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Migration and Transnational Flows
CISAC scholars are actively engaged in seeking to understand the causes and effects of the movement of people, money, legal and illicit goods, and even ideas across boundaries and borders.
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February 1st, 2013
Cuéllar outlines complexities of border security and immigration policy
in the news: The Stanford Report on February 1, 2013In an interview for the Stanford Report, Co-Director Tino Cuéllar discusses the complex link between border security and immigration policy, and says that bad legislation could impede the full regularization of millions of prospective immigrants.
January 17th, 2013
New Mexican President may be able to break cycle of drug violence
Op-ed: The San Francisco Chronicle on January 11, 2012CISAC Postdoctoral Fellow Ben Lessing outlines how Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, may differ significantly from his predecessor in dealing with the country's drug war. Lessing argues Peña Nieto's middle path may lay the foundation to break Mexico's cycle of violence. Read more »
December 6th, 2012
Companies open their own intelligence shops to manage risks
in the news: Foreign Policy on December 5, 2012Amy Zegart explains why private companies are developing their own intelligence units that conduct surveillance and analyze information to protect their businesses and personnel against geopolitical risks. She argues that these units, which operate much like the CIA, are becoming necessary to conduct global business. Read more »
October 30th, 2012
Experts predict personalized bioweapons possible in the near future
Op-ed: Atlantic MagazineCISAC Affiliate Marc Goodman co-authors an article on how advances in biotechnology may be used in the near future to create personalized biological agents that target individuals based on their DNA. Read more »
October 5th, 2012
Stanford-UN collaboration rethinks refugee communities
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsThe UNHCR has called on CISAC's security experts to collaborate on a project to better protect and support the more than 42 million refugees, internally displaced and stateless people worldwide. The result is a multidisciplinary partnership across the Stanford campus and around the world. Read more »
August 21st, 2012
Chenoweth wins APSA Woodrow Wilson Award
Visiting scholar Erica Chenoweth and co-author Maria Stephan won the American Political Science Association's 2012 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for their book, "Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict."
August 16th, 2012
William J. Perry, former secretary of defense, favors Syrian "no-fly, no-drive zone"
in the news: LA Times on August 10, 2012As Syria's civil war intensifies, pressure is mounting on President Obama to do more to weaken the Assad regime and aid Syrian insurgents. William J. Perry, former secretary of defense and co-director of CISAC's Preventive Defense Project, believes there should be a "no-fly, no-drive zone" in northern Syria to protect civilians and rebels.