecker discusses what's next for North Korea in Vienna talk
in the newsCISAC's Sig Hecker spoke about North Korea's nuclear program at a seminar in Vienna. Based on estimates from his visits to the country, most recently in 2010, Pyongyang does not have the technical capability to back up the threats it has issued. Read more »
April 10th, 2013
Hecker responds to NKorea's intent to expand nuclear arsenal
CISAC, FSI Stanford Q&ANorth Korea says it will restart its nuclear facilities, including its nuclear reactor in Yongbyon, which had been mothballed since 2007. CISAC's Siegfried Hecker -- who has visited North Korea numerous times and was given a tour of its uranium enrichment facility in 2010 -- and considers the consequences in this Q&A. Read more »
April 9th, 2013
CISAC scholars provide expertise on Korean nuclear standoff
in the newsAmid escalating tensions and inflamed rhetoric from the Korean Peninsula, CISAC experts explain what's really going on with North Korea.
- » Updated: Q&A with Sig Hecker
- » Hecker: DPRK's "bark worse than its bite," still cause for concern
- » Hecker & Hansen in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
March 15th, 2013
Hecker, Sagan argue Seoul shouldn't go nuclear against North
CISAC, FSI Stanford Op-ed: New York Times on March 11, 2013CISAC's Hecker and Sagan argue against Seoul building up a nuclear arsenal in the wake of the North's third nuclear test and its threat of "raining bullets on the enemy." Read more »
February 27th, 2013
Hecker steps down as co-director, but not away from CISAC
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsSiegfried Hecker, CISAC's co-director for five years, is stepping down from his leadership role to take a sabbatical and work on his book. He'll return this summer as a senior fellow at CISAC and FSI and to co-teach the popular "Technology and National Security" class. Read more »