Rose Gottemoeller, CISAC Friday, Sept. 25, 2026 • 12:00pm Encina Commons, Room 123

CISAC’s Scott Sagan named inaugural Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellow for Nuclear Ethics and Security, advancing research on the ethical, legal, and strategic challenges of nuclear weapons.

Jeffrey Lewis and Or Rabinowitz bring expertise in nuclear weapons policy, nonproliferation, open-source intelligence, and international nuclear diplomacy to Stanford.

Fearon, a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, will succeed Scott Sagan, who has served in the role since 2021.

Today’s political debate rests on a faulty assumption.

Congress should stop the president’s dangerous nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia.

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China is embracing open models while placing equal emphasis on security and control. It has not yet decided how it will strike a balance, writes Graham Webster.

Over the last nine months, I’ve travelled the country to speak about the ideas in my book, Autocrats vs. Democrats. Here are my biggest takeaways.

The dash of America’s “mosquito navy” led to victories at sea—and eventually on land.

The agreement between Washington and Riyadh could create a regional nuclear arms race, while forgoing the only advantage Israel wanted to gain from it: Saudi normalization

A Conversation With Oriana Skylar Mastro

Stanford Medicine’s David Relman transformed clinical diagnostics and food tracing for cyclospora, the parasitic organism behind the surge of this diarrheal illness. Here’s what he thinks you should k...

China’s Moonshot AI unveiled a freely available artificial intelligence model that seemed to narrow the gap with cutting-edge offerings from U.S. tech companies.

CISAC Fellow Sitara Noor discusses NATO, nuclear security, South Asian stability, and the experiences that have shaped her career in international security.

Podcast Episode · Lawyering Without Law · July 10 · 49m

We'll discuss the state of the war and how it has changed the face of modern conflict, U.S. policy, and NATO's future.

Published in Cold War History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Consortium of Universities for Global Health

In the age of AI, research integrity has become critical infrastructure, writes Stanford Law School's Rachel A. George.

YouTube video by CISAC Stanford (CISACStanford)

Racial Hierarchy and the Balance of Power: Race War in Merze Tate’s International Thought

The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) is pleased to welcome the fellows who will be joining us for the 2026-27 academic year. These scholars will spend the academic year genera...

Listen to The nuclear arms race nobody is talking about

Iran’s nuclear program remains a profound strategic challenge for both the United States and Israel, despite the consecutive joint aerial campaigns launched against it in June 2025 and February 2026. ...

Students met for the fifth annual International Security Symposium

And the coming crisis in strategic stability.

The Bulletin is honored to welcome nuclear proliferation and arms control expert Jeffrey Lewis and nuclear risk and disruptive technologies expert Herbert Lin to its Science and Security Board (SASB)....

Dr. May served as the Co-Director at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation from 1993 to 2000.

As expired treaties and emerging tech push the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight, experts warn that global nuclear risk is at its highest point in decades

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