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January 29th, 2010
WSJ Op-Ed: The President's nuclear vision
in the news: Wall Street Journal on January 29, 2010Joe Biden praises CISAC's William Perry for efforts to reduce nuclear threat: "We will spend what is necessary to maintain the safety, security and effectiveness of our weapons." 
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October 15th, 2009
Joseph C. Martz from Los Alamos National Lab named inaugural Perry Fellow
CISAC, FSI Stanford Press ReleaseJoseph. C. Martz, a nuclear materials scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), has been named the inaugural William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at Stanford University. Read more »
September 17th, 2009
CISAC's Siegfried Hecker receives 2009 Enrico Fermi Award
Professor Siegfried S. Hecker, co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and director emeritus of Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been named a recipient of the 2009 Enrico Fermi Award, one of the U.S. government's oldest and most prestigious science and technology prizes. Read more »
February 24th, 2009
Nuclear is going worldwide, but U.S. is not in the game
in the news: Stanford Report on February 24, 2009This article on the 2009 Drell Lecture, "A Moment of Truth for Nuclear Energy," summarizes an important point made by speaker Ariel Levite: Nuclear power plants are popping up all over the world, but America is missing an important opportunity to influence their safety and security. 
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September 26th, 2008
Siegfried Hecker awarded 2008 Los Alamos Medal
CISAC Co-Director Siegfried Hecker has been awarded Los Alamos National Laboratory's highest honor, the Los Alamos Medal. Read more »
March 24th, 2008
Abrams: Presidency too demanding to not have upper age limit for candidates
Op-ed: San Francisco Chronicle on March 16, 2008Herbert L. Abrams, CISAC member-in-residence and Stanford professor of radiology, emeritus, looks at the issue of a presidential candidate's age and its effect on decision-making. Read more »
August 18th, 2006
CISAC researchers consulted on civil war causes
in the news: New York Times Magazine on August 13, 2006The commonplace assumption that a more homogeneous society is a more peaceful society certainly sounds reasonable. But a growing body of work suggests this thinking is false. CISAC civil war experts James D. Fearon and David Laitin came to a startling finding, in their sweeping 2003 study: "it appears not to be true that a greater degree of ethnic or religious diversity--or indeed any particular cultural demography--by itself makes a country more prone to civil war." Read more »