The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Nuclear policy
Scholarly Publications
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.
A MOOC With Meaning
May 2017
Under the sponsorship of Stanford University, we designed a massive open online course (MOOC) to raise public consciousness about the past, present, and future dangers of nuclear weapons.
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.
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.
Nuclear Vulnerability
April 2015
This is a letter response to an article by Eric Schlosser on a break-in at the Y-12 nuclear facility.
News
Siegfried Hecker's 'Solution' to North Korean Denuclearization - Interview with SisaIN (Korea)
July 2018
SisaIN: You suggested that the best way for denuclearization is to convert N.
Why did Kim Jong Un blow up his nuclear test site?
May 2018
STANFORD, Calif. — When President Trump abruptly canceled the summit with North Korea last week, it overshadowed the closing of North Korea’s nuclear test site just a few hours before.
Events
"Our theoreticians were armed with McNamara's arguments." Reflections on Soviet military strategy in the 1960s and 1970s.
March 3, 2018
Abstract: The quotation in the title is taken from the memoirs of Boris Chertok, a leading Soviet missile designer. In my talk I will examine significant shifts in Soviet thinking about nuclear...
A 21st century Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
February 5, 2018
Abstract: Founded in 1945 by Manhattan Project scientists who “could not remain aloof to the consequences of their work,” the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists aimed to chronicle the dawn of the...
Reset of U.S. nuclear waste management strategy and policy
January 22, 2018
This talk is co-sponsored by the Precourt Institute for Energy and will take place in the Engineering Quad (see address above) from 4:30 - 5:20 PM Abstract: The U.S.
Projects
Lab-to-Lab Cooperation
Senior Fellow Siegfried Hecker was the director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory when the Soviet Union broke apart in 1991.
English
Multimedia
America’s Nuclear Waste – No Solution in Sight
January 2016
America’s nuclear waste is accumulating at over seventy sites in 39 states – but there is no clear way forward for its final disposal. An international cast of experts explains how the U.S.
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