The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
International Law
Scholarly Publications
Office of the Director of National Intelligence: From Pariah and Piñata to Managing Partner
June 2017
This is a chapter in the second edition of The National Security Enterprise, a book edited by Roger Z.
Pragmatic Engagement: A National Security Strategy for the Next President
May 2016
The United States is exceptionally secure. No country today presents a clear and imminent security threat in the way that Germany, Japan, or the Soviet Union did in the 20th century.
The Slave Trade and the Origins of International Human Rights Law
December 2011
From Oxford University Press: There is a broad consensus among scholars that the idea of human rights was a product of the Enlightenment but that a self-conscious and broad-based human rights...
Other Publications
President Obama’s Asia Overdrive
November 2011
When Asia’s leaders gather in Honolulu next week for the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Americans will get a glimpse of the Obama administration’s hyperactive Asia agenda.
Torture Memos and Accountability
May 2009
On April 16, 2009, the Justice Department released four previously classified memos issued by its Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) that provided legal guidance on the permissibility of certain...
Iran-United States Claims Tribunal: What Lies Ahead?
December 2007
The Iran-United States Tribunal has recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.
News
Reports on war crimes should use language that reflects a moral, not legal, orientation, Stanford expert says
August 2016
Legal scholar Shiri Krebs found that overly legal language in reports on war crimes is less effective than morally based communication in influencing public attitudes on accountability.
A Real War Story, in Drawings
June 2016
Scott Sagan decodes the haunting drawings of a Lakota chief who defeated George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Stanford Experts Assess Iran Nuclear Deal
July 2015
The landmark deal between six world powers and Iran, which would limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for lifting economic sanctions, was an important step toward stopping Iran from building a...
Events
Just Enough: The Politics of Accountability for Mass Atrocities
October 15, 2015
Abstract: This project looks at the politics of accountability for mass atrocities.
Moral Cognition and the Law and Ethics of Armed Conflict: A Theory of Moral Discourse and International Norms
February 19, 2015
Abstract: In contemporary political science, many believe that normative restrictions on armed conflict are an outgrowth of Western culture and the Judeo-Christian just war tradition. Drawing on...
International Law and Social Facts: Some Experimental Data on War Crimes Investigations, Attitudes, and Perceived Credibility of Facts
March 13, 2014
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Shiri Krebs is a JSD Candidate at Stanford Law School, specializing in international criminal and humanitarian law.
Projects
Enhancing Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540
In Resolution 1540, the United Nations Security Council, acting under its Chapter VII power to adopt measures that are legally binding on all U.N.
English
Consortium for Research on Information Security and Policy
As part of a response to growing government concern over the threat of cyber attacks directed against critical national infrastructures, the National Security Agency (NSA) contracted with Stanford...
English
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