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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.

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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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It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it: Communicating Nipah virus prevention messages during an outbreak in Bangladesh

BMC Public Health, 2016

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Impact of Text Message Reminders on Caregivers’ Adherence to a Home Fortification Program Against Child Anemia in Rural Western China: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

AJPH Research, 2016

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Research Spotlight

Particulate Plutonium Released from the Fukushima Daiichi Meltdowns

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