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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 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.
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 »
February 26th, 2010
Alexander B. Downes, former CISAC fellow, awarded Lepgold Book Prize
in the newsDownes, an assistant professor of political science at Duke, has won the annual prize for his book, "Targeting Civilians in War," which is based on his dissertation that he completed at CISAC in 2003-04. 
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February 1st, 2010
William Perry named co-chair of panel to assess Quadrennial Defense Review
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has named William Perry joint chair of an independent panel selected to assess the Department of Defense's (DOD) Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). The bipartisan panel is required by law to submit by July 2010 a report to Congress that assesses challenges the nation faces and rebalances DoD strategies, capabilities and forces to address today's conflicts and tomorrow's threats. 
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March 14th, 2007
CISAC Drell Lecturer shares service members' views of Iraq war, combat readiness
in the news: Stanford Report on March 14, 2007Delivering CISAC's Drell Lecture March 8, New York Times reporter Thom Shanker shared service members' views of the Iraq war and combat readiness. In a talk titled "The Wars on Three Fronts: Iraq, the Pentagon and Main Street," Shanker drew on Pentagon sources and comments from Iraq war veterans as he spoke to an audience of more than 200 people in the Tresidder Oak Lounge. 
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March 1st, 2007
New York Times correspondent to speak on war's 'three fronts'
Thom Shanker, national security and foreign policy correspondent for the New York Times, will give this year's Drell Lecture, titled "The Wars on Three Fronts: Iraq, the Pentagon, and Main Street," Mar. 8 at 4 p.m. in the Oak Lounge at Stanford University's Tresidder Memorial Union. The talk, hosted by CISAC, is free and open to the public. Audio & Video transcripts available transcript available
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