The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
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Energy
FSI researchers examine the role of energy sources from regulatory, economic and societal angles. The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) investigates how the production and consumption of energy affect human welfare and environmental quality. Professors assess natural gas and coal markets, as well as the smart energy grid and how to create effective climate policy in an imperfect world. This includes how state-owned enterprises – like oil companies – affect energy markets around the world. Regulatory barriers are examined for understanding obstacles to lowering carbon in energy services. Realistic cap and trade policies in California are studied, as is the creation of a giant coal market in China.
Other Publications
Al Qaeda’s Leader Is Old, Bumbling—and a Terrorist Mastermind
September 2020
Nineteen years after 9/11, al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has yet to achieve the household notoriety evoked by his immediate predecessor, Osama bin Laden.
Can China’s Military Win the Tech War?
July 2020
As the Chinese government has set out to harness the growing strength of the Chinese technology sector to bolster its military, policymakers in the United States have reacted with mounting alarm.
News
Nord Stream 2: Background, objections, and possible outcomes
April 2021
Nord Stream 2 is an almost-finished natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. The Biden administration opposes it and has come under congressional pressure to invoke sanctions to prevent its...
Steven Pifer: An important trip to Paris
April 2021
President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly will soon travel to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. That is a trip very much worth making.
Kremlin saber-rattling in Ukraine: How the West should react
April 2021
Europe and the United States must ensure that Moscow does not underestimate the costs of a military assault.
Events
Book Talk: Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order
January 19, 2021
REGISTER HERE An assessment of Russia that suggests that we should look beyond traditional means of power to understand its strength and capacity to disrupt international politics.
Russia's Challenge to the West: The Perspective from Berlin
October 30, 2020
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/7uGcI3qswDw About the Event: As relations between the West and Russia have sharply deteriorated in recent years, Germany has taken a leading role in shaping...
Stopping State Repression: An Inquiry Into Spells
October 12, 2020
* Please note all CISAC events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone.
Projects
Russian Power and Purpose in the 21st Century Seminars
The Project on Russian Power and Purpose convenes faculty seminars and open events in which speakers and experts discuss the context and drivers of Kremlin strategy.
English
European Security Initiative
The CISAC European Security Initiative features speakers addressing the challenges that a more assertive Russia presents to the European security order; Europe's ability to meet and defend against...
English
Multimedia
2016 Drell Lecture: William J. Perry - A National Security Walk Around the World
February 2016
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William J.
America’s Nuclear Waste – No Solution in Sight
January 2016
America’s nuclear waste is accumulating at over seventy sites in 39 states – but there is no clear way forward for its final disposal. An international cast of experts explains how the U.S.
Counterterrorism, Counterinsurgency, and Contradictions: America's Lessons Learned in Afghanistan
July 2015
Former Ambassador to the U.S. and Karl Eikenberry speaks at the Aspen Ideas Festival on June 29, 2015 and reflects on lessons learned from interventions into unstable nations.
People
Colin H. Kahl Senior Fellow Steven C. Házy Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 
Toomas Hendrik Ilves Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, GDPi Fellow, Stanford Cyber Initiative Fellow 
