The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
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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?
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.
Cheap fights, credible threats: The future of armed drones and coercion
February 2018
Drones are considered poor coercion tools: They cannot operate in contested airspace and they offer low-cost fights instead of more credible, costly signals.
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
Decades of Being Wrong About China Should Teach Us Something
June 2019
Thirty years ago this week, I watched the news from Beijing and started shredding my bedding.
U.S. INDOPACOM hosts Stanford FSI faculty and fellows visit
March 2019
A group of 20 faculty and fellows participate in an orientation visit to Indo-Pacific Command headquarters, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 21–22, 2019, organized and sponsored by the U.S.-Asia...
Pakistani, Indian leaders ‘have different incentives' - Asfandyar Mir
March 2019
Political scientist Asfandyar Mir has studied security affairs in South Asia for years.
Events
The Dilemma of Nuclear Insecurity and Limits of Law
November 27, 2019
Livestream: This event will not be live-streamed or recorded Abstract: How have national practices of nuclear security produced local conditions of insecurity?
Maximizing Leverage: China’s Strategic Force Posture Choices in the Information Age
March 11, 2019
Abstract: How do nuclear-armed states coerce their adversaries in wars with limited aims without using nuclear weapons?
Regional Powers and Nuclear Force Development: Explaining India’s Nuclear Submarine Program
December 19, 2017
Abstract: This research investigates why and how regional nuclear powers come to develop specific kind of nuclear delivery systems, especially a submarine-based ballistic missile (SSBN) force.
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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