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Scholars of Israel and the Middle East discussed the strategic takeaways of the 1973 Yom Kippur War and their relevance to the region’s current security crisis.
At the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia is moving to undo its ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) that prohibits all nuclear weapons tests.
Every September, The Center for International Security and Cooperation has two programs, Honors College and a seminar class, Face of Battle, that both kick off the academic year with separate, intensive trips designed to challenge the confines of the traditional classroom.
A new feature highlighting the work of CISAC fellows
Colonel Dean Winslow, has been awarded the U.S. Public Health Service Outstanding Service Medal for his contributions towards advancing, protecting, and promoting our Nation’s key public health programs and initiatives.
Larry Diamond moderated a discussion between Ori Rabinowitz, Amichai Magen and Abbas Milani on the effects of Hamas’ attacks on Israel and what the emerging conflict means for Israel and Middle Eastern geopolitics.
Nuclear weapons and threats figured among topics discussed during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club on October 5
A conversation with Anja Manuel about why the US must do better on AI, semiconductors and blockchain technologies.
Trond Arne Undheim offers a comprehensive and forward-looking exploration of eco-effectiveness, sustainability, and emerging technologies to progress through adversity and avoid returning to the status quo for governments, corporations, startups, and individuals.
The award is given in recognition of exceptional and beneficial long-term service to AGI
Russian attacks would be far worse without NATO’s “proximity” deterrence, argues Rose Gottemoeller
Originally for "The Economist," the alliance’s former deputy head says it needs to reinforce the strategy
Putin's Failures to Deliver
On each of the three areas where Putin held out the promise of something better to the Russian people-economic growth, political stability, geopolitical status-he has delivered failure.
Kahl, who previously served as co-director at FSI's Center for International Security and Cooperation, was the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Department of Defense.
Why the NATO Summit Was Good for Ukraine
Ukraine today is closer to membership, which Alliance members seem to view as all but inevitable.
Robert Rakove sheds new light on the little-known and often surprising history of U.S. engagement in Afghanistan from the 1920s to the Soviet invasion, tracing its evolution and exploring its lasting consequences.
Russian foreign policy expert Sergey Karaganov recently called, in essence, for Russia to launch a nuclear war against the West.
Scholars at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies offer insight on what Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny may signal about Russia, Putin’s power, and the war in Ukraine.
On Friday, June 16th, 2023, we celebrated the accomplishments of the students in the Honors Program in International Security Studies.
The Russian government earlier this year did a so-called “suspension” of its participation in the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), indicating that it would no longer provide biannual data updates or notifications, nor would it allow on-site inspections provided for by the treaty
Work recently published in the scientific journal ‘Chemosphere’ has documented the presence of large amounts of highly radioactive, poorly soluble cesium rich micro-particles (CsMPs) in an abandoned school building close to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP).
The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) is pleased to welcome the fellows who will be joining us for the 2023-24 academic year. These scholars will spend the academic year generating new knowledge across a range of topics that can help all of us build a safer world.
We are thrilled to welcome eleven outstanding students, who together represent thirteen different majors and minors, to our Honors Program in International Security Studies.
Unlike previous such strategies, the new National Cyber Strategy rebalances responsibility to generate a new social contract for a resilient national cybersecurity to counter threats from malicious nations and emerging technology.
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The congressman joined Michael McFaul and Amy Zegart for a discussion co-sponsored by the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Hoover Institution on American economic resiliency in the face of U.S. competition with China.