http://cisac.stanford.edu/Recent news, events + publications from CISACen-usPublic domainhttp://cisac.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://cisac.stanford.edu/60http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1628CISAC Co-Director Siegfried Hecker talks to Al Jazeera about being one of the few outsiders to have visited North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility, what he saw on his visits to the plant, and how likely he thinks it is that North Korea will give up its nuclear program.]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1628http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1551CISAC Co-Director Scott Sagan interviewed former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright May 27 before a capacity audience in Kresge Auditorium about the challenges facing the next U.S. president. Albright, now a professor at Georgetown, also offered an insightful, and often biting, analysis of current policy dilemmas worldwide.]]>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1551http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1546CISAC development manager Nora Sweeny and Stanford Video have received a bronze Telly Award in the History/Biography category for "Peace of Mind: A Film Tribute to William J. Perry."]]>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1546http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1542CISAC faculty member John Lewis argues in the Boston Globe that the North Korea diplomatic initiative launched by President Bush in October 2006 will come to naught if the administration fails to follow through on promises it made to encourage Pyongyang to destroy its nuclear weapons programs.]]>Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1542http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1537A U.S. official says a preliminary review of thousands of documents shows North Korea has fully accounted for its plutonium development program. But the papers may not convince skeptics that the disarmament process is moving ahead.]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1537http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1534Siegfried Hecker and William Perry argue that the Bush administration should not walk away or slow down talks with Pyongyang, instead it should focus on limiting North Korea's nuclear capabilities by concluding the elimination of plutonium production.]]>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1534http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1533Ohio Wesleyan University presented CISAC Co-Director Scott Sagan with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during its 164th commencement ceremony on May 11.]]>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1533http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1525The National Research Council at the National Academies has released a new, book-length report from its Committee on the Evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance Programs. CDDRL/CISAC faculty member Jeremy Weinstein was a member of the committee and co-author of the report, "Improving Democracy Assistance: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research," which is available for PDF download and will be published in hard copy Dec. 2008.]]>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1525http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1522Dr. Hecker testified April 30, 2008, about the importance of expanding the cooperative threat reduction programs to counter the growing proliferation of nuclear weapons and weapons capability.]]>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1522http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1521CISAC Co-Director Scott Sagan elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences]]>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1521http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22177American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008
Pavel Podvig of CISAC and Hui Zhang of Harvard's Belfer Center analyze how Russia and China will respond if the United States continues to pursue the weaponization of space, and the broader implications for international security.]]>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:08:33 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22177http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22163, 4/30/2008
Full text of Dr. Hecker's testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, April 30, 2008]]>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:02:40 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22163http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22161Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 1, 2008
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On July 15, 2007, the DPRK shut down and sealed the key nuclear facilities at Yongbyon and allowed IAEA inspectors back to monitor the shut-down. The shut-down halts the production of additional bomb fuel (plutonium) and the disablement makes it more difficult to restart plutonium production should the DPRK decide to do so.]]>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:08:35 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22146http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22142Security Studies vol. 17, January 2008
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