The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Conflict
Scholarly Publications
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.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence: From Pariah and Piñata to Managing Partner
June 2017
This is a chapter in the second edition of The National Security Enterprise, a book edited by Roger Z.
When Science Brought Americans and Russians Together
April 2017
Siegfried Hecker describes the scientific collaboration that took place between Russian and American nuclear weapons laboratories following the end of the Cold War.
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
Armed drones changing conflict faster than anticipated, Stanford scholar finds
March 2018
Could the mere threat of using an armed drone ever coerce an enemy to change their behavior – without attacking them?Yes, says Stanford political scientist Amy Zegart, who argues in a new research...
New Trinkunas book examines the role of armed nonstate actors in local governance
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.
What to make of North Korea’s latest nuclear test?
September 2016
On September 9, 2016, seismic stations around the world picked up the unmistakable signals of another North Korean underground nuclear test in the vicinity of Punggye-ri.
Events
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.
Rethinking the Kargil conflict: What did Pakistan learn from a nuclear crisis?
March 8, 2018
Abstract: In November 1998, ‘mujahideen’ warriors climbed the heights above Kargil in Indian held Kashmir, crossed the Line of Control, and occupied Indian military posts.
"Our theoreticians were armed with McNamara's arguments." Reflections on Soviet military strategy in the 1960s and 1970s.
March 3, 2018
Abstract: The quotation in the title is taken from the memoirs of Boris Chertok, a leading Soviet missile designer. In my talk I will examine significant shifts in Soviet thinking about nuclear...
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
Initiative on International Conflict and Negotiation
The Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN) and CISAC are collaborating to support a special initiative on international conflict resolution.
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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