CISSM News
Kathleen Vogel joins CISSM as a Senior Fellow
May 25, 2017CISSM is pleased to welcome Kathleen Vogel, a recently appointed associate professor at the School of Public Policy, who will be a senior fellow at the center. Vogel, who is currently finishing a Jefferson Science Fellowship at the U.S. Department of State, will be joining the school full-time in the Fall of 2017.
Goren participates in NPT Prepcom side events
May 23, 2017On May 8 and May 10, 2017, CISSM Research Scholar Nilsu Goren spoke on two expert panels that the Geneva Center for Security Policy and the Academic Peace Orchestra Middle East (APOME), a collaborative research group consisting of some 100 regional and international experts, co-organized as side events to the 2017 Preparatory Committee of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in Vienna, at the Vienna International Center (VIC).
CISSM GA accepts nuclear security fellowship
May 15, 2017Jill Maloney, a recent School of Public Policy graduate and CISSM graduate assistant, was awarded a graduate fellowship from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Maloney is the third graduate student and CISSM GA to accept a position through the NNSA fellowship program.
Nelson receives a Bosch Fellowship
April 17, 2017CISSM Research Scholar Amy Nelson was awarded a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship to conduct research and education on transatlantic relations in Germany.
While in Germany, Nelson will be researching German military innovation, including new developments and attitudes towards regulation and cooperation.
Gallagher and Harry win UMD "Invention of the Year" award
April 13, 2017CISSM Director Nancy Gallagher and Research Scholar Charles Harry were awarded a UMD "Invention of the Year" award at "Innovate Maryland," a UMD celebration of innovation and partnerships held on April 12, 2017.
CISSM hosts Russian graduate students
April 10, 2017From March 27, 2017 to April 3, 2017, CISSM hosted a group of six students and a faculty member from Moscow’s Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies (ISKRAN). This was ISKRAN’s fourteenth annual visit to CISSM.
New grant to expand CISSM work on U.S.-Russia security
April 03, 2017The Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded a new $500,000 grant to CISSM in support of its research and educational programming to assess and fundamentally improve U.S.-Russian relations.
Kelleher awarded for contributions to nongovernmental nuclear policy community
March 22, 2017Citing her work as a founder of CISSM and of Women in International Security, leading scholars in nuclear policy awarded Senior Fellow Catherine Kelleher the Therese Delpech Memorial Award.
Gallagher and Harry nominated for UMD invention of the year
March 03, 2017CISSM Director Nancy Gallagher and Research Scholar Charles Harry have been nominated for an Invention of the Year award at Innovate Maryland, a UMD celebration of innovation and partnerships being held on April 12, 2017.
Munich Security Report features CISSM research
February 15, 2017CISSM research on Iranian public opinion of Europe and European policies was featured prominently in the 2017 Munich Security Report, released in early February 2017. This year's report, subtitled "Post-Truth, Post-West, Post-Order?" focused on the effect of global policy challenges, including Mideast security challenges, on European secuirty policy.
CISSM holds cybersecurity seminars for Japanese officials ahead of 2020 Olympics
February 13, 2017The Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM), together with the Maryland Global Initiative on Cybersecurity (MaGIC) and the Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise (CPPPE), visited Tokyo in November 2016 and February 2017 to help senior Japanese government officials develop effective strategies against cyber threats at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. .
Nancy Gallagher Named CISSM Director
January 31, 2017Citing her leadership and scholarly accomplishments, the dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, Robert Orr, appointed Nancy Gallagher as the next director of the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM).
CISSM named one of 50 best academic think tanks
January 26, 2017For the second year in a row, CISSM was named one of the top 50 academic think tanks in the world in the 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Ranking. The ranking presents the collective judgment of 2,543 think tank researchers, journalists, policy makers, and philanthropists from more than 140 countries, as well as the Index’s panel of experts.
Iranian public rejects making more concessions on nuclear deal even with new incentives, new study finds
January 25, 2017President Donald J. Trump has said he will renegotiate the deal with Iran on its nuclear program, but a large majority of Iranians oppose making more concessions even if Trump offers incentives, according to a new poll conducted by the University of Maryland shortly after Trump’s election. Seven in ten Iranians reject giving up all uranium enrichment even if Trump were to offer to lift more U.S. sanctions on Iran. Six in ten are against lengthening the duration of special limits on Iran’s program in exchange for lifting more sanctions.
