The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Policy Analysis
Scholarly Publications
The New Great Game: China and South and Central Asia in the Era of Reform
March 2016
China's rise has elicited envy, admiration, and fear among its neighbors. Although much has been written about this, previous coverage portrays events as determined almost entirely by Beijing.
US-China Relations in the Shadow of the Future
August 2015
This article applies some of the concepts developed at the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN) in an effort to see how the risk of war might be mitigated.
Will Threats Deter Nuclear Terrorism?
September 2012
Book description: During the Cold War, deterrence theory was the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.
Other Publications
Policy: Reassess New Mexico's nuclear-waste repository
January 2016
For the past 15 years, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has stored transuranic waste from the US nuclear-defense programme.
动荡世界中的安全挑战:更少敌人、更多挑战和焦虑
August 2015
A version of this paper, "Security Challenges in a Turbulent World: Fewer Enemies, More Challenges, and Greater Anxiety," delivered at the International Areas Studies Symposium at the University of...
Thirteenth Korea-U.S. West Coast Strategic Forum
January 2015
The thirteenth session of the Korea-U.S.
News
The common-sense fix that American nuclear policy needs
August 2016
Jeffrey Lewis and Scott Sagan discuss President Obama’s consideration of adopting a policy of No-First-Use of nuclear weapons, stating that “While we think that such a pledge would ultimately...
Stanford military fellow John Chu promoted to colonel in US Army
December 2015
Senior Military Fellow John Chu was promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army at Stanford last Friday, a position selectively afforded for distinguished service and leadership.
Events
Is There a Trump Doctrine in Foreign Policy?
October 4, 2018
Abstract: Many believe that President Donald J. Trump lacks a coherent worldview informing his foreign policy decisions.
Rescue during Atrocity Crimes
March 2, 2018
Abstract: Individuals (such as Paul Rusesabagina during the Rwandan genocide and Oskar Schindler and Raoul Wallenberg during the Holocaust) and groups (including Muslims during the Rwandan genocide...
The Politics of National Decline
February 16, 2018
Abstract: Over the past decade, fears about the decline of the United States relative to other countries (especially China) have become a prominent feature of American political discourse.
Projects
The Security Conundrum Speaker Series
In an age of terrorism, where should a democratic society draw the line on government surveillance?
English
Ethnic Conflict in the Former Soviet Union
Ethnic conflicts in the former Soviet Union, and their potential for triggering serious interstate conflicts, pose a major threat to regional and international security in the years ahead.
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.
People
Karl Eikenberry Professor of the Practice Fellow, S-APARC, Core faculty, CISAC, Affiliate, CDDRL, Affiliate, TEC 
