The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Agriculture
Scholarly Publications
Reform, Don't Merge, the Homeland Security Council
January 2009
A growing number of scholars argue that the new administration should overturn a key decision by President George W.
An Unaddressed Issue of Agricultural Terrorism: A Case Study on Feed Security
December 2004
In the late winter of 2003, a number of livestock animals in the Midwest were poisoned due to accidental contamination of a popular commercial feed with a lethal additive.
Other Publications
Congress Could Deal Death Blow to American Scientific Exceptionalism
June 2012
Next year's proposed cuts in federal funding for scientific research and development could be as high as 8 percent, seriously impacting research in agriculture, energy and medicine.
Technology Can Nudge Climate Change Politics
October 2011
Reducing carbon-dioxide emissions is primarily a political problem, rather than a technological one.
News
Stanford students visit refugee camps in Ethiopia on design project
March 2013
Four Stanford students traveled to Ethiopia, making their way to remote refugee camps along the Sudanese border to research ways in which technology and design innovation can improve conditions for...
Essay in Pakistan newspaper traces roots of crisis in the Islamic world
July 2004
In an essay published June 25 in The Friday Times (out of Lahore, Pakistan), Thomas W. Simons, Jr.
Events
The Science and Politics of Testing in India: What to Expect After the Nuclear Deal?
June 4, 2009
Abstract: Nuclear testing has a special place in the Indian nuclear discourse.
Main Issues Related to Nuclear Energy Expansion Around the World
February 25, 2009
Abstract: The expected increasing world energy demand makes it necessary for us to seriously and urgently study the questions of global warming due to greenhouse gas effect emissions and the...
Projects
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...
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