http://cisac.stanford.edu/Recent news, events + publications from CISACen-usPublic domainhttp://cisac.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://cisac.stanford.edu/60http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1693If there's a consensus about the confrontation between Russia and Georgia, writes CISAC's Pavel Podvig, it's that the conflict has seriously strained the relationship between Moscow and its Western counterparts--namely, the United States and NATO. Now that the worst of the conflict seems over, it appears that the harshest measures suggested in the first days of the conflict, i.e., expelling Russia from the G-8, won't materialize. Despite all of the disagreements and mistrust, each party seems to understand that severing ties between Russia and the West isn't realistic.]]>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1693http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1672Private sector leaders, senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials, and academic experts convened at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) for a forum on a revolutionary development in disaster response: the rise and pervasiveness of social network communications, and the way these networks will reshape the flow of information when disasters strike.]]>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1672http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1665Heads of international organizations and foreign policy leaders from around the world met in Berlin, Germany on July 15 and 16 to discuss the future of international security and cooperation. Convened by the Managing Global Insecurity Project (MGI) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the event - "Responsible Sovereignty: International Cooperation for a Changed World" - was the MGI project's fifth and capstone advisory group conference. The goal of the Berlin session was to generate momentum toward a 2009-2010 campaign to expand global partnerships and rejuvenate international cooperation to address today's most pressing global challenges. ]]>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1665http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1654FSI senior fellow Stephen Stedman reviews John Bolton's book, Surrender Is not an Option, in the July/August issue of the Boston Review. "The memoir reads like an international relations primer done in the style of a modern morality tale," he writes. "Imagine Kenneth Waltz's classic Man, the State, and War as written by Ayn Rand."]]>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1654http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1628CISAC Co-Director Siegfried Hecker talks to Al Jazeera about being one of the few outsiders to have visited North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility, what he saw on his visits to the plant, and how likely he thinks it is that North Korea will give up its nuclear program.]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1628http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1551CISAC Co-Director Scott Sagan interviewed former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright May 27 before a capacity audience in Kresge Auditorium about the challenges facing the next U.S. president. Albright, now a professor at Georgetown, also offered an insightful, and often biting, analysis of current policy dilemmas worldwide.]]>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1551http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1546CISAC development manager Nora Sweeny and Stanford Video have received a bronze Telly Award in the History/Biography category for "Peace of Mind: A Film Tribute to William J. Perry."]]>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1546http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1542CISAC faculty member John Lewis argues in the Boston Globe that the North Korea diplomatic initiative launched by President Bush in October 2006 will come to naught if the administration fails to follow through on promises it made to encourage Pyongyang to destroy its nuclear weapons programs.]]>Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1542http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1537A U.S. official says a preliminary review of thousands of documents shows North Korea has fully accounted for its plutonium development program. But the papers may not convince skeptics that the disarmament process is moving ahead.]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1537http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1534Siegfried Hecker and William Perry argue that the Bush administration should not walk away or slow down talks with Pyongyang, instead it should focus on limiting North Korea's nuclear capabilities by concluding the elimination of plutonium production.]]>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/news/1534http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22218CISAC, April 8, 2008
Report and contributed papers from a project concerned with rebuilding international consensus for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The papers originally were presented at a CISAC workshop Oct. 16-17, 2007.]]>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:55:03 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22218http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22177American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008
Pavel Podvig of CISAC and Hui Zhang of Harvard's Belfer Center analyze how Russia and China will respond if the United States continues to pursue the weaponization of space, and the broader implications for international security.]]>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:08:33 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22177http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22163, 4/30/2008
Full text of Dr. Hecker's testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, April 30, 2008]]>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:02:40 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22163http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22161Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 1, 2008
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On July 15, 2007, the DPRK shut down and sealed the key nuclear facilities at Yongbyon and allowed IAEA inspectors back to monitor the shut-down. The shut-down halts the production of additional bomb fuel (plutonium) and the disablement makes it more difficult to restart plutonium production should the DPRK decide to do so.]]>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:08:35 PSThttp://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22146http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/22142Security Studies vol. 17, January 2008
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