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The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race And Presidential Power From Truman To Trump
May 5, 2020
* Please note all CISAC events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/wV3Jvqri5Ds About the Event: Throughout America’s atomic history, the president has...
The Tragedy of American Nuclear Policy
February 7, 2020
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/YQU4cuywdK8 About this Event: What sort of narrative defines the American experience with nuclear weapons?
Demystifying China
January 23, 2020
Livestream: Registration is required and will close 24 hours before the event. Click here to register.This event is available only to CISAC faculty, fellows, staff, and honors students. About this...
The Dilemma of Nuclear Insecurity and Limits of Law
November 27, 2019
This event is co-sponsored by the Program in History and Philosophy of Science; Program in Science, Technology, and Society; and Stanford Center for Law and History. Livestream: This event will not...
Security in a Post-Nuclear Age
October 28, 2019
Livestream: This event will not be live-streamed or recorded. Abstract: Seventy-five years after the introduction of nuclear weapons, it is no longer clear that these tools of security remain the...
Rethinking U.S. Nuclear Doctrine: The Rule of Law and the Role of Strategy
September 25, 2019
Abstract: In 2013, the Obama Administration’s “Nuclear Employment Strategy” guidance announced that all war plans and operations would be “consistent with the fundamental principles of the Law of...
The War Scare That Wasn’t
April 18, 2019
Seminar recording: https://youtu.be/NUJqthUIGiU /*-->*/ Abstract: Did the Cold War of the 1980s nearly turn hot?
Maximizing Leverage: China’s Strategic Force Posture Choices in the Information Age
March 11, 2019
Abstract: How do nuclear-armed states coerce their adversaries in wars with limited aims without using nuclear weapons?
Revisiting the “Broken Promise” Controversy: The 1989-90 Origin of Post-Cold War NATO Expansion, Thirty Years On
March 11, 2019
Click here to RSVP Abstract: As Russian President Vladimir Putin pursues a more assertive policy toward the West, one of his primary grievances is that NATO enlarged despite 1990 assurances to the...
European Security and Its Future – A “Cool” Perspective from Finland
February 8, 2019
Click here to RSVP Speaker Bio: Ms. Kirsti Kauppi became Ambassador of Finland to the United States in September 2015.
Russian Hybrid War, Ukraine, and US policy
February 7, 2019
Abstract: This talk will discuss the evolution of Russian hybrid war and how the Russians executed it to perfection to seize Crimea.
Nuclear Disarmament Verification via Resonant Phenomena
December 14, 2018
Click here to view paper Abstract: Nuclear disarmament treaties are not sufficient in and of themselves to neutralize the existential threat of the nuclear weapons.
The Stopping Power of Norms
December 14, 2018
Abstract: Sagan and Valentino's path-breaking survey of public opinion American attitudes towards the laws of war found Americans are relatively insensitive to international norms and taboos...
Foreign Adversary Threats to Democratic Institutions: Are Courts Next?
February 15, 2018
- This event is offered as a joint sponsorship with the Hoover Institution - Abstract: Russia’s interference in our election was part of an ongoing campaign to undermine democracy and its...
Peacebuilding and Political Order in Post-Conflict Societies
February 14, 2018
Abstract: The conventional international approach to post-conflict intervention has fallen short of expectations despite the enormous resources devoted to the endeavor.
Three Can Keep a Secret if Two of Them are Dead
February 12, 2018
Abstract: What do some of America’s adversaries think about U.S. scientists, engineers and technical specialists they meet?What is it really like to be an intelligence officer (IO) abroad?
NATO's Lessons in Crisis: Institutional Memory in International Organizations
December 18, 2017
Abstract: In crisis management operations, strategic errors can cost lives. Some international organizations (IOs) learn from these failures whereas others tend to repeat them.
Improving Recognition of Near-Miss Events
November 27, 2017
Abstract: Despite decades of research on organizational disasters, such events remain too common.
Governing the AI Revolution: The Research Landscape
August 23, 2017
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly improving. The opportunities are tremendous, but so are the risks.
A Conversation with Jake Sullivan
March 24, 2017
- This joint CISAC/FSI event is at maximum capacity. RSVPs are for waitlist only. Thank you for your interest -About the Event: Jake Sullivan, Martin R.
Challenges and Perspectives for NATO in the 21st Century
February 24, 2017
About the Event: NATO is entering today the 4th phase of its history and must adapt to changes in today’s security environment in order to remain relevant.
The Presidency, the Media, and the Public: a Short History
February 10, 2017
Abstract: The formal constitutional character of the presidential office – that is, the method of electing the president, and the powers both granted and denied to the president -- was defined by...
American Military-Technological Superiority in the Age of Cyber Espionage, Globalization and of the Rise of China
January 31, 2017
Abstract: How easily and quickly can states rise in the military domain? Do industrial espionage and in particular cyber-espionage facilitate and accelerate this process?
Aspirational Power: Brazil and the International Order
December 16, 2016
Abstract: What do emerging powers want from the international order? Are their intentions generally benign or potentially harmful to global order?
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Michael A. McFaul Director, Senior Fellow Professor, Political Science, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 
