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Migration & Transnational Flows
March 9th, 2011
How scholars and policymakers can understand migration
AnnouncementIn two new books edited or co-edited by CISAC Fellow Alexander Betts, scholars from around the world explore how to understand and tackle the challenges presented by refugees and other migrants. Read more »
November 9th, 2010
Law professor noted for public service to be appointed CISAC co-director
CISAC, FSI Stanford AnnouncementMariano-Florentino Cuéllar (MA '96, PhD '00), a lawyer, scholar, and former official in the Clinton and Obama administrations, will assume the position of co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at the conclusion of the current academic year, FSI Director Coit Blacker and Law School Dean Larry Kramer have announced. Read more »
July 9th, 2010
Mariano-Florentino Cuellar to be appointed to the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States
Press ReleasePresident Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint Cuellar, an expert on federal regulatory policy, public safety, and international security, to the independent agency of the United States government charged with improving the efficiency and fairness of federal agencies. Read more »
March 5th, 2010
Steve Coll Addresses "Globalization of Terror"
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars offered the 2010 Payne Lecture on March 4 at FSI, with a focus on Pakistan. President of the New America Foundation and a staff writer at the New Yorker, Coll also served as managing editor of the Washington Post and spent more than 20 years studying the geo-politics of Pakistan and the region. 
Audio & Video transcripts available
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February 12th, 2010
Martha Crenshaw on 'The Consequences of Counterterrorism'
in the news: Russell Sage Foundation Press on February 1, 2010In this edited volume, Martha Crenshaw states that "citizens of democracies may be paying a high price for policies that do not protect them from danger." The book examines the political costs and challenges democratic governments face in confronting terrorism. 
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October 26th, 2009
Using intelligence to shape the future
CISAC, FSI Stanford News"We spend $45 billion annually to reduce uncertainty, to help us combat threats to our nation, our people, and our security," said Payne Distinguished Lecturer Thomas Fingar in his third Payne lecture, devoted to anticipating the future--"not for purposes of prediction but for purposes of shaping it." Noting that strategic intelligence treats the future neither as "inevitable or immutable," Fingar employed real-life examples from his career in national intelligence to explore concrete ways intelligence can be used to move developments in a more positive direction. Audio & Video transcripts available 
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September 8th, 2009
Stanford Africa expert to work for National Security Council
CISAC, CDDRL, FSI Stanford Press ReleaseJeremy Weinstein, an associate professor of political science, has been appointed Director for Democracy at the National Security Council (NSC). He will be responsible for democracy and governance-related issues and formulate broader U.S. government policies on global development. Read more »