Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Center for International Security and Cooperation Stanford University



Rethinking Refugee Communities
Stanford students head to African refugee camps on design project

Four Stanford students are traveling to Africa, making their way to remote refugee camps along the Sudanese border to research ways in which technology and design innovation can improve conditions for refugees and their surrounding communities. The trip evolved out of a UN-CISAC project and Stanford Law School class, "Rethinking Refugee Camps." Read more »


On Sabbatical
Hecker steps down as co-director, but not away from CISAC

Siegfried Hecker, CISAC's co-director for five years, is stepping down from his leadership role to take a sabbatical and work on his book. He'll return this summer as a senior fellow at CISAC and FSI and to co-teach the popular "Technology and National Security" class.


UN Simulation
Students take part in UN simulation to debate Iran's nuclear program

CISAC faculty member Amy Zegart writes in Foreign Policy about Stanford's popular UN Security Council simulation, which this year took on a hypothetical nuclear crisis in Iran. More than 150 students represented 23 countries in the 48 hours of mock debate.


North Korea
Hecker takes hard look at North Korea's nuclear test

CISAC's Siegfried Hecker, one of the world's leading experts on North Korea's nuclear program, takes a hard look at Pyongyang's underground nuclear test.


Closing the Gap
Inequality in schools threatens American prosperity

CISAC Co-Director Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, co-chair of the federal Equity and Excellence Commission, explains why the growing achievement gap in education threatens American prosperity.

February 11, 2013
Stanford law professor, security expert to lead FSI

January 22, 2013
Interactive cartoon introduces cybersecurity fellows, their work



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