The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Foreign Policy
Scholarly Publications
Uneasy Partnerships: China’s Engagement with Japan, the Koreas, and Russia in the Era of Reform
April 2017
Uneasy Partnerships presents the analysis and insights of practitioners and scholars who have shaped and examined China's interactions with key Northeast Asian partners.
The Pivot before the Pivot: U.S. Strategy to Preserve the Power Balance in Asia
May 2016
The United States’ strategic reorientation toward the Asia Pacific began not under the Barack Obama administration, but under the George W. Bush administration.
Kennedy, Johnson, and the Nonaligned World
September 2015
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy initiated a bold new policy of engaging states that had chosen to remain nonaligned in the Cold War.
Other Publications
George Washington Was a Master of Deception
November 2018
Abstract: The Founding Fathers relied on deceit in championing American independence—and that has lessons for the present.
The Self-Inflicted Demise of American Power
July 2018
NATO leaders have a lot to worry about. The U.K. government is a Brexit hot mess.
A Clear-Eyed Focus on our Interests: A guide for the Next President
February 2016
For the past two years, we have convened a bipartisan group of Hoover and Stanford scholars to better understand foreign policy challenges and develop a strategy for the next administration —...
News
Where is Russia Heading in 2020?
July 2020
Russia seemed a country on the rise globally, with President Vladimir Putin well on his way to lengthening his time in power. But he faces serious headwinds with COVID 19, the virus’s economic impact...
Oriana Skylar Mastro Awarded America in the World Consortium Prize for Best Policy Article
July 2020
Mastro, who begins her role as FSI Center Fellow on August 1, has won the AWC Best Policy Article on U.S. Foreign Policy and Grand Strategy award for her insights on how China leverages ambiguity to...
US nukes in Poland are a truly bad idea
May 2020
On May 15, the U.S. Ambassador in Warsaw, Georgette Mosbacher, suggested relocating U.S. nuclear weapons based in Germany to Poland. One hopes this was just a mistake by a political appointee...
Events
US-Ukraine Relations: Strengths and Weaknesses of US Policy Toward Ukraine with Recommendations for Future Initiatives
February 5, 2020
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/Se8UcB6HFNo About this Event: Based on his recent experience in Kyiv, Ambassador Taylor will evaluate current US policy toward Ukraine and make recommendations...
Do Morals Matter?
January 29, 2020
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/qanfBvhmTQM About this Event: In Do Morals Matter?, Joseph S.
Health and Human Capital in Putin’s Russia
December 4, 2019
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/5c8Un2Y9-sw Abstract: Over the last fifteen years, the Russian government has invested significantly in improving Russia’s education and health care systems and...
Projects
Enhancing Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540
In Resolution 1540, the United Nations Security Council, acting under its Chapter VII power to adopt measures that are legally binding on all U.N.
English
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...
English
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...
English
People
Amy Zegart Senior Fellow Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 
