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June 7th, 2012
Renewing ties among American and Russian nuclear scientists
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsCISAC Co-Director Siegfried Hecker made his 44th trip to Russia marking the 20th anniversary of America's collaboration with that country's nuclear scientists. He is writing a book about how the partnership has helped reduce the world's nuclear threat. Read more »
April 27th, 2012
Rojansky says terrorists likely responsible for April 27 Ukraine bombings
in the news: CNN on April 27, 2012Matthew Rojansky, former CISAC fellow and research assistant, outlines the groups who might be responsible for the April 27 bombings in Ukraine and their motives for CNN's Global Public Square blog. He says that despite setbacks, "Ukraine has made progress towards reforms."
December 12th, 2011
Why it's time for a serious conversation about nuclear weapons
CISAC, FSI Stanford Op-edWriting in the San Francisco Chronicle, Benoît Pelopidas says we must review and debunk "three misguided ideas about nuclear weapons."
October 28th, 2011
Rose Gottemoeller: "Arms Control in the Information Age"
CISAC, FSI Stanford AnnouncementThe technological revolution since the dawn of the nuclear age has had profound implications for national security. On Oct. 27, Rose Gottemoeller, the assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, discussed the challenges and opportunities posed by this transformation — and how it will drive the arms control agenda over the next century. Read more »
September 15th, 2011
Stanford's Michael McFaul nominated as new ambassador to Russia
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, CISAC in the newsMichael McFaul, a Stanford political science professor, senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Hoover Institution Bing Senior Fellow, has been nominated by President Obama to serve as the next ambassador to Russia. If confirmed, McFaul, who has also served as FSI's deputy director and director of its Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, will succeed John Beyrle. Read more »
March 2nd, 2009
NATO expert Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall named to national security posts
CISAC, FSI Stanford Press ReleaseElizabeth Sherwood-Randall, a senior research scholar at the Freeman Spogli Institute's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), has been named special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs at the National Security Council. Read more »
February 24th, 2009
Nuclear is going worldwide, but U.S. is not in the game
in the news: Stanford Report on February 24, 2009This article on the 2009 Drell Lecture, "A Moment of Truth for Nuclear Energy," summarizes an important point made by speaker Ariel Levite: Nuclear power plants are popping up all over the world, but America is missing an important opportunity to influence their safety and security. 
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