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
Wartime Cyber Resilience Lessons from Ukraine: the Case of Estonia and Its Wider Implications | Merle Maigre
Thursday, April 30, 2026
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Pacific)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Do States Fight Wars Because of Religion? I Don't Think So. | Ron Hassner
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Dead Hand of Revenge: Decapitation Threat and the Design of Nuclear Command and Control System | X Zhang
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
From Estonian Uranium to Soviet Arsenal: Binding Territory Through Infrastructure and Demographics in Sillamäe, 1944-1955 | Alexandra Sukalo
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for Pandemics: Benefits and Harms, Looking Backward and Looking Forward | Marc Lipsitch
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan | Maxime Polleri
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (Pacific)
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
What the Baltic States Reveal About Capitalism, Security, and Trust | Vytautas Kuokštis
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
Combating Illicit Trafficking of Nuclear and Other Radioactive Materials Through a Regional Nuclear Security Regime in South Asia | Sitara Noor
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)