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August 24th, 2011
As Tripoli falls, a political scientist says a difficult road lies ahead
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the newsAs events unfold in Tripoli, the world is asking what to expect next. James Fearon, a political scientist whose research focuses on political violence, ethnic conflict, and the impact of democracy on foreign policy, says a post-Gaddafi Libya looks like a vacuum in terms of civil society and competent state institutions -- and such vacuums, he says, "are usually very dangerous." Read more »
August 17th, 2011
Thomas Fingar: A new book explores the role of U.S. intelligence
CISAC, FSI Stanford AnnouncementIn his new book, Reducing Uncertainty: Intelligence Analysis and National Security, Thomas Fingar, the former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis, explains what intelligence analysts do, how they do it, and how they are affected by the political context that shapes and uses their work.
November 16th, 2010
A push for nonproliferation
in the news: Stanford Report on November 12, 2010William Perry, the former secretary of defense and the co-director of the Preventive Defense Project at CISAC, joined Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, and Sam Nunn to speak with Stanford students about the need for nuclear-armed countries to reduce their nuclear inventories. "As nations like Iran and Pakistan and North Korea get nuclear bombs," Perry said, "then the probability increases that one or more of those bombs will fall into the hands of a terror group." 
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June 16th, 2010
CISAC launches new initiative to reduce nuclear risks
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsWilliam Perry, former secretary of defense, and Siegfried Hecker, former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, have joined forces to launch the Nuclear Risk Reduction initiative to address the changing nuclear threat following the end of the Cold War and the rise of international terrorism. The project is based at FSI's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), which Hecker co-directs. 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 »
May 27th, 2010
CISAC's Steve Stedman and Bruce Jones host Hillary Clinton for national security strategy discussion
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsSecretary of State Clinton spoke at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. May 27 on the administration's first National Security Strategy, a report submitted to Congress by each President to outline the intended U.S. response to major national security concerns. The Managing Global Insecurity project, led by CISAC's Stephen Stedman and Bruce Jones, helped organize the event. Read more »
May 25th, 2010
Scott Sagan debates US Nuclear Declaratory Policy
in the newsThe Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a live debate May 25 between CISAC Co-Director Scott Sagan and Keith Payne, CEO and president of the National Institute for Public Policy. CSIS is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C. Read more »