The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Homeland Security
Scholarly Publications
Countering Terrorism
July 2017
Fifteen years after September 11, the United States still faces terror threats—both domestic and foreign.
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.
Other Publications
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: Why U.S. Intelligence Agencies Must Adapt or Fail
May 2019
For U.S. intelligence agencies, the twenty-first century began with a shock, when 19 al Qaeda operatives hijacked four planes and perpetrated the deadliest attack ever on U.S. soil.
Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis
November 2012
SummaryClimate change can reasonably be expected to increase the frequency and intensity of a variety of potentially disruptive environmental events-slowly at first, but then more quickly.
Readiness in the Post-Katrina and Post-9/11 World: An Evaluation of the New National Response Framework
September 2007
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) draft National Response Framework proposes much-needed improvements for disaster preparedness and response.
News
Will Insurrection Lead to Terrorism?
February 2021
Reading history for lessons about what happens when agitators go underground.
The divide between Silicon Valley and Washington is a national-security threat
December 2018
A silent divide is weakening America’s national security, and it has nothing to do with President Donald Trump or party polarization.
The U.S. drone war in Pakistan revisited
November 2018
Many analysts, practitioners, and scholars are skeptical of the efficacy of drone strikes for counterterrorism, suggesting that they provide short-term gains at best and are counterproductive at...
Old Events
Foreign Adversary Threats to Democratic Institutions: Are Courts Next?
February 15, 2018
- This event is offered as a joint sponsorship with the Hoover Institution - Abstract: Russia’s interference in our election was part of an ongoing campaign to undermine democracy and its...
Rethinking National Security
December 6, 2017
Abstract: In 1945, our homeland was inviolate. Since then, we have invested trillions of dollars to improve our national security, yet we now can be destroyed in under an hour.
Reforming national cyber defense
September 20, 2017
Abstract: The U.S. government continues to struggle with how best to defend the country from cyber attacks.
Projects
Empirical Studies of Conflict
The Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) addresses critical challenges to international security through methodologically rigorous, evidence-based analyses of insurgency, civil war and...
English
Multimedia
Drell Lecture: Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter
April 2015
The Honorable Ashton B. Carter, 25th U.S.
People
Colin H. Kahl Senior Fellow Steven C. Házy Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 
Amy Zegart Senior Fellow Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 
