This panel, featuring Tom Dannenbaum, briefly discussed the outcomes of the Preparatory Committee for the Crimes Against Humanity Convention, held from January 19-30, and the work of the ABILA Study Group on Crimes Against Humanity, which published a series of 14 proposals and position papers submitted to the Preparatory Committee during its first session.
The United States has fought four major wars against countries in the broader Middle East region since 1990. In three, America had support from a group of allies and partners.
The Iranian War has triggered a series of questions about the legal prohibition of Jus ad bellum under the UN Charter. This panel provides a series of reflective assessment regarding the broader implications for the prohibition of use on force since 1945.
CISAC Fellow, Dipin Kaur, discusses how states recruit and deploy coethnic forces in counterinsurgency campaigns, and what those decisions reveal about ethnicity, loyalty, and state power.
On the World Class podcast, Abbas Milani and Ori Rabinowitz join host Colin Kahl to discuss the events unfolding in Iran from an Iranian, Israeli, and American perspective.
In the first of a new quarterly series of events, scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute evaluated recent developments in world affairs, and offered an outlook for 2026.
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty lapsed on February 5, 2026. U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will seek a better agreement, and Washington wants to bring in China and limit all Russian nuclear warheads, not just the deployed strategic warheads captured by New START.
President Trump returned to the White House in 2025 claiming he would quickly end the Russia-Ukraine war. But the sides today remain far apart on key issues while the war rages on.
In this episode of The Negotiator Files, Rose Gottemoeller discusses her role as the chief U.S. negotiator of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).
CISAC Fellow, Elizabeth Good, reflects on women's descriptive representation in peace negotiations and what meaningful inclusion requires for peace processes.
On the World Class podcast, Michael McFaul officially hands the hosting baton over to FSI's new director, Colin Kahl, who makes the case for why alliances and partnerships — whether across academic departments or between nations — create better, stronger outcomes.
Rose joins the podcast to discuss her experience negotiating NST, how the United States and Russia managed gaps between treaty's in the past, and what she thinks should happen next.
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.”
"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.
