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/2143CISAC Co-Director Scott D. Sagan, a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, has been named to an endowed professorship in political science.]]>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2143http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2142Joan Rohlfing, a 1987-88 CISAC fellow, has served as NTI's senior vice president since the organization's founding in 1991. She will take over as president at the end of this year. From left, sociologist Lynn Eden, Rohlfing and astronaut Sally Ride from their days as CISAC fellows.]]>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2142http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2140CISAC Co-Director %people1% and Steve Miller of Harvard's Belfer Center have jointly edited a special two-volume issue of Daedalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, on "The Global Nuclear Future."]]>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2140http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2127"We spend $45 billion annually to reduce uncertainty, to help us combat threats to our nation, our people, and our security," said Payne Distinguished Lecturer Thomas Fingar in his third Payne lecture, devoted to anticipating the future--"not for purposes of prediction but for purposes of shaping it." Noting that strategic intelligence treats the future neither as "inevitable or immutable," Fingar employed real-life examples from his career in national intelligence to explore concrete ways intelligence can be used to move developments in a more positive direction.]]>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2127http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2125Crenshaw, a senior fellow at FSI's Center for International Security and Cooperation, has received a National Science Foundation grant to identify patterns in the evolution of terrorist organizations. "Mapping Terrorist Organizations" will be the first worldwide study to analyze terrorist groups and trace their relationships over time.]]>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2125http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2122In the June-July 2009 issue of Survival, Scott Sagan argued for the United States to adopt a declaratory policy of nuclear no first use. In response, Survival invited experts to comment on the argument, with a conclusion from Sagan.]]>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2122http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2126CISAC is pleased to announce fellows and visitors at the Center during the 2009-10 academic year.]]>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2126http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2113Joseph. C. Martz, a nuclear materials scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), has been named the inaugural William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at Stanford University.]]>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2113http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2103CISAC may be geographically distant from Washington, DC, but its influence inside the Beltway has been underscored by five scholars now serving in the Obama administration. Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Michael McFaul, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Paul Stockton and Jeremy Weinstein have all been closely affiliated with the center.]]>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2103http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2102J.P. Schnapper-Casteras, a recent CISAC fellow, argues in the Washington Post that despite the potential long-term benefits, only a few dozen Iraqis are able to study in the United States each year. By comparison, during the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union exchanged 50,000 citizens over 30 years, producing more educated students and some of the most pro-Western and pro-democracy Soviet scholars and scientists.]]>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/2102http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5908Open to the public
Philip Taubman, CISAC Consulting Professor]]>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:41:17 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5908http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5854Open to the public
Sarah Zukerman Daly, Predoctoral Fellow and Visiting Scholar, CISAC; PhD candidate, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:05:02 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5854http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5918RSVP Required (RSVP required)
Achilles Zaluar, Minister-Counselor, Political Affairs, Brazilian Embassy to the United States, Washington]]>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:21:24 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5918http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5855Open to the public
Stephen G. Monismith, Senior Fellow - Woods Institute; Director, Environmental Fluid Mechanics Lab; Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, (by courtesy) Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University]]>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:53:48 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5855http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5856Open to the public
Jan M. Stupl; Clay Moltz]]>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:19:56 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5856http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5919Open to the public
Robert Rosner, Visiting Professor, CISAC]]>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:13:45 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5919http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5872Open to the public
Sidney D. Drell; George P. Shultz; Philip Taubman]]>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:02:43 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5872http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5907Open to the public
Diego Gambetta, CISAC Affiliate]]>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:20:25 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5907http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22704Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, Oct 13, 2008
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"To avoid nuclear war and to contain and gradually to diminish the potential for nuclear devastation: these are the most compelling imperatives of our time."]]>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:13:18 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22702http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22691Security Studies vol. 18, July 2009
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'Survival' editor's note: In the June-July 2009 issue of the journal 'Survival,' Scott D. Sagan argued the current case for the United States to adopt a declaratory policy of nuclear no first use. 'Survival' invited four experts from Europe, Asia and North America to comment on Sagan's argument. The author concludes the debate with his own final thoughts.]]>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:37:19 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22680http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22676chapter in forthcoming book, forthcoming (October 2009)
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