The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
North America
Scholarly Publications
A Research Agenda for Cyber Risk and Cyber Insurance
April 2020
A Research Agenda for Cyber Risk and Cyber Insurance By: Gregory Falco, Stanford University Martin Eling, University of St.
Reassessing the All-Volunteer Force
December 2013
Karl Eikenberry, former ambassador to Afghanistan and retired U.S.
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Explaining Variation in Western Jihadists' Choice between Domestic and Foreign Fighting
February 2013
This article studies variation in conflict theater choice by Western jihadists in an effort to understand their motivations.
Other Publications
The World Is Counting on the U.S. and China
September 2013
Banning Garrett and Thomas Fingar write in U.S. News & World Report that the China and the United States must cooperate to tackle major global challenges in the near future.
A case for unilateral US nuclear warhead reductions
July 2013
CISAC Affiliate and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists columnist Pavel Podvig argues that the United States could begin reducing its nuclear weapons arsenals unilaterally, without negotiating...
U.S Government Surveillance: Bad for Silicon Valley, Bad for Democracy Around the World
June 2013
The University of Virginia's Christopher Jon Sprigman and CISAC's Jennifer Granick reveal how foreigners living in the United States do not have the same privacy protections as U.S.
News
Explaining Latin America's Contradictory Reactions to the War in Ukraine
April 2022
Nearly every Latin American country opposed the U.S. war in Afghanistan in 2001. Most also opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. Why is the region more divided on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
Long in the Making: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine
March 2022
A week before Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, unleashing the biggest military operation in Europe since World War II, three experts on Russia were interviewed on Zoom and...
International Security and Cooperation on the 60th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis
March 2022
The Cuban Missile Crisis dealt not only the United States and the Soviet Union, but other countries around the world, what I call a short, sharp shock. We recognized how devastating would be the...
Old Events
Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War
October 8, 2020
All CISAC events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone. This event is part of the year-long initiative on “Ethics & Political Violence” jointly organized by the Center for International...
Which Militants Receive Missiles? Explaining How Organizational Similarities Influence External Provision of Support
April 27, 2020
Livestream: Please click here to join the livestream webinar via Zoom or log-in with webinar ID 944 5730 9104. About this Event: Why do some governments give foreign militants missiles that can...
US-Ukraine Relations: Strengths and Weaknesses of US Policy Toward Ukraine with Recommendations for Future Initiatives
February 5, 2020
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/Se8UcB6HFNo About this Event: Based on his recent experience in Kyiv, Ambassador Taylor will evaluate current US policy toward Ukraine and make recommendations...
Projects
Multimedia
Why France and the European Union Still Matter for the United States
February 2015
Is Europe "elderly and haggard", and could France become "the crucible of Europe" (Jan.
