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China's Security Dilemma to the Year 2010
October 1997
Whether China can achieve its economic and political goals depends very much upon whether PRC's domestic stability can be maintained and large-scale devastating military conflict, either internally...
China's Space Industry and Its Strategy of International Cooperation
July 1996
This paper reviews the activities and accomplishments of the Chinese space community in international cooperation and discusses appropriate ways of further cooperation with other nations.
China's Telecommunications: Present and Future
June 1997
By the end of 1995, China had built the world's ten largest telecommunications networks and the industry was growing at a faster rate than any other sector of the booming Chinese economy.
Chinese Perspectives on the South Asian Nuclear Tests
January 1999
India's nuclear tests in May 1998 shocked the world. On May 11 and 13, India conducted a total of five tests.
Civil-Military Relations and Nuclear Weapons
June 1994
When a state develops a nuclear arsenal, these destructive weapons must be initially integrated into existing military forces and initially managed through existing civil and military institutions....
Claim-Making and Large-Scale Historical Processes in the Late Twentieth Century
June 1997
"Claim-Making and Large-Scale Historical Processes in the Late Twentieth Century," held March 7-9, 1997, at Stanford University, was an experimental workshop to preview the dimensions on the eve of...
Climate Change and the Transformation of World Energy Supply
May 1999
This report outlines the changes in energy supply that will be required over the next fifty years.
Collaborative Project on Soviet Defense Conversion
December 1992
Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) has undertaken a project to work with elements of the Soviet defense industry to help them convert production from...
Commercialization of Russian Technology in Cooperation with American Companies
June 1999
The Soviet Union placed a high priority on science and technology and built a huge assembly of research institutes, educational programs, design bureaus, and production enterprises embodying some...
Commercializing High Technology: East and West
January 1996
In the aftermath of the Cold War, global economic competition has come to play an increasingly important role in defining national security and the shape of the future world order.
Commercializing Technology: What Should DOD Learn from DOE?
November 1990
In this report, the author addresses: (1) the basis for federal government intervention in energy markets;(2) the mechanisms DOE employed to assist in the commercialization of energy technology;(3)...
Conference on Police Reform in States under Transition
December 1996
On March 4 and 5, 1996, the Stanford Center for International Security and Arms Control, in conjunction with the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, convened a research planning...
Converting Pulsed Power to Civilian Applications in Russia: Problems and Promise
April 1995
The economic, political, and social changes underway in the former Soviet Union are of unprecedented scale and importance.
Cooperative Business Ventures between U.S. Companies and Russian Defense Enterprises
April 1997
As a result of the rapid changes following the breakup of the Soviet bloc, there were suddenly new markets of hundreds of millions of people, covering a large portion of the earth, containing large...
Critical Infrastructures: The Path Ahead (Proceedings of: XIWT symposium on Cross-Industry Activities for Information Infrastructure Robustness)
February 1999
The Cross-Industry Working Team (XIWT), with the support of Stanford University Consortium for Research on Information Security and Policy (CRISP), sponsored a symposium on cross-industry...
Decisive Victory and Correct Doctrine: Cults in French Military Thought Before 1914 (A Rereading of Ardant du Picq, Ferdinand Foch, and Loyzeau de Grandmasion)
November 1993
Many critics have discussed French military doctrine in terms of its broad social and political contexts.
Defense Conversion: A Strategic Imperative for Russia
August 1992
This paper deals with defense conversion (broadly interpreted) in the newly independent states (NIS) of the former Soviet Union (FSU), with emphasis on the situation in Russia.
Defense Industry Restructuring in Russia: Case Studies and Analysis
December 1994
Because of the Soviet Union's heavy emphasis on military prowess and capability, the military-industrial sector in the Soviet Union (and Russia) was larger than its counterparts in other...
Defense Investment: A Strategy for the 1990s
December 1989
The national security strategy of the United States since World War II has changed frequently during the course of eight administrations and two wars.
Defense Resource Allocation in the 1990s: A Rational Approach
July 1990
This paper addresses the steps that the United States should take to insure the continuation of its position of influence and involvement in world commerce and geopolitics in light of the...
Democracy, Foreign Forces, and War: The United States and the Cold War in the Third World
November 1996
During the Cold War, the United States carried out a number of covert actions against elected governments in the Third World.
Deterrence and Defense: Opportunities for a Future European Defense Policy
March 1997
The renewed American debate over ballistic missile defenses (BMD) echoes loudly in NATO, in Europe, and in France.
Do We Need Arms Control If Peace Breaks Out?
September 1990
The world is facing truly breathtaking changes, in particular from the socialist countries.
Does the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) require its non-nuclear-weapon members to permit inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of nuclear activities that have not been reported to the IAEA?
April 1992
This analysis argues that the basic purpose of NPT safeguards—to verify compliance with an obligation not to "manufacture" nuclear weapons—could be easily thwarted if a non-nuclear-weapon party is...
