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June 4th, 2010
Tom Isaacs named lead advisor to Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
in the newsConsulting Professor Isaacs, an expert in nuclear energy, waste disposal and nuclear security, will advise commission members on developing recommendations related to managing the "back end" of the nuclear fuel cycle. Read more »
May 24th, 2010
NPR interviews Tom Fingar on Korean crisis
in the news: National Public Radio on May 24, 2010CISAC's Tom Fingar comments on the U.S. military role in northeast Asia after an investigation blamed the North for sinking a South Korean warship. The U.S. is planning military exercises with the South, while Japan has cited the tensions as a reason for closer military cooperation with the U.S. 
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March 23rd, 2010
John Lewis honored for promoting peace on the Korean peninsula
The National Association of Korean Americans (NAKA) honored CISAC co-founder John Lewis March 23 for his longterm efforts to support peace and reconciliation in Northeast Asia. Read more »
September 4th, 2009
North Korea says it is in 'final stage' of uranium enrichment
in the news: Washington Post on September 4, 2009CISAC's Siegfried Hecker quoted in The Washington Post on North Korea's ability to make a nuclear bomb. 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 »
May 27th, 2009
Siegfried Hecker discusses North Korea's recent nuclear and missile tests
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the news: Stanford Report on May 27, 2009Siegfried Hecker, Co-Director of FSI's Center for International Security and Cooperation and Professor (Research) in Management Sciences and Engineering, has been to North Korea six times in recent years. Hecker, who has spent most of his career working on plutonium science, nuclear weapons policy, and nuclear security challenges, assesses the current risks from North Korea. Read more »
May 11th, 2009
North Korea May Be Ready to Produce More Plutonium
in the news: NPR on May 10, 2009CISAC Co-director Siegfried Hecker spoke to Mike Shuster of NPR with an update on North Korea. In the past couple of weeks, North Korea has threatened to restart its production of plutonium, carry out tests of a nuclear weapon and an intercontinental ballistic missile, and make war on South Korea. In actuality, North Korea has carried out only the first of these threats -- it has taken steps to restart its nuclear facilities, and it could be ready to produce more plutonium any day now. The other threats are still pending.