The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Culture
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.
Claim-Making and Large-Scale Historical Processes in the Late Twentieth Century
June 1997
"Claim-Making and Large-Scale Historical Processes in the Late Twentieth Century," held March 7-9, 1997, at Stanford University, was an experimental workshop to preview the dimensions on the eve of...
Converting Pulsed Power to Civilian Applications in Russia: Problems and Promise
April 1995
The economic, political, and social changes underway in the former Soviet Union are of unprecedented scale and importance.
Other Publications
Battlefield: U.S.
May 2006
Today, the Senate Intelligence Committee will begin questioning Air Force Gen.
The Biggest Threat to Western Values
July 2011
Multiculturalism does not pose a significant danger to Western values - but neoliberalism does.
No Need to Reset the Reset
September 2011
Russia watchers in the West cannot be surprised that Vladimir Putin is on his way back to the Russian presidency.
News
Iraq now - headed for civil war or already there?
February 2006
Is civil war likely to break out in Iraq? It already has, according to CISAC faculty member James D. Fearon, a political science professor who studies recent civil wars.
Domestic spying turns homeland into battlefield, warns CISAC scholar
May 2006
The National Security Agency's collection of U.S. citizens' phone records is the latest evidence of a shift in the way the government uses military assets, writes CISAC fellow Laura K.
How one school district found religion
June 2006
Americans have never been in greater need of understanding religious differences and cultivating respect for religious freedom.
Old Events
Suicide Attacks: Incorrect Arguments and Anomalies
October 18, 2007
Martha Crenshaw (speaker) is a senior fellow at CISAC and FSI and a professor of political science by courtesy.
Enforcing the Peace: There Aren't Enough Canadians
January 27, 2005
Kimberly Marten is a tenured associate professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University, and also teaches at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).