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Nuclear policy
July 18th, 2012
A look back at the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsKEDO’s profile on the North Korean landscape was unmistakable, its impact on Pyongyang profound. Yet real knowledge and understanding about the organization in public and official circles in South Korea, Japan, and the United States was terribly thin at the beginning, and remains so to this day. As a result, the lessons learned from KEDO's decade-long experience working with the North Koreans have been largely misunderstood. Read more »
July 5th, 2012
Sagan in Nature: It's time for a world with no nuclear warheads
in the news: Nature on July 5, 2012CISAC Senior Fellow Scott Sagan, in a commentary in Nature, believes the dangers from nuclear weapons are mounting. It's time to take control of the nuclear fuel cycle and move toward a world without warheads.
October 12th, 2011
A newly released film tells the story of U.S. nuclear policy
FSI Stanford, CISAC AnnouncementThe National Security Archive recently released a history of U.S. nuclear policy featuring CISAC's Lynn Eden, David Holloway, and Scott Sagan. The 2005 film, produced by Sandia National Laboratories, covers the years 1945 to 2004. Read more »
July 18th, 2011
Siegfried Hecker: How scientists can contribute to nuclear security
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the news: Physics Today on July 1, 2011Writing in Physics Today, Siegfried Hecker gives a firsthand perspective on the role scientists can play in reducing nuclear danger.
June 24th, 2011
Pavel Podvig: A new paper examines Russia's nuclear security policy
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the news: Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (Ifri)As Russia and the United States reduce their nuclear arsenals, their relationship has undergone a complex transformation toward cooperation mixed with suspicion and rivalry, writes Pavel Podvig in a recently published paper. "The focus of Russia’s nuclear policy, however, has remained essentially unchanged."
June 1st, 2011
Honors students awarded for their theses
CISAC, FSI Stanford AnnouncementStanford seniors Jaclyn Tandler and Varun Sivaram have been awarded the The Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and The William J. Perry Prize, respectively, for their theses on France’s nuclear export policy and the U.S. military’s approach to solar energy. Read more »
May 27th, 2011
Thomas Fingar: What does Beijing think of U.S. nuclear policy?
CISAC, FSI Stanford, Shorenstein APARC in the news"Improved dialogue between the US and China on security issues can help reduce the potential for misperception and mistrust," writes Thomas Fingar in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 
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