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William J. Perry, MS, PhD

Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor (emeritus) at FSI and Engineering and Co-Director of the Preventive Defense Project at CISAC; FSI Senior Fellow; CISAC Faculty Member

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July 5th, 2012

Perry says U.S. can break dependence on foreign oil within 10 years

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William J. Perry, former secretary of defense and CISAC faculty member, says the United States has the means to end its dependence on foreign oil due to investments and advancements in battery technology and alternative energy sources. Perry, the current chair of the U.S. Secretary of Energy’s advisory board, says that although nuclear power could increase proliferation risks, the reduced cash flows to OPEC countries could strengthen global security.




March 29th, 2012

Video: Google Talk with Taubman, Nunn, Shultz and Perry: Cold War may be over, but threat of nuclear attack persists

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CISAC's consulting professor Philip Taubman hosts conversation with Sam Nunn, George Shultz and William Perry at Google headquarters on his book "The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb" Read more »



July 24th, 2011

Gen. John M. Shalikashvili dies at age 75

CISAC, FSI Stanford in the news

Gen. John Shalikashvili, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died Saturday morning at the age of 75. He had served as a visiting professor at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at CISAC, and as a senior adviser to the Preventive Defense Project, a research collaboration of Stanford and Harvard Universities. Read more »



April 7th, 2011

Lynn Eden, David Holloway, and William Perry: A world free of nuclear weapons

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In a new book, CISAC's Lynn Eden, David Holloway, William Perry, and researchers and scholars from around the world examine six decades of attempts to control nuclear weapons proliferation. Read more »



April 6th, 2011

North Korea economic officials visit Stanford

Shorenstein APARC, KSP News

On Friday, April 1, Stanford University hosted twelve North Korean officials making an unprecedented economic tour of the United States. Organized by Professor Susan Shirk of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, the two-week tour of American businesses and academic institutions was an opportunity for the visitors to see firsthand what improved relations with the United States might mean in terms of economic cooperation. Read more »




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News around the web

William Perry, Clinton's Secretary of Defense, Pushes for Worldwide Nuclear Disarmament
Former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry advocated moving toward a world without nuclear weapons during a speech at the Institute of Politics yesterday.
February 25, 2011 in Harvard Crimson

Former Defense Secretary to guest at film screening
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry will be the featured guest at a screening of the documentary The Nuclear Tipping Point at UC Berkeley on the afternoon of Thursday October 14.
October 8, 2010 in Berkeleyside