New research from Patrick Hulme shows presidents often act alone in military interventions not b/c Congress is weak, but b/c lawmakers choose to avoid blame while quietly supporting action. The “imperial presidency” story misses the real dynamic. Read more⤵️ cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🚨 JUST IN: Time for Iran to make a no-enrichment nuclear deal By Siegfried Hecker and Abbas Milani In Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists thebulletin.org/2025/07/time-f… #IAEA #Iran #Irannucleardeal #Irannuclearprogram #enrichment #Israel #JCPOA #Trump

"You cannot afford to do without your women soldiers. They are an inherent part of the U.S. armed forces, and out of necessity, they will be into the future," writes William J. Perry Lecturer Rose Gottemoeller for RealClearDefense realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/…

In his latest article for Lawfare, CISAC affiliate Patrick Hulme extends his argument made on the imperial presidency thesis. Continue the conversation ⤵️ lawfaremedia.org/article/war-an…

"The notion of a singular AI race between the United States and China fails to capture the true complexity of the rivalry unfolding today," write CISAC senior fellow Colin Kahl and Jim Mitre in their latest article for Foreign Affairs. foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

As the global system fluctuates, CISAC & on Bluesky @stanfordcisac.bsky.social's Colin Kahl joins Chicago Council on Global Affairs to share his thoughts on how changes in U.S. strategy is both driving and responding to those changes. ow.ly/XE3m50WoPjc

The Islamic State in Somalia is both hyper-local and surprisingly global. In a new article for Hudson Institute, CISAC visiting scholar Stig Hansen explains how a group dismissed as 'Somali hillbillies' is revealing how local dynamics fuel global jihad. hudson.org/religious-free…

Can Israel-Iran’s 12-day war reshape India-Pakistan’s next crisis? CISAC Visiting Scholar Fahd Humayun unpacks how one region’s playbook could dangerously influence another’s. dawn.com/news/1923865/p…

On the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test, the Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War, including CISAC’s Scott Sagan, Herb Lin, Sig Hecker & Lynn Eden, called on world leaders & policymakers to recommit to reducing the nuclear threat. thebulletin.org/2025/07/the-no…

Our final day of #SummerSeminar2025 featured conversations with Belfer Center's Bob Zoellick and CISAC & on Bluesky @stanfordcisac.bsky.social's Jim Goldgeier, along with a discussion on academic publishing and public engagement led by Johns Hopkins SAIS's Frank Gavin and Texas National Security Review's Ryan Vest, PhD.

Trump cybersecurity EO embraces many Biden initiatives, but key questions are still to be addressed, says CISAC senior policy advisor Jim Dempsey for Lawfare lawfaremedia.org/article/the-cy…

"When a mother is being starved, it has lifelong implications for the child," commented Ruth Gibson, a postdoc fellow at StanfordHealthPolicy and CISAC, speaking to TIME about the unfolding famine in Gaza. time.com/7306325/medica…

WATCH | CISAC Co-Director Scott Sagan joined NHK-WORLD-JAPAN News to discuss opinion polls that suggest Americans have been changing their views on nuclear weapons since 1945. youtube.com/watch?v=3LECNK…

🚨 JUST IN: Former Los Alamos lab director, Sig Hecker, expresses concern that, 80 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world is unlearning the most important lessons about the dangers of nuclear war. thebulletin.org/2025/08/reflec… #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #nuclearweapons

Nearly 80 years after the first nuclear bomb was used in warfare, Nobel laureates and nuclear experts met to confront the rising risks of nuclear war and to issue a stark warning: the nuclear status quo is no longer stable. cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/news/80-years-…

Speaking with WIRED, Herb Lin and Scott Sagan of CISAC & on Bluesky @stanfordcisac.bsky.social discuss how artificial intelligence might impact nuclear weapons protocols and policy. ow.ly/5MeU50WEPbl

In a new article for the Journal of Conflict Resolution, CISAC affiliate Lauren Sukin & colleagues examine data from 24 countries finding early support for the US in the Russo-Ukrainian war came largely from approval of its restrained aid to Ukraine journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

🚨🚨🚨It’s publication day! THE ART OF COERCION is finally out. When do threats work? When they are credibly *conditional*. Credible and painful punishments are not enough. Threats fail if targets feel “damned if they do and damned if they don’t.” shorturl.at/YhDXU

Writing for WIRED, Graham Webster of CISAC & on Bluesky @stanfordcisac.bsky.social tells the story of why and how the U.S. government banned Nvidia from selling computer chips to China. ow.ly/aytY50WHQv5

"Salt Typhoon was more than a one-off intelligence success for China. It reflected a deeper, troubling reality," writes Payne Distinguished Lecturer Anne Neuberger in her latest for Foreign Affairs. foreignaffairs.com/china/china-wi…