The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Military
Scholarly Publications
The PLA’s Evolving Role in China’s South China Sea Strategy
December 2020
During the past eight months of the global COVID pandemic, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been active in promoting China’s claims in the South China Sea. This essay evaluates PLA...
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?
From Denial to Punishment: The Security Dilemma and Changes in India’s Military Strategy towards China
November 2018
This article argues that China’s rise and its growing military power have intensified the Sino-Indian security dilemma.
Other Publications
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: Why U.S. Intelligence Agencies Must Adapt or Fail
May 2019
For U.S. intelligence agencies, the twenty-first century began with a shock, when 19 al Qaeda operatives hijacked four planes and perpetrated the deadliest attack ever on U.S. soil.
Noncitizen Soldiers: Explaining Foreign Recruitment by Modern State Militaries
January 2019
More than a century after citizen armies became an international norm, nearly two dozen states actively recruit foreigners into their militaries.
Offensive Cyber Capabilities: To What Ends?
January 2018
Abstract: There is a growing interest in the use of offensive cyber capabilities (OCC) among states.
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.
The U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Fall of Kabul: A Q&A with Allen Weiner
August 2021
National security law expert Allen Weiner, a research affiliate at CDDRL and CISAC, discusses the U.S. mission to Afghanistan, its withdrawal and consequences moving forward.
Oriana Skylar Mastro Testifies on Deterring PRC Aggression Toward Taiwan to Congressional Review Commission
February 2021
China may now be able to prevail in cross-strait contingencies even if the United States intervenes in Taiwan’s defense, Chinese security expert Oriana Skylar Mastro tells the U.S.-China Economic and...
Events
From Fake News to Hybrid Warfare: The Militarization of Disinformation Debate in the Czech Republic
January 30, 2020
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/liv27EFoFWA About this Event: The phenomenon of “fake news” has become a highly political issue not only in the United States but also in other parts of the...
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 Dilemma of Nuclear Insecurity and Limits of Law
November 27, 2019
This event is co-sponsored by the Program in History and Philosophy of Science; Program in Science, Technology, and Society; and Stanford Center for Law and History. Livestream: This event will not...
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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