The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Human Rights
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."
The U.S. Position on the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Obligations
March 2015
The paper argues that the United States should abandon an increasingly untenable position on the extraterritorial application of certain human rights treaty norms.
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.
Other Publications
Will Sri Lanka's New Government Provide Justice for Civil War Atrocities?
November 2015
Sri Lanka's new government has promised progress on transitional justice. Will it deliver?
What's Next for Medvedev?
October 2011
Russia will soon have another liberal ex-president. Twenty years ago this December, Mikhail Gorbachev stood in the Kremlin as the Soviet flag was lowered and replaced with the Russian tricolor.
9/11 and the makers of history
September 2011
After 9/11, the administration of US President George W Bush initiated the era of the global war on terror. For many, this was a misguided response to terror attacks.
News
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...
Five foreign policy questions for Obama and Romney
October 2012
With the third and final debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney set to focus on foreign policy, researchers from the Freeman Spogli Institute ask the questions they want answered and...
Events
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...
Backlash: Resistance and Defiance to International Norms
November 18, 2016
Abstract: This paper develops a theoretical approach to norm resistance and defiance in international affairs. Conventional models of norm dynamics (e.g.
Countering Violent Extremism
February 26, 2016
AbstractUnder Secretary Sewall will deliver remarks on Countering Violent Extremism, the U.S.
Projects
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...
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