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FSI's scholars tackle a range of issues, from longstanding concerns like nuclear nonproliferation and military defense to new challenges such as cybersecurity, biosecurity and emerging regional conflicts.

Research Spotlight

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Particulate Plutonium Released from the Fukushima Daiichi Meltdowns

A new study reveals particles that were released from nuclear plants damaged in the devastating 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami contained small amounts of radioactive plutonium.

Potemkin Pages & Personas: Assessing GRU Online Operations, 2014-2019

Upon request by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), researchers reviewed a data set of social media posts that Facebook provided to SSCI.

Living in Fear: The Dynamics of Extortion in Mexico’s Drug War

Using new survey data from Mexico, including list experiments to elicit responses about potentially illegal behavior, this article measures the prevalence of extortion and assistance among drug trafficking organizations.

Featured Scholars

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Megan Palmer

CISAC Affiliated Researcher

Executive Director, Bio Policy & Leadership Initiatives, Department of Bioengineering

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Scott Sagan

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science

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Alex Stamos

Director, Stanford Internet Observatory

Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution

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Amy Zegart

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Davies Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

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Policy Briefs

Screening for HIV in health care settings: a guidance statement from the American College of Physicians and HIV Medicine Association

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2009

Journal Articles

Proliferation of International Dispute Settlement Mechanisms: The Threat of Fragmentation vs. the Promise of a More Effective System? - Some Reflections from the Perspective of Investment Arbitration

Martinus Nijhoff Publishers in "International Law between Universalism and Fragmentation - Festschrift in Honour of Gerhard Hafner", J. Crawford/A. Pellet/I. Buffard/S. Wittich (eds.), 2008

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Research Spotlight

Particulate Plutonium Released from the Fukushima Daiichi Meltdowns

Potemkin Pages & Personas: Assessing GRU Online Operations, 2014-2019