CISSM - Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland

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04/29/2013 - CISSM released "Media Coverage of Iran's Nuclear Program" and hosted a panel discussion about the report at the Wilson Center for International Scholars. Read an event summary.
04/01/2013 - Last week, CISSM hosted students from Moscow's Institue for U.S. and Canadian Studies as part of its Collaborative Education and Cooperative Security project. This year's visit marked the project's 10th annual student exchange.
03/25/2013 - The Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded CISSM a 2-year, $400,000 grant in support of CISSM's Collaborative Education and Cooperative Security project.
03/08/2013 - CISSM Director John Steinbruner deliverd a keynote address on the political and social implications of climate change at WorldAffairs 2013. Video of his remarks is available here.
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Madiha Afzal, "The Week After", (The Express Tribune, May 2013)
Jonas Siegel and Saranaz Barforoush, "Media Coverage of Iran's Nuclear Program", (CISSM Report, April 2013)
John Steinbruner, "Preparing to Manage Geoengineering Contingencies", (Contribution to WBUR's Climate Change Series, April 2013)
Pasha Sharikov, "Cybersecurity in Russian-U.S. Relations", (CISSM Policy Brief, April 2013)
David G. Victor, M. Granger Morgan, Jay Apt, John Steinbruner, and Katharine Ricke , "The Truth about Geoengineering", (ForeignAffairs.com, March 2013)
Nickolas Roth and Janne Nolan, "Strengthening Senate Oversight of Nuclear Security", (The Hill's Congress Blog, March 2013)
Robert D. Lamb, Sadika Hameed, Joy Aoun, Kevin Jones, Kathryn Mixon, and Adam Parker, "U.S. Policy Responses to Potential Transitions: A New Dataset of Political Protests, Conflicts, and Coups", (CSIS Report, March 2013)
John Steinbruner, "The Strategic Implications of Global Warming", (Paper prepared for Financial Services Volunteer Corps Symposium, November 2012)
Aviv Melamud and Nilsu Goren , "A Regional Arrangement on Securing Radiological Agents as a CSBM: Common Interest in Preventing Radiological Terrorism", (EU Nonproliferation Consortium Background Paper, November 2012)
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None Scheduled

The CISSM Target of Opportunity Fund supports exploratory research, education, and outreach efforts related to security policy.

PUAF 699K: Civil Conflict and Terrorism, John Steinbruner, (Syllabus, January 2013)
PUAF 720: International Security Policy, Nancy Gallagher, (Syllabus, January 2013)
PUAF 699V: Homeland Security Policy, William J. Lahneman, (Syllabus, January 2013)
PUAF 798Q: Ethics of War and Conflict, Daniel Levine, (Syllabus, January 2013)
PUAF 689V: Forecasting and Analyzing Political Violence, Kevin Jones, (Syllabus, January 2013)
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