The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Diplomacy
Scholarly Publications
Madman Nuclear Alert: Secrecy, Signaling, and Safety in the October 1969 Crisis, The
April 2003
The history of the October 1969 alert demonstrates that even in this high-politics arena of nuclear diplomacy, presidential orders were actively fought against, sometimes manipulated or ignored,...
Degradation of Biological Weapons Agents in the Environment: Implications for Terrorism Response
December 2005
We investigate the impact on effective terrorism response of the viability degradation of biological weapons agents in the environment.
Chinese Perspectives on the South Asian Nuclear Tests
January 1999
India's nuclear tests in May 1998 shocked the world. On May 11 and 13, India conducted a total of five tests.
Other Publications
More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility, A
December 2004
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan created the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change in September 2003 with SIIS and CISAC senior fellow Stephen J.
U.S. Ignores Putin's Assults on Rights
February 2003
STANFORD -- In May 1988, President Reagan traveled to Moscow for a summit with Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
Role of Economic Incentives in Securing Cyberspace, The
November 2004
In the last eight years, every significant public policy initiative to address the safety and security of U.S.
News
North Korea's nukes
October 2003
A panel of five foreign policy experts, including CISAC Co-director %people1% and SIIS Senior Fellow %people2%, debated issues of North Korea and nuclear weapons on October 17, 2003 in a discussion...
Stedman named to U.N. High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change
November 2003
On November 4, 2003, %people1%, CISAC Senior fellow, was appointed research director for the United Nations' new High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change.
John Lewis leads delegation to North Korea
February 2004
Events
Megalomaniacal Terrorism and Osama bin Laden
February 6, 2002
Professor Ehud Sprinzak is dean of the Lauder School of Government, Policy, and Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel and Professor of Political Science at Hebrew University...
Barracks and Brothels: Peacekeepers and Human Trafficking in the Balkans
June 9, 2005
Dr. Sarah Mendelson is a senior fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Projects
Strengthening Security and Stability in South Asia
Through research and track-two diplomacy, CISAC scholars seek to identify policy oriented, cooperative measures aimed at fostering effective dialogue between Pakistan and India in an effort to...
English
Multimedia
Why France and the European Union Still Matter for the United States
February 2015
Is Europe "elderly and haggard", and could France become "the crucible of Europe" (Jan.
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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