CISAC's work is organized around formal research projects as well as broader themes involving collaboration among individual scholars. The Center's research and track-two diplomacy address the following areas of concern, which often share interdisciplinary connections: Nuclear and Related Security Issues, Global Governance, International Relations, Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, and Conflict Resolution.

Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Civil wars | Conflict resolution and peacekeeping | Diplomacy | Negotiation

Democracy

Democracy promotion | Democratization | Global justice | Political reform | Poverty, inequality, and democracy | State building

Energy

Energy security | Nuclear energy | Oil | Renewable energy

Food Security

Civil conflict

Governance

Global justice | Government reform | Institutions of global governance

Health and Medicine

Aging | Health policy | HIV/AIDS | Pandemics and global responses

Homeland Security

Biosecurity | Cyber-security | Disaster response | Terrorism and counterterrorism

Human Affairs

History | Issues of identity

International Law

Constitutional law | Human rights | Human trafficking | International courts

International Relations

Causes of war | Discrimination | Globalization | International and regional alliances | Islam | Organizations | Transnational threats | U.S. defense policy | U.S. foreign policy

International Security and Defense

Afghanistan war and reconstruction | Iraq war and reconstruction | Military assistance | National intelligence | NATO

Nuclear Issues

Missile defense | Missile proliferation | Nuclear forces | Nuclear history | Nuclear nonproliferation | Nuclear policy | Nuclear power | Nuclear safety and security

Regionalism and Nationalism

Ethnicity | Historical injustice | Identity | Regionalism

Science and technology

Information technology | Science & technology studies | Space