New study finds that most Americans oppose withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal
January 05, 2017With the Donald J. Trump administration just a couple of weeks away from taking over the nation’s foreign policy, a new survey from the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation (PPC) finds that nearly two thirds of Americans oppose withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal and seeking to negotiate a better deal, as has been proposed by the president-elect.
CISSM sponsors workshop on orbital debris
November 21, 2016The University of Maryland’s Center for Orbital Debris Education and Research (CODER), brought satellite operators, scientists, academics and government officials from around the world together from November 15 to 17, 2016 at the second biennial CODER Workshop on Orbital Debris to elucidate the current state of efforts to lower the risks from orbital debris these issues so that progress can be made toward ensuring safety of space operations. CISSM cosponsored the...
CISSM hosts discussion about impact of cyber activity on presidential elections
November 04, 2016While some e-voting systems continue to have security vulnerabilities, the potential for a cyber event to swing the results of the November 8 election remains very small. Much more likely, however, is the possibility that questions about voting results and the disruptive activities of some actors in cyber space will undermine confidence in American democracy, according to the participants in a November 3 discussion at the University of Maryland's Adele Stamp Student Union.
CISSM hosts workshop on potential for U.S.-Russian security cooperation despite tensions
October 24, 2016The need for the United States and Russia to maintain and expand security cooperation on a range of issues--including nuclear arms control, cyber threats, European and Mideast security--despite heightened tensions between the two countries emerged as a common theme from presentations and discussions at an October 11, 2016 workshop between U.S. and Russian security scholars.
Gallagher and Hitchens participate in Moscow security meetings
October 10, 2016As part of CISSM's ongoing work to foster U.S.-Russian cooperation on a range of international security issues, CISSM Interim Director Nancy Gallagher and Senior Research Scholar Theresa Hitchens visited Moscow from September 26 to October 1, 2016 to meet with faculty and students at The Institute for USA and Canada Studies (ISKRAN) and attend a PIR Center conference on cyber and space security issues.
Q & A with Mayya Nguen, 2016 ISKRAN Visiting Fellow
September 12, 2016Soon after arriving in College Park, MD, for her fellowship earlier this fall, Mayya Nguen sat down with CISSM to discuss her background and goals for her visit.
New CISSM study finds that benefits from nuclear deal fall short of Iranian expectations
July 13, 2016A year ago, when the nuclear deal was signed, 63 percent of Iranians said they expected tangible improvements in people’s living conditions within a year. However a new University of Maryland poll, "Iranian Public Opinion, One Year after the Nuclear Deal," finds that now, a year later, three quarters (74%) of Iranians say there has been no improvement at all.
CISSM Graduate Fellow Nancy Hayden wins dissertation prize
May 16, 2016Scholars have struggled for decades to understand why certain civil conflicts persist over time and how best to effectively end them. In her doctoral dissertation, CISSM Graduate Fellow Nancy Hayden took a new approach to this challenge, applying dynamic systems modelling to better understand a number of persistent African conflicts and identifying how, if applied judiciously, certain international interventions can transform conflicts.
Kelleher leads workshop on nuclear order in South Asia
May 09, 2016CISSM Senior Fellow Catherine M. Kelleher and Cornell Professor Emeritus Judith Reppy led a workshop on South Asia nuclear order on May 2 and 3, 2016. The workshop was the latest in a series organized by Kelleher and Reppy as part of a larger project, "A Stable Transition to a New Nuclear Order."
CISSM graduate assistant wins UMD graduate school fellowship
May 02, 2016The University of Maryland's Graduate School awarded CISSM graduate assistant Davin O'Regan an All S.T.A.R. fellowship for the 2016-2017 academic year. O'Regan was one of 16 students in the university to receive the fellowship, which recognizes students' scholarship and work as a graduate assistant and is accompanied by a $10,000 stipend.
CISSM cohosts a presidential surrogates' foreign policy debate
April 22, 2016Foreign policy adivsors to the presidential campaigns of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Secretary Hillary Clinton debated the merits of their candidate's foreign policy positions for more than an hour and a half in the School of Public Policy's Van Munching Hall atrium. Derek Chollet, Secretary Clinton's advisor, and Lawrence Korb, Senator Sanders's advisor, spelled out their candidates policies toward Iran, Russia, China, Saudia Arabia, Israel, among many other topics. View the complete debate, which was held on April 21...