The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Democracy
Scholarly Publications
The Birth of Nuclear Eternity
This chapter reconnects modes of futures-making with the requirements of democracy by focusing on the naturalization of nuclear weapons and their removal from the realm of democratic choice at a...
State Strategies in Multi-Ethnic Territories: Explaining Variation in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc
February 2013
Abstract After the collapse of the Soviet bloc, its twenty-seven successor states were charged with devising policies with respect to their ethnic minorities.
Historicism, Theory, and Method
December 2011
Contention and Trust in Cities and States explores cities and nation-states throughout history and around the world, bringing together the research of top scholars.
Other Publications
Andrew Grotto Testimony on "Cybersecurity and California Elections"
March 2018
To assess the threat to California's elections systems, the Assembly and Senate elections committees held a joint informational hearing on cybersecurity. The hearing discussed steps California...
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.
Americans and Their Military, Drifting Apart
May 2013
Stanford's Karl Eikenberry and David Kennedy discuss the implications of America's switch to an all-volunteer force.
News
FSI’s Visiting Fellowship in Israel Studies Brings Or Rabinowitz to the Center for International Security and Cooperation
June 2022
Dr. Or Rabinowitz of Hebrew University, Jerusalem, whose research explores how nuclear technology interacts with decision-making, strategy, and diplomacy, will come to Stanford in the 2022-2023...
‘Everything is Possible in Ukraine’: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Addresses Stanford Community During Historic Visit
September 2021
President Zelenskyy outlined the steps his administration is undertaking to bring increased digitization to Ukraine, curb corruption and create more equitable access to public services for more...
Belarusian Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Meets with Stanford Scholars for Roundtable on Democracy in Belarus
August 2021
Democratic leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and her delegation joined an interdisciplinary panel of Stanford scholars and members of the Belarusian community to discuss the future of democracy in...
Old Events
Nationalist Authoritarianism and the Future of Democracy
September 9, 2021
For Fall Quarter 2021, FSI will be hosting hybrid events.
An Address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
August 24, 2021
The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) is honored to host the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, for an address on U.S.-Ukrainian relations.
Making Sense of Human Rights Diplomacy: Symbolism or Concrete Impact?
March 11, 2019
Abstract: Existing international relations scholarship on human rights focuses on international law and transnational advocacy to the exclusion of "human rights diplomacy" (HRD)---efforts by...
People
Michael A. McFaul Director, Senior Fellow Professor, Political Science, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 