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/3321U.S. Ambassador Eileen Donahoe recently brought fellow diplomats to Stanford to meet with scholars, human rights activists, and Silicon Valley leaders to address questions engendered by a free and open Internet. She joins CISAC’s Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar for a discussion about the potential and challenges facing the online frontier.]]>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3321http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3314In a new book, former New York Times reporter Philip Taubman, a consulting professor at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, tells the story of five men who have joined efforts to eliminate the ultimate weapon.]]>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3314http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3291For the past two decades China has been a poster child of successful globalization. But its integration into the world economy and global trends drive and constrain Beijing's ability to manage growing social, economic and political challenges. In a YaleGlobal Online series article, Thomas Fingar looks at the global implications of China’s development challenges.]]>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3291http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3288Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation brought together lawmakers and Silicon Valley industry leaders to discuss what President Obama has called "one of the most serious economic and national security threats our nation faces": cyberattacks.]]>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3288http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3283With tension rising over Iran’s nuclear program, we asked three prominent nuclear experts to discuss what U.S. policymakers should bear in mind as they consider their range of options.]]>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3283http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3277In the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Niko Milonopoulos, Siegfried S. Hecker and Robert Carlin use detailed overhead imagery to assess Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program -- and examine how Kim Jong-un's rise may influence it. In a separate piece, written before Kim Jong-il's death, Hecker and Carlin review the developments in North Korea in 2011.]]>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3277http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3273The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) is Stanford University’s hub for researchers tackling some of the world's most pressing security and international cooperation problems. Learn more from CISAC Co-Directors Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar and Siegfried S. Hecker.]]>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3273http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3270In "The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb," Philip Taubman, a former editor and reporter at the New York Times, explores the lives of Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, Sam Nunn, William Perry, and Sidney Drell, and their attempt to reduce the nuclear threat. Taubman, a CISAC consulting professor, is also the author of "Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage."]]>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3270http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3271Martha 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.]]>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3271http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3266Michael McFaul, a senior fellow at FSI and President Obama's top Russia advisor, will be Washington's chief diplomat in Moscow.]]>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3266http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6727Open to the public
Ian Olds; Robert Crews]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:12:46 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6727http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6997Open to the public
C.J. Álvarez; Edith Sheffer]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:30:46 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6997http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6728Open to the public
Sebastian Junger; Tobias Wolff]]>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:08:21 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6728http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6738Open to the public
Sebastian Junger; Kristine Samuelson]]>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:32:32 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6738http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/7044Open to the public
Benoît Pelopidas, Postdoctoral Fellow, CISAC]]>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:23:01 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/7044http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/7033Open to the public
Robert Frye, Director, "In My Lifetime"]]>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:53:04 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/7033http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6998Open to the public
Aziz Huq, Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Chicago Law School]]>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:42:53 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6998http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6739Open to the public
Avishai Margalit, professor, School of Historical Studies, the Institute for Advanced Study]]>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:29:17 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6739http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6999Open to the public
Samuel J. Rascoff, Associate Professor of Law, New York University School of Law]]>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:07:31 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6999http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6740Open to the public
Cecile Fabre, professor of philosophy, Oxford]]>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:15:08 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/6740http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/23598Asahi Shimbun, February 11, 2012
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Aaron Friedberg’s thoughtful and thought-provoking A Contest for Supremacy does many things well, but what it does best is to underscore the uncertainties and contingencies that must be factored into any analysis of China’s rise and its implications for the United States and other nations.]]>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:52:09 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/23585http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/23578The New Yorker, April 5, 2010
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To suggest a nuclear Iran would result in a cascade of proliferation across the Middle East neglects the United States' power to prevent clients from building their own bombs. (From Foreign Affairs)]]>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:06:11 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/23542http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/23541YaleGlobal Online, January 16, 2012
Challenges facing the most populous nation with its fast-growing economy could quickly become global problems. This two-part YaleGlobal series analyzes trends and challenges for China as well as the potential for cooperation. Integration with the global economy, an accomplishment for China since 1978, has the potential for triggering domestic disruptions, and “China may be uniquely vulnerable to developments beyond its borders and beyond its control,” writes Thomas Fingar of Stanford University. He identifies four trends that require response from China’s leaders: a strategic decision to pursue easiest tasks and procrastinate on tougher ones; scrappy competition from other emerging economies; needs of a swelling elderly population; and a highly centralized political system, overseeing an increasingly complex policy environment, failing to catch mistakes in a timely way. China and other nations have many common interests, challenges and opportunities for cooperation. Fingar concludes that recognizing the trends and encouraging cooperation, both domestic and global, are early steps to finding solutions that confront China. -- YaleGlobal]]>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:38:15 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/23541http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/23537The Huffington Post, January 10, 2012
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