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
Anonymous Online Survey Detection of Political Violence, Social Unrest and Human Rights Violations | Andrew Shaver
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
How America Failed to Disarm North Korea: The Inside Story | Joel Wit
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Seminars
The Unforgiving Hour: New Technologies, Old Ideas, and the Fragility of American Power | Amy Zegart
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
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)