The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Health policy
Scholarly Publications
China's Telecommunications: Present and Future
June 1997
By the end of 1995, China had built the world's ten largest telecommunications networks and the industry was growing at a faster rate than any other sector of the booming Chinese economy.
News
New report from Stanford scholars seeks to demystify the biosecurity landscape
December 2018
From genome editing to “hacking” the microbiome, advances in the life sciences and its associated technological revolution have already altered the biosecurity landscape, and will continue to do so...
Containing the Risks of Bioengineered Super Viruses
September 2015
Genetically engineered viruses could open up a Pandora's box of biosecurity threats. CISAC co-director David Relman explains how we can keep a lid on it.
CISAC tackles public health & policy questions on Ebola
October 2014
We ask CISAC biosecurity experts David Relman and Megan Palmer to answer questions about the public health and policy implications of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Events
Global Alliance for Genomics and Health: Genome Data Sharing
March 28, 2016
Abstract: Industry, medical centers, academics and patient advocates have come together to create common standards for the representation and exchange of genomics information for both research and...
Health and human movement: global challenges, local solutions
February 22, 2016
Abstract: The interactions between biological and cultural processes are critical determinants of human health.
Excess Burden or Excessive Burden: Prisons and Infectious Disease Control
March 2, 2015
Abstract: Prison systems can play numerous roles in a society's security in terms of the separation of criminals from the general population, rehabilitation of criminals prior to reentry in society...
Projects
Feeding the World in the 21st Century: Exploring the Connections between Food Production, Health, Environmental Resources, and International Security
This project involves political scientists, economists, and medical researchers to address the question of whether hunger, poverty, disease and agricultural resource constraints foster civil...
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