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Terrorism, Insurgency & Homeland Security
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September 18th, 2012
CISAC, Hoover experts discuss U.S. diplomatic security in Libya
in the news: The Daily Beast on September 14, 2012CISAC Senior Fellow Martha Crenshaw and Hoover Institution National Security Affairs Fellow Brian Linvill spoke to Newsweek after the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others. Linvill served as the embassy’s defense attaché from 2008 until June 2012 and said Stevens placed great importance on connecting with Libyans.
September 16th, 2012
Why U.S. national security needs the humanities and social sciences
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsCISAC’s top security experts joined policy leaders on a national commission to analyze the importance of humanities and social science education for national security. 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.
August 14th, 2012
Granick: Cyberdefense doesn't need to happen through Congress
in the news: CNN on August 13, 2012CISAC affiliate Jennifer Granick outlines the complexities of meeting the nation's cybersecurity needs and what options exist to secure networks. She argues that this can be done effectively by raising standards through regulation and focusing on critical infrastructure, rather than intrusive legislation and pre-emptive cyberattacks.
July 27th, 2012
Q&A: Stanford terrorism expert Martha Crenshaw on Olympic security
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsMartha Crenshaw, a senior fellow at FSI and CISAC, explains what kinds of threats exist at the Games and what's being done to safeguard the XXX Olympics. Read more »
July 26th, 2012
Department of Defense concerned about U.S. electric grid vulnerability
in the news: CNN Security Clearance Blog on July 26, 2012Paul Stockton, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and americas’ security affairs, and former CISAC senior research scholar, told a top homeland security conference that the U.S. electrical grid is extremely vulnerable to attack and natural disasters. Read more »