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Missile defense
April 12th, 2010
How to build on the START Treaty
Op-ed: New York Times on April 10, 2010This has been a remarkable time for the Obama administration, William Perry and George Shultz write in an op-ed in the New York Times. In addition to issuing a new nuclear strategy and signing the new START treaty, on April 12-13 the President will host a nuclear security summit meeting whose goal is to find ways of gaining control of the loose fissile material around the globe. Read more »
April 5th, 2010
David Holloway weighs in on U.S.-Russian nuclear treaty slated for signing this week
in the news: Stanford Report on April 5, 2010In an interview with Stanford Report, the author of 'Stalin and the Bomb' reviews the steps taken to reduce nuclear weapons and discusses what a new treaty between the United States and Russia means for the future. Read more »
January 27th, 2010
Preventing Armageddon: Drell Lecture examines the road to nuclear arms elimination
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the news: Stanford Report on January 26, 2010The 2010 Drell Lecture brought together two outspoken advocates of nuclear nonproliferation - former Secretary of State George Shultz and theoretical physicist Sidney Drell - in a conversation with former New York Times journalist Philip Taubman on the future of global nuclear disarmament. 
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December 14th, 2009
CISAC's Sig Hecker elected fellow of American Physical Society
in the news: American Physical SocietyCo-Director Hecker has been elected for work in promoting nuclear security, preventing nuclear terrorism and ensuring a safe U.S. nuclear arsenal. Read more »
September 22nd, 2009
CISAC researchers influence Obama's decision on missile defense
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the newsPresident Obama scrapped his predecessor's proposed antiballistic missile shield in Eastern Europe on September 17, 2009 and ordered instead the development of a reconfigured system designed to shoot down short- and medium-range Iranian missiles. His decision relied heavily on research done at CISAC by David Holloway, Dean Wilkening, and Siegfried Hecker.
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August 28th, 2009
2009 CISAC Zukerman Fellows announced
AnnouncementEmily Meierding and Michael Sulmeyer have been awarded Zukerman Fellowships for the 2009-10 academic year. The fellowships are awarded to "exceptionally promising young scholars" working in the field of security studies at CISAC. Read more »
June 12th, 2009
CISAC awards certificates in international security studies to 12 seniors
in the newsCISAC conferred honors certificates to 12 undergraduates at a ceremony held under a sprawling oak tree outside Encina Hall on Friday, June 12. Students included Jane Esberg, who was awarded the Firestone Medal for her thesis on Regimes of Terror: The Relationship between Democracy and Terrorism in Chile and Sarah Catanzaro, who received the William J. Perry Prize for her research on Bin Laden's Henchmen: Al Qa'ida's Commanding Officers who are Leading the Global Jihad. The students were participants in CISAC's year-long Interschool Honors Program in International Security Studies. Read more »