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December 21st, 2012
Custer makes last stand in Stanford T-shirts and Ray-Bans
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsStanford University's Sophomore College students take a staff ride at the Little Bighorn battleground outside Billings, Mo., as part of their Face of Battle class co-taught by CISAC's Scott Sagan and Joe Felter. Read more »
November 28th, 2012
Why cultures clash when military leaders run the CIA
Op-ed: Foreign Policy on November 28, 2012Amy Zegart explains why military leaders have a difficult time running intelligence agencies. Even though both deal with national security, their organizational structures create very different operational cultures.
November 13th, 2012
Climate change threatens military readiness and global security
CISAC, Shorenstein APARC in the newsThe National Research Council released an 18-month study which finds that climate change, whether natural or man-made, poses a major threat to global security. Read more »
October 12th, 2012
1962 or 2012? Intelligence agencies still failing 50 years on
in the news: Foreign Policy on October 10, 2012CISAC Faculty Member Amy Zegart outlines how 50 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the CIA and other intelligence agencies still operate in an organizational and psychological mindset that favors consensus and consistency. These "invisible pressures" led to intelligence failures in Cuba in 1962 and Iraq in 2002. 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 16th, 2012
Why U.S. national security needs the humanities and social sciences
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsCISAC’s top security experts joined policy leaders on a national commission to analyze the importance of humanities and social science education for national security. Read more »
August 27th, 2012
Fellows explore science & policy of nuclear power and weapons
A fascination with the political and scientific fallout of nuclear weapons and the complexities of nuclear energy is what drives CISAC's six nuclear fellows. The fellows – funded by grants from the Stanton and MacArthur foundations – spend their time at Stanford conducting research to build public engagement and shape government policy. 
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