The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Poverty
Scholarly Publications
Conditional Cash Transfers, Civil Conflict, and Insurgent Influence
January 2016
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are an increasingly popular tool for reducing poverty in conflict affected areas.
Historicism, Theory, and Method
December 2011
Contention and Trust in Cities and States explores cities and nation-states throughout history and around the world, bringing together the research of top scholars.
Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
August 2011
Summary from Columbia University Press: For more than a century, from 1900 to 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective as their violent counterparts in achieving...
Other Publications
9/11 and the makers of history
September 2011
After 9/11, the administration of US President George W Bush initiated the era of the global war on terror. For many, this was a misguided response to terror attacks.
News
Examining the violence in Mexico
August 2011
More than 40,000 people have died in drug-related homicides in Mexico since 2006, and the violence is causing concern throughout the hemisphere.
CISAC scholar leads newly endowed, expanded International Policy Studies program
February 2007
Starting next fall, Stanford's 25-year-old International Policy Studies (IPS) master's program will double in length and expand its interdisciplinary scope to train a new generation of graduates...
U.S. can help Liberia break with its violent past
January 2006
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's inauguration as the president of Liberia marks a watershed in the country's tumultuous history. Liberia's historic moment provides the U.S.
Events
Educational and Entrepreneurial Initiatives to Support Youth in Places of Violence
April 28, 2015
CONFERENCE OVERVIEWThe heavy presence of youth and young adults in the world of criminality is an issue that has been gaining increasingly more attention in the agendas of policymakers and...
2011 Payne Distinguished Lecture: Improving Governance and Combating Drugs
October 4, 2011
On October 3, Karl Eikenberry, the former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, will deliver this year's inaugural Payne Distinguished Lecture at Cemex Auditorium at the Knight Management Center.
Violence, Drugs and Governance: Mexican Security in Comparative Perspective
October 3, 2011
On October 3-4, 2011, the Stanford University Program on Poverty and Governance at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law and the Center for International Security and...
Projects
Managing Global Insecurity Project (MGI)
Nearly 20 years into the post-cold war era, the existing multilateral architecture of international organizations, treaties, and alliances shows signs of acute distress.
English
Feeding the World in the 21st Century: Exploring the Connections between Food Production, Health, Environmental Resources, and International Security
This project involves political scientists, economists, and medical researchers to address the question of whether hunger, poverty, disease and agricultural resource constraints foster civil...
English
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