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Will Insurrection Lead to Terrorism?
February 2021
Reading history for lessons about what happens when agitators go underground.
The divide between Silicon Valley and Washington is a national-security threat
December 2018
A silent divide is weakening America’s national security, and it has nothing to do with President Donald Trump or party polarization.
The U.S. drone war in Pakistan revisited
November 2018
Many analysts, practitioners, and scholars are skeptical of the efficacy of drone strikes for counterterrorism, suggesting that they provide short-term gains at best and are counterproductive at...
Armed drones changing conflict faster than anticipated, Stanford scholar finds
March 2018
Could the mere threat of using an armed drone ever coerce an enemy to change their behavior – without attacking them?Yes, says Stanford political scientist Amy Zegart, who argues in a new research...
Donald Trump’s Claims About Radical Jihadists Are Very Wrong
June 2016
CISAC senior fellow Martha Crenshaw fact checks Donald Drumpf on terrorism.
New Stanford Class Targets National Security Problems with Silicon Valley-Style Innovation
May 2016
Student teams use “lean launchpad” startup methodology to innovate at speed and find technological solutions for critical challenges facing America’s defense and intelligence agencies.
Brussels Suicide Attacks “Shocking but Not Surprising,” Say Stanford Experts
March 2016
Inner-city neighborhood with links to suspects was known as a base for terrorists to launch attacks across Europe and beyond.
The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century
December 2015
This book is a counter to the conventional wisdom that the United States can and should do more to reduce both the role of nuclear weapons in its security strategies and the number of nuclear...
U.S. Senate Report on CIA Torture Flawed on Several Fronts, CISAC Co-Director Says
December 2015
CISAC co-director Amy Zegart says the U.S.
U.S. National Security Faces Challenges from Insider Threats and Organizational Rigidity
September 2015
Insider threats and surprise attacks on American national security are increasing and rooted in organizational inflexibility.
CISAC Cybersecurity Expert Gives Senate Testimony on Encryption Risks
July 2015
It’s a technique that’s been used to calculate the odds of everything from the likelihood of a nuclear meltdown to the chances of getting sick from eating bad seafood, but CISAC senior research...
Crenshaw presents new book project on terrorism
May 2015
What is it about terrorism that makes it so difficult to study and counteract through U.S. government policy?
USSTRATCOM commander hosts CISAC for policy talks
April 2015
U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, the U.S.
CISAC Scholars Consider Threats by Islamic State
March 2015
In this talk sponsored by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, three CISAC scholars discuss the Islamic State, Iran and the Taliban and the threats they impose to American security.
Cuéllar looks back on leading FSI
December 2014
For 14 years, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar has been a tireless Stanford professor who has strengthened the fabric of university’s interdisciplinary nature.
STRATCOM Commander: Deterrence remains foundation of national security
December 2014
American deterrence, though traditionally centered on the nuclear triad, is becoming ever more integrated and dependent on other technologies in space and the cyber world, Admiral Cecil D.
FSI's Ashton Carter nominated as secretary of defense
December 2014
President Barack Obama nominates former Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, a visiting scholar at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, as his next...
Hegghammer explores the motivations behind ISIS demand for Islamic state
July 2014
CISAC Consulting Professor Thomas Hegghammer writes in this Lawfare foreign policy essay that the move by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to declare itself an Islamic State with a...
NSA phone records yield private medical, financial and legal data
March 2014
Two computer science graduate students, including CISAC cybersecurity fellow Jonathan Mayer, have found that the NSA's mass collection of phone records can yield much more information about people...
Zegart: Feinstein-CIA fracas is a blow for the intelligence agency
March 2014
CISAC Co-Director Amy Zegart calls accusations by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein that the CIA may have violated the U.S.
Former FBI director targets cybercrimes
November 2013
Robert Mueller said terrorism is still the FBI's top priority. But the agency needs to find new ways of fighting cybercrimes, which he calls "the threat of the future."
Perry, Weinstein honored for academic and policy achievements
April 2013
Two of CISAC's scholars, William J. Perry and Jeremy Weinstein, received honors in recognition of their groundbreaking work in international affairs.
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Colin H. Kahl Senior Fellow Steven C. Házy Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 
