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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 »
June 7th, 2012
Renewing ties among American and Russian nuclear scientists
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsCISAC Co-Director Siegfried Hecker made his 44th trip to Russia marking the 20th anniversary of America's collaboration with that country's nuclear scientists. He is writing a book about how the partnership has helped reduce the world's nuclear threat. Read more »
May 11th, 2012
Eikenberry looks to future of American military, calls for more accountability
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsThe former military commander and ambassador says Congress and the media must hold the military more accountable. He also cited the economy as the No. 1 threat to U.S. security during while delivering his second Payne Lecture. Read more »
February 16th, 2012
Q&A: Fingar shares insight on Chinese vice president's U.S. visit
Shorenstein APARC, CISAC, FSI Stanford, SCP in the news: Shanghai Oriental Morning Post on February 16, 2012Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping recently visited the United States to meet with top officials and tour various cities. China experts followed the trip closely because Xi is anticipated to become China’s next president. Thomas Fingar spoke with the Shanghai Oriental Morning Post about the visit, and about the Obama administration's Asia policy. Read more »
January 2nd, 2012
Political scientist maps militant groups
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the newsMartha Crenshaw is building a searchable, online map in an attempt to overcome one of the biggest challenges to tackling terrorism: understanding the motivations, allegiances, shifting priorities and organizational structures of the dozens of militant groups around the world. Read more »
October 4th, 2011
A new study looks at the economics of counterinsurgency
CISAC, FSI Stanford AnnouncementA new study finds that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan, which focuses on working with local populations on small, community-based projects like digging wells or paving rural roads, has reduced violence. Researchers found no evidence, however, that larger projects had the same effect. Read more »
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 »