The CISAC Research Seminar Series features speakers that present on topics related to international security and their policy implications. The purpose is to encourage interchange between the scientific and non-scientific communities at CISAC and within Stanford, to further CISAC’s goals of educating students and the public, conducting good scholarly research and influencing policy.
Events
Seminars
The Untold Story of China's Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing | Hui Zhang
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Laying the Foundation for Environmental Peacebuilding: Assessing Scientific and Environmental Cooperation during and after the Cold War | Erika Weinthal
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Local Peace, International Builders: How the UN Builds Peace from the Bottom Up | William Nomikos
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
How Much is Enough to Kill a Nation? Great Power Nuclear Deterrence in a New Era of Countervalue | Jaganath Sankaran
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
The Balance of Nuclear Humility: Techno-optimism, Complexity, and the Perils of Nuclear Primacy | Christopher Lawrence
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Illusions of Control: Dilemmas in Managing U.S. Proxy Forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria | Erica Gaston
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security | Fiona Cunningham
Thursday, May 29, 2025
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Women Powering the Atom: Gendered Labor and Expertise in Bulgaria’s Nuclear Industry | Elana Resnick
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)