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May 16th, 2013

Sagan praises Kenneth Waltz's legacy on nuclear debate

CISAC in the news: Foreign Policy on May 15, 2013

Scott Sagan, in this piece for Foreign Policy, remembers his longtime friend and writing partner Kenneth Waltz. The international relations theorist passed away on May 13. Read more »



May 3rd, 2013

Tracking North Korean nuclear sites with cloud computing

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Analysts at CISAC, together with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, are playing a leading role in deriving new and timely information of global security relevance from a variety of open-source geospatial tools. Read more »



May 2nd, 2013

Hecker discusses what's next for North Korea in Vienna talk

CISAC in the news

CISAC's Sig Hecker spoke about North Korea's nuclear program at a seminar in Vienna. Based on estimates from his visits to the country, most recently in 2010, Pyongyang does not have the technical capability to back up the threats it has issued. Read more »



April 23rd, 2013

George Bunn, CISAC professor who helped curb nuclear arsenals, dies

CISAC, FSI Stanford in the news

George Bunn, a former CISAC consulting professor for two decades who helped negotiate the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, has died. He leaves behind a legacy of lifelong commitment to the abolition of nuclear weapons worldwide. Read more »



April 1st, 2013

Presidents, Nuclear Reductions and the Senate

FSI Stanford, The Europe Center Op-ed: Up Front, Brookings Institute on March 14, 2013

Steven Pifer, director of the Brookings Arms Control Initiative, points out that nuclear reduction efforts have not always been accomplished through treaties requiring 2/3 majority in the Senate. Read more »


SORT vs. New START: Why the Administration is Leery of a Treaty

FSI Stanford, The Europe Center Op-ed: Up Front, Brookings Institute on March 15, 2013

Continuing his previous blog discussion on nuclear arms control efforts ("Presidents, Nuclear Reductions and the Senate", March 14, 2013) , Steven Pifer, director of the Brookings Institute Arms Control Initiative, points out that past experience with Republican senate partisanship makes alternatives to treaties the way to go for President Obama. Read more »



July 5th, 2012

Sagan in Nature: It's time for a world with no nuclear warheads

CISAC in the news: Nature on July 5, 2012

CISAC Senior Fellow Scott Sagan, in a commentary in Nature, believes the dangers from nuclear weapons are mounting. It's time to take control of the nuclear fuel cycle and move toward a world without warheads.





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