http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/Recent news from CISACen-usPublic domainhttp://cisac.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/60http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3829CISAC's William J. Perry and Siegfried Hecker attend an international security conference in Seoul, South Korea, where the North's threat of another nuclear test dominates.]]>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3829?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3822President Barack Obama awards CISAC's founding science co-director Sidney Drell the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the government on scientists, inventors and engineers.]]>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3822?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3824In an interview for the Stanford Report, Co-Director Tino Cuéllar discusses the complex link between border security and immigration policy, and says that bad legislation could impede the full regularization of millions of prospective immigrants.]]>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3824?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3823David Relman, a Stanford microbiologist and professor of infectious diseases, has taken up the mantle as CISAC co-director alongside Stanford law professor Tino Cuéllar, both of whom intend to broaden the center’s research in biosecurity and the life sciences.]]>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3823?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3820Carnegie Corporation of New York, the foundation that promotes "real and permanent good," has awarded a $1 million grant to CISAC to fund research and training on international peace and security issues.]]>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3820?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3821CISAC Zuckerman Fellow Thomas Hegghammer used open-source data for his article, in which he asks: Why do some Western jihadists attack at home while others join foreign insurgencies?]]>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3821?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3811CISAC is expanding its research into cybersecurity and for the first time has three fellows devoted to Internet freedom, privacy and government controls: Jonathan Mayer, Andrew Woods and Tim Junio.]]>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3811?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3812CISAC's Scott Sagan sat down with the Palo Alto Weekly to discuss how academics can assist governments and international organizations in making better policy decisions, his concerns about nuclear instability worldwide, and his use of innovative teaching methods to get students to think about diplomacy and international issues.]]>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3812?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3806CISAC Postdoctoral Fellow Ben Lessing outlines how Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, may differ significantly from his predecessor in dealing with the country's drug war. Lessing argues Peña Nieto's middle path may lay the foundation to break Mexico's cycle of violence.]]>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3806?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3807Despite a troubling tally of crises around the world, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is hopeful about the future, and says he gains inspiration from the younger generation.]]>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3807?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3800CISAC Senior Research Scholar Joe Felter and colleagues at Princeton and UC San Diego launch an exhaustive research and data archive for the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project.]]>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3800?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3792CISAC Faculty Member Amy Zegart discusses how changing American attitudes toward torture have impacted intelligence agencies. The Obama administration's recent appointment of John Brennan to lead the CIA is a case in point.]]>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3792?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3790Karl Eikenberry, former ambassador to Afghanistan and retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General, argues that the American all-volunteer military force has had some negative consequences that warrant discussion by policymakers.]]>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3790?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3783Stanford University's Sophomore College students take a staff ride at the Little Bighorn battleground outside Billings, Mo., as part of their Face of Battle class co-taught by CISAC's Scott Sagan and Joe Felter.]]>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3783?rsshttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3781CISAC Faculty Member and Foreign Policy blogger Amy Zegart explains the good, the bad and the ugly of aviation security. Despite the problems, there are positive developments in the Transportation Security Administration's work.]]>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/3781?rss