The CISAC Research Seminar Series features speakers that present on topics related to international security and their policy implications. The purpose is to encourage interchange between the scientific and non-scientific communities at CISAC and within Stanford, to further CISAC’s goals of educating students and the public, conducting good scholarly research and influencing policy.
Events
Seminars
Can Law and Ethics Limit Harm to Civilians in War? Evidence from the U.S. Conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq | Andrew Bell
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Dipin Kaur | Coethnic Counterinsurgents: Explaining Security Force Ethnic Composition in Wartime
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Women in Peace Negotiations: Powerful Advocates or Powerless Actors?
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Do States Fight Wars Because of Religion? I Don't Think So. | Ron Hassner
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Dead Hand of Revenge: Decapitation Threat and the Design of Nuclear Command and Control System | X Zhang
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
From Estonian Uranium to Soviet Arsenal: Binding Territory Through Infrastructure and Demographics in Sillamäe, 1944-1955 | Alexandra Sukalo
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for Pandemics: Benefits and Harms, Looking Backward and Looking Forward | Marc Lipsitch
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan | Maxime Polleri
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (Pacific)
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (Pacific)