The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Conflict
Scholarly Publications
International Intervention and the Rule of Law after Civil War: Evidence from Liberia
April 2019
What are the effects of international intervention on the rule of law after civil war?
Not Just a War Theory: American Public Opinion on Ethics in Combat
October 2018
This article assesses American public attitudes toward the just war principles of proportionality, due care and distinction.
Militants, Criminals, and Warlords - The Challenge of Local Governance in an Age of Disorder
November 2017
The sovereign state is frequently held up as the legitimate source of domestic order and an important provider of public goods in any society, regardless of regime type.
Other Publications
Why are Syrian Kurds pivoting toward Moscow?
February 2016
An affiliate of the largest and most powerful Kurdish party in Syria, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), opened its first official mission abroad — in Moscow.
Should we be using the G-word in Burundi?
November 2015
The political crisis in Burundi is serious, but analogies to the Rwandan genocide are counter-productive.
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?
News
Reassessing China’s Capabilities and Goals for Strategic Competition
November 2021
On the World Class podcast, Oriana Skylar Mastro argues that in order to set effective policy toward China, the United States needs to better understand how and why China is projecting power.
Biden's Afghanistan Decision
March 2021
President Biden has inherited America’s longest war—the war in Afghanistan—at a critical moment. Under the Trump administration’s deal with the Taliban, the US government is supposed to withdraw...
FSI Center Fellow Wins Best Book in Security Studies Award
September 2020
The American Political Science Association recognizes Oriana Skylar Mastro for her work on military strategy and mediation.
Events
The Strike on Qassem Soleimani: Implications for Iran, the Middle East and the World
January 6, 2020
Panel discussion with Stanford international affairs experts on escalating U.S.-Iran tensions. Register: Click here to RSVP Livestream: Please click here to join the livestream. About this Event: U...
The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage and Fear in the Modern Age
October 22, 2018
Click here to RSVPAbstract: The Perfect Weapon is the startling inside story of how the rise of cyberweapons in all their forms—from attacks on electric grids to attacks on electoral systems—has...
Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict
September 19, 2018
Jake Shapiro Bio: Jacob N. Shapiro is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and co-directs the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project.
Projects
Regional Conflict and Cooperation
Regional conflicts present their own set of unique challenges to the international community.
English
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
Remarks at MIT: Renewal or Retrenchment - U.S. Grand Strategy in a Volatile World
June 2015
Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, a distinguished fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, presented remarks at the MIT Senior Congressional and Executive Office Branch Seminar, "Renewal or Retrenchment: U.S.
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