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
Enduring Hostility: A Book Talk on the Making of America's Iran Policy | Dalia Dassa Kaye
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Aid–Diplomacy Mergers and the Future of Global Security | Rachel George
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Anonymous Online Survey Detection of Political Violence, Social Unrest and Human Rights Violations | Andrew Shaver
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
How America Failed to Disarm North Korea: The Inside Story | Joel Wit
Tuesday, November 18, 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, November 11, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
The Untold Story of China's Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing | Hui Zhang
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Laying the Foundation for Environmental Peacebuilding: Assessing Scientific and Environmental Cooperation during and after the Cold War | Erika Weinthal
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Local Peace, International Builders: How the UN Builds Peace from the Bottom Up | William Nomikos
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)