The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
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Scholarly Publications
Ending Civil Wars: The Implementation of Peace Agreements
December 2002
Why do some peace agreements successfully end civil wars, while others fail? What strategies are most effective in ensuring that warring parties comply with their treaty commitments?
Africa's Scramble for Africa: Lessons of a Continental War
July 2000
The war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which began in August 1998, is unprecedented-at times involving armies from eight African states.
The War in Chechnya: Opportunities Missed, Lessons to be Learned
December 1999
Book description: The basic logic of preventive diplomacy is unassailable.
News
Students across campus support innovation at U.N. refugee agency
December 2013
A simple request by the U.N. agency that aids refugees worldwide has led to an array of projects across the Stanford campus and meaningful work for dozens of students.
A story of hope: CISAC and UN visit refugee camps in Rwanda
August 2013
In May 2013, CISAC traveled with UNHCR to refugee camps in Rwanda as part of the Stanford-UNHCR Project on Rethinking Refugee Communities. Learn more about their trip through this online journal.
FSI names intelligence expert Amy Zegart CISAC co-director
June 2013
Amy Zegart, one of the nation’s leading experts on national security, intelligence and foreign policy and a CISAC faculty member, succeeds Tino Cuéllar as the next co-director.
Events
Bruce Jones and Francis Fukuyama on the World Bank's Development Report
June 2, 2011
Bruce Jones will present on the World Bank's 2011 World Development Report, on "Conflict, Security and Development." The report, which is the World Bank's flagship annual research product, reviews...
Civilians in War Zones
January 21, 2011
Richard Goldstone served on South Africa's Transvaal Supreme Court from 1980 to 1989 and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court from 1990 to 1994.
Projects
UNHCR Project on Rethinking Refugee Communities
The deputy United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees approached Tino Cuéllar, director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, to form a collaboration between Stanford’s...
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Implementation of Peace Agreements in Civil Wars
April 2021
Until recently, analysts of civil war focused their attention on the negotiation of peace agreements and paid scant attention to the implementation process.
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