The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Science and Technology
Scholarly Publications
Uranium Africain, une histoire globale
April 2016
This is a 2016 French translation of Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade (2012), translated by Charlotte Nordmann and part of the series "L'Univers Historique."
"I am a Radioactive Mutant": Emergent Biological Subjectivities at Kazakhstan's Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site
February 2016
The Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan was conceived as an experimental landscape where science, technology, Soviet Cold War militarism, and human biology intersected.
A More Systematic Approach to Biological Risk
December 2015
Management of emerging risks in life science and technology requires new leadership and a sober assessment of the legacy of Asilomar.
Other Publications
What You Need to Know about the Third-Party Doctrine
December 2013
Affiliate John Villasenor explains how the American legal framework has not yet caught up to technological progress and how the U.S.
NSA's Creative Interpretations of Law Subvert Congress and the Rule of Law
December 2013
CISAC Affiliate and Forbes Contributor Jennifer Granick explains how NSA domestic surveillance activities might continue, even in the face of legal decisions to rein in the agency's activities. ...
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
For sale: The Moon
October 2020
It’s official: the Moon is open for business. Last week, NASA announced that seven countries had signed its so-called Artemis Accords, a series of bilateral agreements that allow national governments...
Cuéllar looks back on leading FSI
December 2014
For 14 years, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar has been a tireless Stanford professor who has strengthened the fabric of university’s interdisciplinary nature.
Vinton Cerf to talk about safety and security in a wired-up world
January 2014
Vinton Cerf, who helped develop the Internet while at Stanford, delivers the 2014 Drell Lecture about safety and security in a transnational environment.
Events
Uncertainty, Risk, and Responsibility: Lessons from Three Technologies
February 18, 2020
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/wKXawdBrCEs About this Event: Are we still in the Nuclear Age? Is this the Age of AI? Are we entering the Age of Synthetic Biology?
Seapower in the First and the Second Machine Ages: from self-propelled torpedoes to artificial intelligence
February 21, 2018
Abstract: What are the consequences of the emergence of robotics, big data, and artificial intelligence for international politics?
Chinese Investments in U.S. Venture Technology: Accessing the Crown Jewels of U.S. Innovation
February 12, 2018
Abstract: China’s participation in venture deals financing is at a record level of 10-16% of all venture deals (2015-2017) and has grown quite rapidly in the past seven years. Technologies where...
Projects
Ballistic Missile Defense Technology and Policy
Missile defense capabilities play a key role in regional and international security issues.
English
Science, Technology and Security Seminars (2009-2010)
The Science, Technology and Security Seminars, which were suspended during the 2009-2010 academic year, featured advanced graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars presenting their current...
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