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
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)
Seminars
How Much is Enough to Kill a Nation? Great Power Nuclear Deterrence in a New Era of Countervalue | Jaganath Sankaran
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
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
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
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)