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September 24th, 2010
Honors students explore challenges of policy implementation, assessment in Washington, D.C.
CISAC, CDDRL, FSI Stanford NewsIn September, honors students from FSI's two undergraduate honors programs - the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) - traveled to Washington, D.C., with their faculty advisors for senior-level policy briefings with U.S. government officials and major international organizations, NGOs, and think tanks. A highlight was a meeting at the National Security Council with two leading Stanford foreign policy experts serving in the current administration: Michael McFaul, President Obama's senior advisor on Russia; and Jeremy Weinstein, Director for Democracy on the National Security Council Staff. Read more »
June 14th, 2010
Tenth class of honors students exhorted to be doers as well as scholars
in the newsThirteen members of the 2010 CISAC Honors Class in International Security Studies graduated on a balmy summer day June 11, joining 101 alumni of the popular program that marks its 10th anniversary this year. Read more »
February 22nd, 2010
Hecker and Perry urge renewal of unofficial scientific diplomacy
in the news: San Francisco Chronicle on February 22, 2010Partisan feuding is undermining America's ability to use our leadership in science in technology to advance U.S. foreign policy and competitiveness. Read more »
January 27th, 2010
Preventing Armageddon: Drell Lecture examines the road to nuclear arms elimination
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the news: Stanford Report on January 26, 2010The 2010 Drell Lecture brought together two outspoken advocates of nuclear nonproliferation - former Secretary of State George Shultz and theoretical physicist Sidney Drell - in a conversation with former New York Times journalist Philip Taubman on the future of global nuclear disarmament. 
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January 26th, 2010
Shultz and Drell push end of nuclear era
in the news: Stanford Daily on January 26, 2010In front of a packed audience in Tresidder Memorial Union Monday, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and renowned physicist Sidney Drell spoke about the dangers of nuclear proliferation and their joint efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Audio & Video transcripts available flyer available
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October 5th, 2009
Op-Ed: Exchange we can believe in
Op-ed: Washington Post on October 5, 2009J.P. Schnapper-Casteras, a recent CISAC fellow, argues in the Washington Post that despite the potential long-term benefits, only a few dozen Iraqis are able to study in the United States each year. By comparison, during the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union exchanged 50,000 citizens over 30 years, producing more educated students and some of the most pro-Western and pro-democracy Soviet scholars and scientists. 
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August 26th, 2009
Thomas Fingar assesses Iran's nuclear capability
in the news: National Public Radio on August 24, 2009Thomas Fingar is interviewed in a weeklong NPR series on the uncertainty surrounding Iran's nuclear capability. The audio interview can be downloaded from National Public Radio's website at www.npr.org.
- » NPR Aug 24: "Uncertainty Surrounds Iran's Nuclear Capability"
- » NPR Aug 25: "Could Deterrence Counter a Nuclear Iran?"