People of CISAC
MagnifyScott D. Sagan, PhD
Co-Director of CISAC and Professor of Political ScienceCISAC
Stanford University
Encina Hall
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
- 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 Opportunites for Improvement
Scott D. Sagan
CISAC (1994)
Journal Articles
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: Why The United States Should Not Use Nuclear Threats to Deter Biological and Chemical Weapons Attacks, The
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
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)
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons
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
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