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MagnifyScott D. Sagan, PhD
Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science; FSI and CISAC Senior Fellow
CISAC
Stanford University
Encina Hall, E217
Stanford, CA 94305-6165
Research Interests
development of norms concerning the use of force; the management of hazardous technology; the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and South Asia
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Reports
Shared Responsibilities for Nuclear Disarmament: A Global Debate
Scott D. Sagan, James M. Acton, Jayantha Dhanapala, Mustafa Kibaroglu, Harald Müller, Yukio Satoh, Mohamed I. Shaker, Achilles Zaluar
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010)
- Iran on the Nuclear Threshold - Feasibility of Prevention and of Deterrence
Scott D. Sagan
Herzliya Conference (2009) - South Asia in 2020: Future Strategic Balances and Alliances
Sir John Thomson, Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Teresita C. Schaffer, Vijay L. Kelkar, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Rajesh M. Basrur and Stephen Philip Cohen, Brigadier Feroz Hassan Khan, Scott D. Sagan, Kanti Bajpai, Hasan-Askari Rizvi
Strategic Studies Institute (2002) - Nuclear Weapons Safety After the Cold War: Technical and Organizational Opportunities for Improvement
Scott D. Sagan
CISAC (1994) - Civil-Military Relations and Nuclear Weapons
Scott D. Sagan
CISAC (1994)
Journal Articles
A Call for Global Nuclear Disarmament
Scott D. Sagan
Nature vol. 487 (2012)
The Causes of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
Scott D. Sagan
Annual Review of Political Science vol. 17, 14 (2011) 
Lessons Learned from the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review
Scott D. Sagan, Jane Vaynman
The Nonproliferation Review vol. 18, 1 (2011)
Introduction: Reviewing the Nuclear Posture Review
Scott D. Sagan, Jane Vaynman
The Nonproliferation Review vol. 18, 1 (2011)
Alternative Nuclear Futures
Scott D. Sagan, Steven E. Miller
Daedalus vol. 2 (2010)
The Case for No First Use: An Exchange
Scott D. Sagan
Survival vol. 51, 5 (2009)
Shared Responsibilities for Nuclear Disarmament
Scott D. Sagan
Daedalus vol. 138, 4 (2009)
Nuclear power without nuclear proliferation?
Scott D. Sagan, Steven E. Miller
Daedalus vol. 138, 4 (2009)
Case for No First Use, The
Scott D. Sagan
Survival vol. 51, 3 (2009) 
Nuclear Iran, A: Promoting Stability or Courting Disaster?
Scott D. Sagan, Kenneth N. Waltz
Journal of International Affairs vol. 60, 2 (2007)
How to Keep the Bomb From Iran
Scott D. Sagan
Foreign Affairs vol. 85, 5 (2006) 
Nuclear Dangers in South Asia
Scott D. Sagan
Forum on Physics & Society (2004) 
Learning from Normal Accidents
Scott D. Sagan
Organization and Environment vol. 17, 1 (2004)
Problem of Redundancy Problem: Why More Nuclear Security Forces May Produce Less Nuclear Security, The
Scott D. Sagan
Risk Analysis vol. 24, 4 (2004)
Madman Nuclear Alert: Secrecy, Signaling, and Safety in the October 1969 Crisis, The
Scott D. Sagan, Jeremi Suri
International Security vol. 27, 4 (2003)
Correspondence: Responding to Chemical and Biological Threats
Scott D. Sagan
International Security vol. 25, 4 (2001)
Commitment Trap, The: Why The United States Should Not Use Nuclear Threats to Deter Biological and Chemical Weapons Attacks
Scott D. Sagan
International Security vol. 24, 4 (2000)
Why Do States Build Nuclear Weapons? Three Models in Search of a Bomb
Scott D. Sagan
International Security vol. 21, 3 (1997)
Books & Book Chapters
Nuclear Latency and Nuclear Proliferation
Scott D. Sagan, William Potter, Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova
Stanford University Press (2010) 
Going Nuclear: Nuclear Proliferation and International Security in the 21st Century
Chaim Braun, Scott D. Sagan, Michael E. Brown, Owen R. Coté Jr., Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Steven E. Miller
MIT Press (International Security reader) (2010)
Inside Nuclear South Asia
Scott D. Sagan
Stanford University Press (2009)
Realist Perspectives on Ethical Norms and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Scott D. Sagan, Sohail H. Hashmi, Steven P. Lee
Cambridge University Press in "Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction" (2004)
Spread of Nuclear Weapons, The
Scott D. Sagan, Kenneth N. Waltz
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. (2003)
Origins of Military Doctrines and Command and Control Systems; and Conclusions: Planning the Unthinkable, The
Scott D. Sagan, Peter R. Lavoy, Lewis A. Dunn
Cornell University Press in "Planning the Unthinkable: How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons" (2000)
Op-eds & Editorials
- How to Keep the Bomb From Iran
Scott D. Sagan
January 1, 2007 Op-ed: Encina Columns Winter '07 - How to make Tehran blink
Scott D. Sagan
Op-ed: Newsweek International on September 4, 2006