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
The Balance of Nuclear Humility: Techno-optimism, Complexity, and the Perils of Nuclear Primacy | Christopher Lawrence
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Illusions of Control: Dilemmas in Managing U.S. Proxy Forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria | Erica Gaston
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security | Fiona Cunningham
Thursday, May 29, 2025
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Art of the Possible: USA-India cooperation for a new era of nuclear energy | Ambarish Vemuri
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Women Powering the Atom: Gendered Labor and Expertise in Bulgaria’s Nuclear Industry | Elana Resnick
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
The Unforgiving Hour: New Technologies, Old Ideas, and the Fragility of American Power | Amy Zegart
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Delivering the Bomb: The Spread of Nuclear Delivery Systems and the Global Non-proliferation Order | Debak Das
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Human Control and the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons Systems | Anna-Katharina Ferl
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)