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May 14th, 2012

Foiled Yemen plot a success thanks to paradigm shifts in intelligence

in the news: CNN on May 11, 2012

Recent counterterrorism triumphs such as the foiled Yemen bombing plot and last year's raid on the Osama Bin Laden compound in Pakistan are the result of better analytical and organizational operations, according to intelligence expert Amy Zegart.




January 2nd, 2012

Political scientist maps militant groups

CISAC, FSI Stanford in the news

Martha Crenshaw is building a searchable, online map in an attempt to overcome one of the biggest challenges to tackling terrorism: understanding the motivations, allegiances, shifting priorities and organizational structures of the dozens of militant groups around the world. Read more »



November 1st, 2011

Stanford's Weinstein reflects on shaping Obama's foreign policy

CDDRL, FSI Stanford, CISAC in the news

After two years as President Barack Obama’s director for development and democracy at the National Security Council, Jeremy Weinstein is back at Stanford as an associate professor of political science. Read more »



May 26th, 2011

CISAC announces its 2011-2012 Undergraduate Honors Students

CISAC, FSI Stanford Announcement

CISAC announces its 2011-2012 Undergraduate Honors Students Read more »



November 18th, 2009

Another 9/11-scale attack unlikely, but al-Qa'ida still threatens, Crenshaw says

CISAC, FSI Stanford in the news

Martha Crenshaw, a senior fellow at FSI's Center for International Security and Cooperation, testified Thursday, November 19, before the House Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment on the subject of "Reassessing the Evolving al-Qa'ida Threat to the Homeland." +PDF+
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March 13th, 2009

Rehabilitation never tried at Gitmo: Some return to terrorism as hundreds are released

in the news: Washington Times on February 19, 2009

Max Abrahms, CISAC predoctoral fellow, discusses in The Washington Times what may happen to detainees released from Guantanamo detention facility. Read more »




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