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/1749CISAC's Stephen Stedman, Bruce Jones from NYU and Carlos Pascual from the Brookings Institution will unveil a "plan for action" for President-elect Obama to tackle emerging transnational threats at FSI's annual conference Nov. 13. The plan is part of "Managing Global Insecurity," a project launched in 2007 that seeks to build international support for institutions and partnerships that can help foster peace and security for the next 50 years.]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1749http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1748President-elect Barack Obama's first major foreign policy test will be how to handle the issue of missile defense in Europe, CISAC's Pavel Podvig argues.]]>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1748http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1746Award-winning journalist Sarah Chayes spoke at CISAC Nov. 5 about the realities of the so-called "war on terror" from inside Afghanistan. A day after Barack Obama was named president-elect, she expressed hope that the United States would re-engage constructively with its global partners. "For the last 10 years, the U.S. has [acted] more and more unilaterally, and has withdrawn from the world," she said.]]>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1746http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1740Wein awarded 2008 Lanchester Prize by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).]]>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1740http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1739Despite billions of dollars, America is still not prepared for a bioterrorism attack, writes Judith Miller. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist cites Lawrence Wein's research in this article.]]>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1739http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1737Len Weiss, a CISAC affiliate, is quoted in this article about insurance giant AIG ensuring that Congress knew its stance on U.S.-India nuclear relations--on the brink of bankruptcy and facing a government takeover.]]>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1737http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1728Army terrorism expert Col. Joseph Felter, a National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution, presented once-secret intelligence documents that summarize 28 interrogations of detainees captured in Iraq and provide detailed descriptions of Iranian-sponsored paramilitary training and aid to militants in Iraq during a talk at CISAC on October 9.]]>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1728http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1725This month, Stanford's Continuing Studies program will launch "Stanford Pioneers in Science," a series that honors the lives and accomplishments of Stanford's most celebrated scientists--faculty who have been awarded Nobel Prizes, National Medals of Science or Technology and MacArthur Fellowships. The series will first honor CISAC co-founder Sidney Drell. The science series, free and open to the public, will continue throughout the year.]]>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1725http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1724On Oct. 10, India and the United States signed a historic and controversial agreement permitting the United States to sell nuclear fuel and technology to India for civilian--that is, peaceful--energy-production purposes. Leonard Weiss, an individual affiliate of the Center on International Security and Cooperation (CISAC ), and Amandeep Gill, a visiting scholar at CISAC, present different perspectives on the agreement.]]>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1724http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1722Important planning for responding to a future anthrax attack has quietly been under way since the last attacks seven years ago. A key part of this effort has been figuring out how best to deliver prophylactic antibiotics quickly to the people living in the city that is attacked.]]>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1722http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5490Open to the public
Scott D. Sagan, Co-Director of CISAC (on sabbatical 2008-09) and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:42:06 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5490http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5489Open to the public
Rose McDermott; Herbert L. Abrams]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:31:50 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5489http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5492Open to the public
Richard Hatchett, Associate Director of Radiation Countermeasures Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:41:31 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5492http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5491Open to the public
Emily Meierding; James D. Fearon]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:37:52 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5491http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5493Open to the public
William Lynn, Senior VP of Government Operations and Strategy, Raytheon]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:42:42 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/events/5493http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22298Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, October 14, 2008
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In 2007, the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) convened a forum of government and private sector leaders in homeland security to propose specific, practical steps that the next administration can take to strengthen collaboration in homeland security. This report summarizes their recommendations and proposes a number of structural changes within DHS to provide for better integration across agency lines and help overcome the agency "stovepiping" that has plagued DHS since its inception. The report also examines how the next administration can restructure DHS to transform state and local collaboration into a sustained, department-wide priority.]]>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:19:30 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22275