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Speaking on the APARC Briefing video series, Larry Diamond and Oriana Skylar Mastro analyze the strategic implications of the U.S. operation in Venezuela for the balance of power in the Taiwan Strait, Indo-Pacific security, America’s alliances, and the liberal international order.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in his end-of-the-year press conference that Western “promises that they had given us about refraining from expanding NATO were being ignored.”
“The action violated international law,” said Tom Dannenbaum, Frank Stanton professor of nuclear security.
"Serious legal objections to Maduro's regime do not eliminate the need for a legal basis to use military force in Venezuela," said Tom Dannenbaum, Frank Stanton professor of nuclear security.
A long-running collaboration between CISAC co-director Scott Sagan and Dartmouth professor Ben Valentino offers new insight into how real-world information environments shape nuclear decision-making.
Goldgeier will serve as ISA President for the 2027–2028 term.
Senior research scholar, Andrew Bell, discusses why Donald Trump has ordered multiple boat strikes in the Caribbean, which have killed at least 80 people. And whether this could splinter the MAGA movement.
The 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is on the path to a quiet death in two months. The treaty’s demise will end the last agreement constraining US and Russian nuclear weapons.
Stanford experts discuss the high-stakes scientific, ethical and regulatory challenges behind an emerging science known as “mirror life.”
Almost 500 patients, their relatives and others were killed at al-Fashir's last functioning hospital during the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces' recent takeover of the Sudanese city, the World Health Organization reported. The attack is an example of increasingly targeted and brutal attacks on hospitals, clinics and medical workers during conflict worldwide, a Reuters investigation found.
A new push for an end to the war?
A flurry of diplomacy over the weekend seems to have improved Ukraine’s position.
The Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement is the American Academy of Sciences and Letters premier recognition of excellence in scholarship.
CISAC Fellow, Kevin Bustamante, examines how race, hierarchy, and geopolitics intersect in a changing world.
While Ukraine faces steep challenges, several recent developments could strengthen Kyiv’s hand.
In an October 29 Truth Social post, President Donald Trump said he had ordered the Defense Department to resume testing U.S. nuclear weapons. Four days later, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright clarified that the United States did not intend to conduct nuclear explosive tests.
Andrew Grotto Discusses CISA and NSA’s Microsoft Exchange Security Guidance in Help Net Security
In partnership with international cybersecurity agencies, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) outlined security best practices for organizations that use on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server.
CISAC Affiliate Anja Manuel, Aspen Strategy Group Executive Director, shares key takeaways from the Trump-Xi meeting.
Cyberscoop quotes Andrew Grotto on CISA and NSA’s Microsoft Exchange Security Recommendations
The guide includes security advice previously shared by Microsoft, yet authorities felt it prudent to outline best practices for the critical and widely used technology
WATCH | Pres. Trump’s Asia trip: Aspen Strategy Group’s Anja Manuel on keys to U.S.-China trade deal
Anja Manuel, Aspen Strategy Group executive director and CISAC Affiliate, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss President Trump’s Asia trip, U.S.-Japan ties, what to expect from Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi, state of U.S.-China relations, and more.
Amy Zegart has devoted her career to understanding national security challenges and emerging threats in the digital age.
At Stanford's 2025 Reunion weekend, scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies shared insights into what can be done to address climate change, AI competition with China, Middle East security, democratic backsliding, and the war in Ukraine.
In the article “Top UN court says Israel must allow UN relief agency to supply aid to Gaza,” Dannenbaum is quoted as saying the opinion provides “strong legal support for the case against Netanyahu.”
What Comes After Starvation in Gaza?
For the severely malnourished, simply starting to eat normal meals again can cause sickness—even death.
In his new book, alum and CISAC affiliate Philip Taubman explores the paradoxes of the Pentagon chief who drove U.S. escalation in Vietnam while wrestling with private doubts.
With the [New START] treaty due to expire in February 2026, the Trump administration must decide how to respond to a Russian proposal to extend the treaty’s quantitative limits for one year.