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Scholarly Publications
The Existential Threat From Cyber-enabled Information Warfare
July 2019
Corruption of the information ecosystem is not just a multiplier of two long-acknowledged existential threats to the future of humanity—climate change and nuclear weapons.
The unbearable lightness of luck. Three sources of overconfidence in the manageability of nuclear crises
July 2017
Overconfidence in the controllability of nuclear weapons creates danger. The passing of the last elite witness of the most dangerous nuclear crisis, i.e.
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
US-Russia rift threatens science ties that keep us safe
December 2016
Siegfried Hecker describes Russia's systematic termination of nuclear cooperation with the United States and the harmful consequences that this could have for both countries.
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.
Shooting down the Star Wars myth
April 2013
In this piece for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Pavel Podvig dispels the myth that Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as "Star Wars," helped bring the Soviet Union to an end...
News
Oriana Skylar Mastro Testifies on Deterring PRC Aggression Toward Taiwan to Congressional Review Commission
February 2021
China may now be able to prevail in cross-strait contingencies even if the United States intervenes in Taiwan’s defense, Chinese security expert Oriana Skylar Mastro tells the U.S.-China Economic and...
At Stanford, US and Russian Young Professionals Meet on Nuclear Topics in 5th Meeting
June 2019
In early May, CISAC convened the fifth Young Professional Nuclear Forum (YPNF), a program sponsored by the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and the Moscow...
Stop the Low-Yield Trident Nuclear Warhead
June 2019
On Tuesday [June 4], the House Subcommittee on Strategic Forces debated the draft Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.It voted out, on party lines, language that prohibits...
Events
The Strike on Qassem Soleimani: Implications for Iran, the Middle East and the World
January 6, 2020
Panel discussion with Stanford international affairs experts on escalating U.S.-Iran tensions. Register: Click here to RSVP Livestream: Please click here to join the livestream. About this Event: U...
A Comprehensive History of North Korea's Nuclear Program and Lessons Learned
March 26, 2018
NOTE: Seminar room changed to Oksenberg Conference RoomEncina Hall, 3rd floor This is an APARC-CISAC joint event.With all eyes on the upcoming Inter-Korean Summit and the planned Kim-Trump Summit,...
Regional Powers and Nuclear Force Development: Explaining India’s Nuclear Submarine Program
December 19, 2017
Abstract: This research investigates why and how regional nuclear powers come to develop specific kind of nuclear delivery systems, especially a submarine-based ballistic missile (SSBN) force.
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