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French report grapples with nuclear fallout from Algerian War
News / March 4, 2021
French President Emmanuel Macron commissioned a report aimed at “reconciliation of memories between France and Algeria,” which France ruled as the jewel of its colonial empire for more than 130 years...
How to solve the Nord Stream 2 dilemma
Commentary / March 3, 2021
If Gazprom could be persuaded to increase gas transit revenues for Ukraine, that would give the Biden administration a reason not to impose sanctions to block Nord Stream 2’s completion and...
Getting Ukraine’s security service reform right
Commentary / March 1, 2021
Ukraine finally has a chance to create a strong counterintelligence service and shed the Soviet standards of the old KGB. Are Ukrainian MPs ready to take responsibility and vote for such a security...
Socio-technical multi-criteria evaluation of long-term spent nuclear fuel management strategies: A framework and method
Commentary / February 26, 2021
Currently, commercial spent fuel remains at 75 sites across the US, including 18 “orphaned sites,” where it has been left at decommissioned reactor sites. Local communities are increasingly concerned...
New Book by Kathryn Stoner Examines the ‘Paradox’ of Russian Power
News / February 23, 2021
FSI Deputy Director and Senior Fellow Kathryn Stoner discusses Russia’s economy, its international influence, and why the characterization of Russia as weak is outdated.
Oriana Skylar Mastro Testifies on Deterring PRC Aggression Toward Taiwan to Congressional Review Commission
News / February 19, 2021
China may now be able to prevail in cross-strait contingencies even if the United States intervenes in Taiwan’s defense, Chinese security expert Oriana Skylar Mastro tells the U.S.-China Economic and...
Apocalypse When?
News / February 19, 2021
The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor. It moves closer to midnight depending on how close we are to human-made global catastrophe through climate change, nuclear weapons, and pandemics fueled by...
Newly Discovered Particles Released During the Fukushima Daiichi Meltdowns
News / February 18, 2021
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant released particles containing radioactive cesium during the 2011 nuclear disaster. New research published in Science of the Total Environment shows that some...
How the Kremlin Uses Agenda Setting to Paint Democracy in Panic
Commentary / February 11, 2021
Since November 2020, the world has watched the presidential transition in the United States with unease. After a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in an effort to...
Will Insurrection Lead to Terrorism?
Commentary / February 10, 2021
Reading history for lessons about what happens when agitators go underground.
Task Force at FSI Focuses on Racial Equity
Q&A / February 9, 2021
Since its creation in the summer of 2020, the Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force has been addressing the ways in which systemic racism manifests at Stanford, at FSI and in the study...
COVID Cases Finally Are Falling. Experts Worry Variants Could Erase That Fast
News / February 6, 2021
Coronavirus variants are spreading in the United States, threatening to spark yet a new surge. Is there a good defense? NPR health correspondent Rob Stein talks to CISAC Senior Fellow David Relman.
A Better Bureacracy Can Close the Gap Between Defense and Commercial Technology
Commentary / February 5, 2021
As it is currently organized, the U.S. government is ill-equipped to deal with the growing number of national security challenges that exist at the intersection of commercial and defense technology...
‘A question of survival’: Canada and the Rapacki Plan for the denuclearisation of Central Europe, 1957–59
Commentary / February 4, 2021
In 1957, Poland proposed the Rapacki Plan for the denuclearisation of Central Europe. While North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members attacked the initiative, Canada viewed it as a means to...
U.S. and Russia agree to extend limits on nuclear arms
News / February 3, 2021
The U.S. and Russia on Wednesday extended the only remaining treaty that limits the deployment of nuclear weapons. But did the agreement go far enough? Rose Gottemoeller, a distinguished lecturer at...
Don’t underestimate Russia’s capabilities, influence on the global stage, says Stanford scholar
Q&A / February 2, 2021
While some may think Russian President Vladimir Putin has played a “weak hand” in the card game of global politics, it’s important to remember that a weak hand in poker can be a strong hand in bridge...
Confidence, uncertainty, and trust in AI affect how humans make decisions
Commentary / February 1, 2021
In 2019, as the Department of Defense considered adopting AI ethics principles, the Defense Innovation Unit held a series of meetings across the U.S. to gather opinions from experts and the public...
CISAC Alumni Selected for Senior Roles in New Administration
News / February 1, 2021
The CISAC Honors Program provides an opportunity for Stanford seniors of all majors who have strong academic records and interest in international security to receive honors in International Security...
Stanford microbiologist stresses importance of vaccines at McNerney town hall
News / January 30, 2021
Dr. David Relman, an esteemed microbiologist, kept returning to the same conclusion as he fielded questions as a guest at Rep. Jerry McNerney’s virtual town hall. No matter what your fears or...
Pentagon Advisory Boards Need to Offer 10X Ideas, Not 10% Ones
Commentary / January 30, 2021
News that the Biden administration will delay the seating of several Trump appointees to defense advisory boards is a welcome signal that incoming leaders recognize these groups are essential, not...
Biden puts US national security first in extending New START Treaty
Commentary / January 29, 2021
Extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, with Russia was one of President Biden’s first foreign policy acts after he took the oath of office on Jan. 20. The treaty would have...
Trying to Box in Biden on Arms Control
Commentary / January 29, 2021
Former Trump officials complain that the new president doesn’t want what they failed to achieve.
Biden administration must find ways to both cooperate with and constrain Putin regime, says Stanford scholar
Q&A / January 28, 2021
In the first of a two-part Q&A, Stanford political scientist Kathryn Stoner discusses how Biden’s foreign policy in Russia is a departure from the Trump administration.
Biden Administration Should Aim to Bring Positive Change to a Tense U.S.-Russia Relationship
News / January 27, 2021
On the World Class Podcast, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer says we can expect a consistency between the president’s behavior and policy toward Russia.
The Biden Presidency and Ukraine
Commentary / January 27, 2021
In a December 2020 New York Times interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president. Zelensky observed that Biden “knows Ukraine better than the...