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March 16th, 2012
Former U.S. Sen. Feingold and CISAC Co-Director Cuéllar encourage Americans to think globally
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsFormer U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold and CISAC Co-Director Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar encourage Americans to work with U.S. government on engaging with the world to restore America's national unity and regain global respect. Read more »
Experts explain decision to withhold publication of contentious H5N1 avian flu study
Professor Paul Keim, chairman of the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, and Stanford’s Dr. David Relman, a NSABB board member and CISAC affiliated faculty and professor of infectious diseases and microbiology and immunology, discuss the debate over whether to make public scientific papers about the adaptation of the avian flu virus H5N1 to transmission in a mammal. Though the virus rarely infects humans, when it does it has catastrophic consequences with 60 percent mortality rate.
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March 15th, 2012
Taubman discusses unlikely effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsIn 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. Click "read more" to access an article by the Stanford Report and an audio recording of his talk with KQED. Read more »
Senior research scholar Joseph Felter tells NBC Bay Area U.S. military must stay the course in Afghanistan
in the news: NBC News Bay Area on March 12, 2012CISAC's senior research scholar Joseph Felter tells NBC Bay Area that U.S. military must stay the course in Afghanistan despite killings of Afghan civilians by an American solider. Click "read more" to watch the interview. Read more »
March 14th, 2012
Whit Diffie keynotes top information security conference
in the newsCISAC Affiliate Whit Diffie launched the world's leading information security conference as keynote speaker: "We are as much moving into a software age as we moved into an iron age," he said. He also outlined three important steps to improve the security of applications and the internet: know the purpose of the application, write good code, and invest financially in writing good code.
Siegfried Hecker testifies before Congress on governance of nuclear security
in the newsSiegfried Hecker testifies before House Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Arms Services Committee of the House on governance, oversight and management of the nation's nuclear security enterprise. Hecker says the current system of management is no longer "deliberate, innovative and successful," due primarily to the demands of Congress for greater accountability.
March 13th, 2012
Sidney Drell honored by National Nuclear Security Administration
in the newsSidney Drell, co-founder and former co-director of CISAC, was honored with the NNSA Administrator's Gold Medal of Excellence for Distinguished Service, the highest honorary award granted by the National Nuclear Security Administration for his lifetime commitment to nuclear issues.
March 12th, 2012
Stanford experts look at lessons learned from Japan crisis
in the newsMarch 11 marked the one-year anniversary of Japan's 9.0 earthquake and the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. CISAC's experts examine what Japan and the world have learned from these catastrophic events.
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- » Rodney Ewing: We need to know more about what happens when hot seawater hits nuclear fuel
March 8th, 2012
Rodney Ewing in Science magazine reviews irradiated nuclear fuel on Fukushima anniversary
in the news: Science on March 9, 2012On anniversary of Japan's nuclear disaster, CISAC affiliate Rodney Ewing reviews in Science magazine the various nuclear fuel interactions after a meltdown.
March 5th, 2012
OpEd: Former Stanford honors student calls North Korea's new leader a "Corleone"
Op-ed: The New York Times on March 4, 2012Former CISAC honors student Sheena Chestnut Greitens writes in an OpEd in The New York Times that North Korea's young new leader is a "Corleone" who now must be both head of state and mafia don. Chestnut Greitens' piece builds on her honors thesis about the state-sanctioned crime syndicate that permeates society in the isolated country.
February 29th, 2012
Stanford’s Straub, Hecker explain North Korea’s plan to halt nuclear program
CISAC, FSI Stanford, Shorenstein APARC NewsIn an agreement with Washington, Pyongyang will allow nuclear inspectors into North Korea and also receive much-needed nutritional assistance to the impoverished country. David Straub and Siegfried Hecker discuss Pyongyang’s moratorium on nuclear testing. Read more »
February 16th, 2012
Q&A;: Fingar shares insight on Chinese vice president's U.S. visit
Shorenstein APARC, CISAC, FSI Stanford, SCP in the news: Shanghai Oriental Morning Post on February 16, 2012Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping recently visited the United States to meet with top officials and tour various cities. China experts followed the trip closely because Xi is anticipated to become China’s next president. Thomas Fingar spoke with the Shanghai Oriental Morning Post about the visit, and about the Obama administration's Asia policy. Read more »
February 6th, 2012
Q&A;: Stanford’s Cuéllar and US diplomat on human rights and the Internet
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsU.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. Read more »
January 18th, 2012
Stanford's Fingar examines China's development issues
Shorenstein APARC, CISAC, FSI Stanford, SCP in the news: YaleGlobal Online on January 18, 2012For 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.
January 17th, 2012
Cybersecurity talk draws business and political leaders to Stanford CISAC
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsStanford'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. Read more »
January 12th, 2012
Stanford scholars weigh in on Iran's nuclear program
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the newsWith 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. Read more »
January 6th, 2012
North Korea watchers look at Pyongyang's nuclear trajectory
CISAC, FSI Stanford Op-ed: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on January 6, 2012In 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.
January 5th, 2012
A message from the CISAC co-directors
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsThe 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. Read more »
January 3rd, 2012
Philip Taubman's new book examines an attempt to abolish nuclear weapons
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the newsIn "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."
January 2nd, 2012
Political scientist maps militant groups
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the newsMartha 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. Read more »
December 17th, 2011
Stanford's McFaul is next ambassador to Russia
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, CISAC NewsMichael McFaul, a senior fellow at FSI and President Obama's top Russia advisor, will be Washington's chief diplomat in Moscow. Read more »
December 15th, 2011
We are accepting applications for our 2012-2013 fellowship programs
CISAC, FSI Stanford AnnouncementStanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation invites applications for its fellowship program from scholars in the natural and social sciences, law, and engineering. In some cases, mid-career professionals in journalism, the military, government, or international organizations, either from the U.S. or abroad, are also eligible. 
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December 13th, 2011
Scott Sagan discusses President Obama's bid to reduce the nuclear threat
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsAt the Lowy Institute in Australia, Scott Sagan examines U.S. nuclear strategy, and argues that the Obama administration is "right to declare often and loudly that the U.S. should remain committed to work in good faith toward a world without nuclear weapons." 
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Winter reading: Two new books from CISAC researchers
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the newsComing out this holiday season are two new books by CISAC researchers. In 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. In Richard Rhodes' new book, Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author explores the life and times of the Hollywood celebrity whose inventions helped make GPS, Wi-Fi, and radio-guided torpedoes a reality.
December 12th, 2011
Why it's time for a serious conversation about nuclear weapons
CISAC, FSI Stanford Op-edWriting in the San Francisco Chronicle, Benoît Pelopidas says we must review and debunk "three misguided ideas about nuclear weapons."
