Nuclear nonproliferation
May 16th, 2013
Sagan praises Kenneth Waltz's legacy on nuclear debate
CISAC in the news: Foreign Policy on May 15, 2013Scott 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
CISAC NewsAnalysts 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 newsCISAC'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 newsGeorge 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, 2013Steven 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, 2013Continuing 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, 2012CISAC 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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