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Al Qaeda’s Leader Is Old, Bumbling—and a Terrorist Mastermind
September 2020
Nineteen years after 9/11, al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has yet to achieve the household notoriety evoked by his immediate predecessor, Osama bin Laden.
Why didn’t the U.S. rebuke Russia for its Taliban bounty deal? Four things to know.
July 2020
President Trump is in the middle of another controversy involving Russia.
The U.S. may be close to a peace deal in Afghanistan. Here are 3 big takeaways.
February 2020
Last Friday, the U.S. government announced a two-step peace deal with the insurgent Afghan Taliban.
George Washington Was a Master of Deception
November 2018
Abstract: The Founding Fathers relied on deceit in championing American independence—and that has lessons for the present.
The Self-Inflicted Demise of American Power
July 2018
NATO leaders have a lot to worry about. The U.K. government is a Brexit hot mess.
A Clear-Eyed Focus on our Interests: A guide for the Next President
February 2016
For the past two years, we have convened a bipartisan group of Hoover and Stanford scholars to better understand foreign policy challenges and develop a strategy for the next administration —...
Thirteenth Korea-U.S. West Coast Strategic Forum
January 2015
The thirteenth session of the Korea-U.S.
Iran's Path to Nuclear Peace
January 2014
CISAC and FSI Senior Fellows Siegfried Hecker and Bill Perry write in this OpEd in The New York Times that Iran has little to show for its 50-year pursuit of a nuclear program.
My Personal Journey at the Nuclear Brink
June 2013
CISAC Faculty Member and former U.S. Secretary of Defense William J. Perry tells the story of how he became a nuclear weapons abolitionist.
A Chance to Defuse North Korea
June 2013
On Friday, June 7, President Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a series of talks to address major issues between the two countries.
Requiem for a Realist: Remembering the nuclear strategist
May 2013
Scott Sagan, in this piece for Foreign Policy, remembers his longtime friend and colleague Kenneth Waltz. Waltz passed away on May 13.
Tough Witness
February 2013
CISAC Faculty Member Amy Zegart discusses the confirmation hearings of CIA Director nominee John Brennan.
Transportation SNAFU Administration
December 2012
Foreign Policy blogger and CISAC Faculty Member Amy Zegart explains the good, the bad, and the ugly of aviation security.
Spooks, Incorporated
December 2012
Foreign Policy blogger and CISAC Faculty Member Amy Zegart explains how major private companies are increasingly developing their own intelligence that conduct surveillance and analyze information...
King David
November 2012
In this blog post for Foreign Policy, Zegart discusses how the military's organizational and operational culture clashes with that of intelligence agencies.
Reaction Time
November 2012
In this post for Foreign Policy, Martha Crenshaw outlines the difficulties that U.S. presidents have had in forming and maintaining a counterterrorism strategy.
Failing History
October 2012
CISAC Faculty Member Amy Zegart outlines how the CIA's mindset has not changed since the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962.
Torture Creep
September 2012
According to Amy Zegart, CISAC faculty member, Americans have become more hawkish on counterterrorism policy since Barack Obama took office.
The Ayatollah's Pregnant Pause
August 2012
CISAC Affiliate Jeffrey Lewis, founder of the blog ArmsControlWonk.com, explains that journalists and foreign policy elites have misunderstood the National Intelligence Estimates on Iran's nuclear...
2012 winners of The William J. Perry Prize and the Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
June 2012
Stephen Craig: "Tamed Tiger or Restless Beast?
Stop Ignoring Taiwan
May 2012
In an article for Foreign Policy, Karl Eikenberry makes the case for the United States to invigorate its relations with Taiwan and outlines the work needed to make this a reality and stabilize...
President Obama’s Asia Overdrive
November 2011
When Asia’s leaders gather in Honolulu next week for the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Americans will get a glimpse of the Obama administration’s hyperactive Asia agenda.
Framing Defense Cuts
October 2011
Abstract: Since the crisis over America’s debt rating and the formation of the super committee, there has been a surge in debate about how to reduce defense spending.
Technology Can Nudge Climate Change Politics
October 2011
Reducing carbon-dioxide emissions is primarily a political problem, rather than a technological one.
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Michael A. McFaul Director, Senior Fellow Professor, Political Science, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 
Amy Zegart Senior Fellow Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 
