August 1st, 2008

CISAC hosts homeland security forum

Private sector leaders, senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials, and academic experts convened at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) for a forum on a revolutionary development in disaster response: the rise and pervasiveness of social network communications, and the way these networks will reshape the flow of information when disasters strike. Read more »

June 12th, 2007

If a nuclear bomb exploded in your city--CISAC experts advise how government should plan

The possibility of terrorists obtaining and using a nuclear bomb cannot be ignored, write CISAC's William Perry and Michael May and Ashton Carter, at Harvard, who co-directs the Preventive Defense Project with Perry. In "After the bomb," a New York Times op-ed, the three experts on nuclear weapons and nonproliferation outline key considerations for planning an effective response to a terrorist nuclear attack--a response that would preserve lives and democracy. Read more »

November 28th, 2006

Paul Stockton joins CISAC, researches homeland security policy

Paul Stockton joined CISAC this fall as a senior research scholar, bringing academic and political experience in homeland security policy issues. His research and teaching focus on how U.S. institutions respond to changing threats--especially the rise of terrorism. As the first researcher CISAC has hired who specializes in homeland security, Stockton will help build the center's research in this area, which is gaining scholarly and public interest. Read more »

June 29th, 2005

CISAC researchers raise concerns about milk supply's safety against terrorism

Terrorists could harm hundreds of thousands of people by poisoning the U.S. milk supply, warns a study by Lawrence M. Wein, a CISAC faculty member, and Yifan Liu, an incoming CISAC fellow. The study analyzes milk's vulnerability to tampering and suggests that safeguards used voluntarily by some milk producers should be more widely adopted. Read more »