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September 18th, 2012
CISAC, Hoover experts discuss U.S. diplomatic security in Libya
in the news: The Daily Beast on September 14, 2012CISAC Senior Fellow Martha Crenshaw and Hoover Institution National Security Affairs Fellow Brian Linvill spoke to Newsweek after the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others. Linvill served as the embassy’s defense attaché from 2008 until June 2012 and said Stevens placed great importance on connecting with Libyans.
December 17th, 2011
Stanford's McFaul is next ambassador to Russia
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, CISAC NewsMichael McFaul, a senior fellow at FSI and President Obama's top Russia advisor, will be Washington's chief diplomat in Moscow. Read more »
November 1st, 2011
Stanford's Weinstein reflects on shaping Obama's foreign policy
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, CISAC in the newsAfter two years as President Barack Obama’s director for development and democracy at the National Security Council, Jeremy Weinstein is back at Stanford as an associate professor of political science. Read more »
September 15th, 2011
Stanford's Michael McFaul nominated as new ambassador to Russia
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, CISAC in the newsMichael McFaul, a Stanford political science professor, senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Hoover Institution Bing Senior Fellow, has been nominated by President Obama to serve as the next ambassador to Russia. If confirmed, McFaul, who has also served as FSI's deputy director and director of its Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, will succeed John Beyrle. 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 »
August 1st, 2011
Dara K. Cohen: Why the numbers about sexual violence don't add up
CISAC, FSI Stanford Op-ed: Foreign Affairs on August 1, 2011In Foreign Affairs, Dara K. Cohen and co-authors argue that protecting women in conflict zones from sexual violence requires a better understanding of the extent of the problem. Read more »
April 25th, 2011
Stephen Stedman: Why honest elections really matter
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the newsStanford's Stephen Stedman, a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and its Center for International Security and Cooperation, discusses democracy's surge and the growing need for elections with integrity. Stedman was recently named director of the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy, and Security. Read more »