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A Research Agenda for Cyber Risk and Cyber Insurance
April 2020
A Research Agenda for Cyber Risk and Cyber Insurance By: Gregory Falco, Stanford University Martin Eling, University of St.
Reassessing the All-Volunteer Force
December 2013
Karl Eikenberry, former ambassador to Afghanistan and retired U.S.
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Explaining Variation in Western Jihadists' Choice between Domestic and Foreign Fighting
February 2013
This article studies variation in conflict theater choice by Western jihadists in an effort to understand their motivations.
Atomic Aversion: Experimental Evidence on Taboos, Traditions, and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons
February 2013
How strong are normative prohibitions on state behavior?
Ties that Bind: Strategic Stability in the U.S.–China Relationship
January 2013
Abstract Conviction is widespread and increasing in both the United States and China—as well as many other countries—that the U.S.–China relationship is becoming less stable and more dangerous.
Governing Security: The Hidden Origins of American Security Agencies
November 2012
Description from Stanford University Press:The impact of public law depends on how politicians secure control of public organizations, and how these organizations in turn are used to define...
Lessons Learned from “Lessons Learned”: The Evolution of Nuclear Power Safety after Accidents and Near-Accidents
June 2012
Blandford and May review the major lessons learned from nuclear power accidents, and assess the impact those lessons have had on nuclear power, specifically, which measures were put into place to...
Intelligence as a Service Industry
April 2012
First paragraph of the article: Ubiquitous fictional depictions of dashing spies with expensive high-tech “toys” may be entertaining, but they tend to distort public understanding and inflate both...
The Political Economies of Immigration Law
March 2012
Abstract:A largely dysfunctional American immigration system is only poorly explained by simple depictions of the political economy of lawmaking on this issue, blaming factors such as deliberate...
The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb
January 2012
From Harper Collins publishers: Offering a clear analysis of the danger of nuclear terrorism and how it can be prevented, The Partnership sheds light on one of the most divisive security issues...
Alternate Trajectories of the Roles and Influence of China and the United States in Northeast Asia and the Implications for Future Power Configurations
December 2011
"Whether China and the United States maintain basically cooperative or fundamentally antagonistic relations obviously has very different implications for the region and for the prospects and...
Global Missile Defense Cooperation and China
December 2011
Abstract:US-Russia ballistic missile defense (BMD) cooperation can improve strategic stability between both countries, but this cooperation would pose a potential threat to China’s strategic...
Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
November 2011
Book description from Random House: What do Hedy Lamarr, avant-garde composer George Antheil, and your cell phone have in common?
Eyes on Spies: Congress and the United States Intelligence Community
September 2011
Description from Hoover Institution Press: Ten years after 9/11, the least reformed part of America's intelligence system is not the CIA or FBI but the US Congress.
Leaders and International Conflict
September 2011
An Editorial Review of Leaders and International Conflict from Amazon.com: "Chiozza and Goemans seek to explain why and when political leaders decide to initiate international crises and wars.
Rape Reporting During War: Why the Numbers Don't Mean What You Think They Do
August 2011
First page of the article: Reports of sexual violence during the ongoing unrest in Libya have captured headlines across the world.
Informal Networks, Economic Livelihoods and the Politics of Social Welfare: Understanding the Political And Humanitarian Consequences of the War on Terrorist Finance
June 2011
First paragraph of the article: Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, there has been considerable debate with respect to the utility and the consequences of the global campaign against...
Russia's Nuclear Forces: Between Disarmament and Modernization
April 2011
As Russia and the United States reduce their nuclear arsenals, their relationship has undergone a complex transformation toward cooperation and partnership mixed with suspicion and rivalry, writes...
Worrying About Washington: China's Views on the US Nuclear Posture
March 2011
Abstract Chinese commentators assessing the 2010 US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) acknowledged a number of ways in which they felt it was "better" than the 2001 NPR but still found much to criticize...
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Amy Zegart Senior Fellow Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 
Megan Palmer Executive Director, Bio Policy & Leadership Initiatives, Department of Bioengineering (BioE) 
