Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation
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Formerly the Center for International Security and Arms Control, co-founded by physicist Sidney Drell
and political scientist John Lewis, CISAC now stands for the Center for International Security and Cooperation. CISAC is a research center at Stanford University
that studies a range of international and domestic security and cooperation issues, including nuclear proliferation, counter-terrorism and homeland security, conflict resolution, and governance problems affecting security. The Center has particular strength on issues involving arms control as well as governance and security, and has a long history of encouraging collaboration between social and natural scientists. CISAC scholars have also made important contributions to the study of ethnic conflict, global governance, organizations, and homeland security. It is a part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Among its most distinguished current and former members are William J. Perry, 19th United States Secretary of Defense; George Bunn, first general counsel for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Michael May, former Director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(1965-1971); Condoleezza Rice
, former United States Secretary of State; Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
, a Stanford law professor and former official of the Clinton and Obama administrations; and Siegfried Hecker, Director emeritus of Los Alamos National Laboratory
(1985-1997) and winner of the 2009 Enrico Fermi Award
.
Sidney Drell
Sidney David Drell is an American theoretical physicist and arms control expert. He is a professor emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Drell is a noted contributor in the field of quantum electrodynamics and particle...
and political scientist John Lewis, CISAC now stands for the Center for International Security and Cooperation. CISAC is a research center at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
that studies a range of international and domestic security and cooperation issues, including nuclear proliferation, counter-terrorism and homeland security, conflict resolution, and governance problems affecting security. The Center has particular strength on issues involving arms control as well as governance and security, and has a long history of encouraging collaboration between social and natural scientists. CISAC scholars have also made important contributions to the study of ethnic conflict, global governance, organizations, and homeland security. It is a part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Among its most distinguished current and former members are William J. Perry, 19th United States Secretary of Defense; George Bunn, first general counsel for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Michael May, former Director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , just outside Livermore, California, is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center founded by the University of California in 1952...
(1965-1971); Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
, former United States Secretary of State; Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
Mariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuéllar is an American lawyer, academic, and former official in the Clinton and Obama administrations. He is an expert in administrative law, international security, and the law of public health and safety. He is currently Professor and Deane F...
, a Stanford law professor and former official of the Clinton and Obama administrations; and Siegfried Hecker, Director emeritus of Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security , located in Los Alamos, New Mexico...
(1985-1997) and winner of the 2009 Enrico Fermi Award
Enrico Fermi Award
The Enrico Fermi Award is an award honoring scientists of international stature for their lifetime achievement in the development, use, or production of energy. It is administered by the U.S. government's Department of Energy...
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