The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Democracy promotion
Scholarly Publications
What Terrorists Really Want: Terrorist Motives and Counterterrorism Strategy
April 2008
What do terrorists want? No question is more fundamental for devising an effective counterterrorism strategy.
Other Publications
How to Look Credible in Promoting Liberty
June 2003
George W. Bush wants Americans and the world to believe that the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime two months ago represented a defeat for tyranny and a victory for liberty.
News
‘Everything is Possible in Ukraine’: President Volodymyr Zelensky Addresses Stanford Community During Historic Visit
September 2021
President Zelensky 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...
Honors students explore challenges of policy implementation, assessment in Washington, D.C.
September 2010
In September, honors students from FSI's two undergraduate honors programs - the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and the Center for International Security and...
Russia expert appointed to national security posts
February 2009
Stanford political science Professor Michael McFaul has been tapped by President Barack Obama to serve as special assistant to the president for National Security Affairs and senior director for...
Events
Nationalist Authoritarianism and the Future of Democracy
September 9, 2021
For Fall Quarter 2021, FSI will be hosting hybrid events.
Countering Violent Extremism
February 26, 2016
AbstractUnder Secretary Sewall will deliver remarks on Countering Violent Extremism, the U.S.
Deference, Dissent, and Dispute Resolution: An Experimental Intervention Using Mass Media to Change Norms and Behavior in Rwanda
February 28, 2008
Elizabeth Levy Paluck (speaker) received her PhD in 2007 from Yale University in Social Psychology.
People
Michael A. McFaul Director, Senior Fellow Professor, Political Science, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 