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November 8th, 2012
Predicting Kim Jong Un's next steps not as easy as our elections results
Op-ed: Foreign Policy on November 7, 2012Amy Zegart, CISAC faculty member, writes in Foreign Policy that national security threats can't be predicted as well as our election outcomes. Although data can be collected easily about ship locations and military movements, personalities and intentions are unpredictable. Read more »
September 21st, 2012
Understanding the evolution of China's modern military strategy
in the news: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on September 19, 2012CISAC Faculty Member John Lewis and Researcher Xue Litai published an article in the September/October 2012 issue of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists which examines the complex history of China's defense strategy. The two China scholars outline the forces that have shaped Beijing's conventional and nuclear military posture.
September 4th, 2012
Higuchi: Fukushima Daiichi failures not uniquely Japanese
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the news: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on September 4, 2012Toshihiro Higuchi, historian and 2011-2012 CISAC fellow, explains how the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear incident was not due to Japanese cultural shortcomings. He criticizes Japanese officials as using two sides of the the same coin: pre-Fukushima, they praised the safety record as a testament to Japanese self-discipline, harmony and professionalism. In the aftermath of the nuclear accident, they now say the failures are due to obedience, groupism, and narrow-mindedness. Blaming the problem on cultural factors prevents long-lasting reform.
August 21st, 2012
Chenoweth wins APSA Woodrow Wilson Award
Visiting scholar Erica Chenoweth and co-author Maria Stephan won the American Political Science Association's 2012 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for their book, "Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict."
August 6th, 2012
Contemplating a third nuclear test in North Korea
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the newsCISAC co-director Siegfried Hecker and Frank Pabian, a recent CISAC visiting scholar, believe they've pinpointed the epicenters of the two nuclear tests conducted by North Korea and conclude the North is capable of carrying out a third within weeks. Read more »
August 3rd, 2012
Why Pakistan's strategy of supporting militant groups is now backfiring
in the news: International Security on July 12, 2012CISAC Affiliate Paul Kapur and Indiana University's Sumit Ganguly explain the complex relationship between militant groups and Pakistani security. They outline why supporting militant groups has worked as a strategy for Pakistan since its founding, but why this strategy has become a trap for weak states.
July 18th, 2012
A look back at the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsKEDO’s profile on the North Korean landscape was unmistakable, its impact on Pyongyang profound. Yet real knowledge and understanding about the organization in public and official circles in South Korea, Japan, and the United States was terribly thin at the beginning, and remains so to this day. As a result, the lessons learned from KEDO's decade-long experience working with the North Koreans have been largely misunderstood. Read more »