The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Arms Control
Scholarly Publications
When Science Brought Americans and Russians Together
April 2017
Siegfried Hecker describes the scientific collaboration that took place between Russian and American nuclear weapons laboratories following the end of the Cold War.
A visit to Russia's secret nuclear labs
March 2017
In this essay, Siegfried Hecker describes a 1992 visit to nuclear facilities in the former Soviet Union.
North Korean Nuclear Facilities After the Agreed Framework
July 2016
In January 2004, a delegation from Stanford University led by Prof. John W. Lewis and joined by one of the authors, Siegfried S.
Other Publications
Is the nonproliferation agenda stuck in the Cold War?
October 2013
CISAC affiliate and former postdoctoral fellow, Francesca Giovannini, and SIPRI Arms Control Fellow, Amy J.
My Personal Journey at the Nuclear Brink
June 2013
CISAC Faculty Member and former U.S. Secretary of Defense William J. Perry tells the story of how he became a nuclear weapons abolitionist.
Requiem for a Realist: Remembering the nuclear strategist
May 2013
Scott Sagan, in this piece for Foreign Policy, remembers his longtime friend and colleague Kenneth Waltz. Waltz passed away on May 13.
News
As US-Russian Arms Control Faces Expiration, Sides Face Tough Choices
March 2020
The Trump administration’s proposal for trilateral arms control negotiations appears to be gaining little traction in Moscow and Beijing, and the era of traditional nuclear arms control may be...
Hal Sonnenfeldt, Hard-nosed Realism, and U.S.-Russian Arms Control
October 2019
/*-->*/ Brookings Editor's Note: This piece is part of a series remembering the life, career, and legacy of Helmut (Hal) Sonnenfeldt — a member of the National Security Council, counselor at the...
Policy Roundtable: The Future of South Asia
October 2019
/*-->*/ Debak Das, CISAC’s MacArthur Nuclear Security Pre-doctoral Fellow, and his roundtable contributors examine the rising tensions between Pakistan and India and look at what the future might...
Events
Demystifying China
January 23, 2020
Livestream: Registration is required and will close 24 hours before the event. Click here to register.This event is available only to CISAC faculty, fellows, staff, network affiliates, and honors...
The Past and Future of Arms Control
December 5, 2019
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/i-Oaa0yiSjA About this Event: In the last 50 years, the United States and Soviet Union/Russia have pursued arms control negotiations and signed numerous treaties...
Security in a Post-Nuclear Age
October 28, 2019
Livestream: This event will not be live-streamed or recorded. Abstract: Seventy-five years after the introduction of nuclear weapons, it is no longer clear that these tools of security remain the...
Projects
Regional Conflict and Cooperation
Regional conflicts present their own set of unique challenges to the international community.
English
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
2016 Drell Lecture: William J. Perry - A National Security Walk Around the World
February 2016
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William J.
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