The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Rule of Law
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?
Not Just a War Theory: American Public Opinion on Ethics in Combat
October 2018
This article assesses American public attitudes toward the just war principles of proportionality, due care and distinction.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence: From Pariah and Piñata to Managing Partner
June 2017
This is a chapter in the second edition of The National Security Enterprise, a book edited by Roger Z.
Other Publications
NSA's Creative Interpretations of Law Subvert Congress and the Rule of Law
December 2013
CISAC Affiliate and Forbes Contributor Jennifer Granick explains how NSA domestic surveillance activities might continue, even in the face of legal decisions to rein in the agency's activities. ...
What's Next for Medvedev?
October 2011
Russia will soon have another liberal ex-president. Twenty years ago this December, Mikhail Gorbachev stood in the Kremlin as the Soviet flag was lowered and replaced with the Russian tricolor.
News
US-Asia Security Initiative to address geopolitical challenges
June 2015
Stanford University’s Walter H.
Cuéllar looks back on leading FSI
December 2014
For 14 years, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar has been a tireless Stanford professor who has strengthened the fabric of university’s interdisciplinary nature.
Scholars discuss research, possible collaboration on rule of law
October 2013
The half-day workshop brought together 20 scholars associated with FSI and Stanford Law School who discussed their individual research and explored possibilities for collaboration.
Events
Global Intelligence Oversight: Governing Security in the Twenty-First Century
August 24, 2016
Abstract: In a world that is increasingly unstable, intelligence services like the American CIA and the United Kingdom's MI6 exist to deliver security.
The Limits of Counterterrorism: Constructing Policy Responses
May 21, 2015
Abstract: The purpose of this book project is to explain what it is about terrorism that makes it inherently difficult for the American government to formulate an effective counterterrorism policy....
Wales to Warsaw: NATO and the Current State of Transatlantic Security
April 7, 2015
At the NATO Summit in Wales in September 2014, NATO leaders were clear about the security challenges on the Alliance’s borders.
People
Michael A. McFaul Director, Senior Fellow Professor, Political Science, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 
