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A Nuclear Strike Should Require More than One Person’s Order
November 2020
Donald Trump has proven to be volatile, erratic, vengeful and prone to angry outbursts. Last week, as the vote count pushed his reelection bid out of sight, he reportedly fell into a dark mood.
Decades of Being Wrong About China Should Teach Us Something
June 2019
Thirty years ago this week, I watched the news from Beijing and started shredding my bedding.
How Ukraine’s Comedian-Candidate Could Disappoint the Kremlin
April 2019
If voters in Ukraine elect television star Volodymyr Zelensky president Sunday, as seems almost certain, that should please the Kremlin, which in the course of supporting rebels in the eastern...
The common-sense fix that American nuclear policy needs
August 2016
Jeffrey Lewis and Scott Sagan discuss President Obama’s consideration of adopting a policy of No-First-Use of nuclear weapons, stating that “While we think that such a pledge would ultimately...
Stanford military fellow John Chu promoted to colonel in US Army
December 2015
Senior Military Fellow John Chu was promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army at Stanford last Friday, a position selectively afforded for distinguished service and leadership.
Steven Chu: Climate change poses global security risks
April 2015
A sustainable future is within reach, but it won’t prevent the world from experiencing the potentially catastrophic environmental and political consequences of climate change and environmental...
Understanding conflict is the road to peace
January 2015
The Empirical Studies of Conflict project focuses on the causes and characteristics of politically motivated violence.
Can systems analysis counter nuclear terrorism in China?
December 2014
China is building more nuclear power plants than any other country today, with 21 plants up and running, 28 under construction and another 58 planned for development.
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.
New project looks at ethics of technology and war
December 2014
FSI Senior Fellow Scott Sagan is the chair of a new project by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, called the New Dilemmas in Ethics, Technology and War.
Scholars discuss research, possible collaboration on rule of law
October 2013
The half-day workshop brought together 20 scholars associated with FSI and Stanford Law School who discussed their individual research and explored possibilities for collaboration.
Co-director Cuéllar named to endowed professorship at Stanford Law
October 2012
CISAC co-director Siegfried Hecker congratulates his co-director Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar on being named the Stanley Morrison Professor of Law.
Ballots and Beijing: November 6 from China's perspective
October 2012
Thomas Fingar, FSI’s Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, considers how the outcome of the election could impact U.S.-China relations, and how the United States could focus its priorities in Asia.
Five foreign policy questions for Obama and Romney
October 2012
With the third and final debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney set to focus on foreign policy, researchers from the Freeman Spogli Institute ask the questions they want answered and...
With a new president and an old party, Mexico faces uncertain future
July 2012
Enrique Peña Nieto was elected Mexico's president promising to curb the country's drug-related violence.
On foreign policy, experts give Obama political edge
June 2012
During a discussion at the Freeman Spogli Institute, foreign policy experts said elections can turn on international issues, debunking the dictum that 'all politics is local.'
Eikenberry makes the case for invigorating Taiwan-U.S. relations
May 2012
In an article for Foreign Policy, Karl Eikenberry argues that the drifting Taiwan-U.S. relationship puts the stability of the Asia-Pacific region at risk.
Eikenberry looks to future of American military, calls for more accountability
May 2012
The former military commander and ambassador says Congress and the media must hold the military more accountable. He also cited the economy as the No. 1 threat to U.S.
Former student and former fellow publish in International Security
April 2012
The spring quarter issue of International Security included articles by Bryan Price, who Scott Sagan mentored as his PhD committee chair, and Patrick Johnston, a former predoctoral fellow at CISAC....
Q&A: Fingar shares insight on Chinese vice president's U.S. visit
February 2012
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping recently visited the United States to meet with top officials and tour various cities.
Stanford's McFaul is next ambassador to Russia
December 2011
Michael McFaul, a senior fellow at FSI and President Obama's top Russia advisor, will be Washington's chief diplomat in Moscow.
Thomas Fingar proposes some questions for the Republican presidential debate
November 2011
GOP presidential hopefuls will discuss foreign policy and national security at a debate in Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. Here are five questions China scholar Thomas Fingar would like them to answer.
Sept. 11: Are we safer 10 years later?
September 2011
Ten years after the terrorist attacks, five leading experts weigh in on the state of the jihadist movement, U.S. intelligence, and the cost of safety.
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