CISAC
Spotlight
Who We Are
The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) is Stanford University’s hub for researchers tackling some of the world's most pressing security and international cooperation issues.
Founded 40 years ago, CISAC today is building on its historic strengths to seek solutions to the many longstanding and emerging challenges associated with an increasingly complex world. We are guided by our longstanding belief that a commitment to rigorous scholarship, openness to new ideas, and lively intellectual exchange can spur the creation and spread of knowledge to help build a safer world.
Leadership
Scott D. Sagan
Co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation, FSI Senior Fellow
CISAC on the Shelves
Upstart: How China Became a Great Power
Oriana Skylar Mastro
In The Nation's Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz
Philip Taubman
The Fragile Balance of Terror: Deterrence in the New Nuclear Age
Vipin Narang and Scott D. Sagan
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea's Nuclear Program
Siegfried S. Hecker
China’s Agents of Chaos: The Military Logic of Beijing’s Growing Partnerships
Oriana Skylar Mastro
Atomic Arguments and Counter-Arguments: How Exposure to Conflicting Information Influences American Public Support for the Use of Nuclear Weapons
Scott Sagan and Benjamin Valentino
The Crumbling Foundations of American Strength
Amy Zegart