Center for International Security and Cooperation
The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University has the three-fold mission of producing outstanding policy-relevant research on international security, teaching and training the next generation of security specialists, and influencing public policy.” Scholars at CISAC “examine emerging biotechnologies that could be used to cause catastrophic harm, and how to respond to such threats…CISAC researchers [also] are thinking through related public policy issues such as the best ways to strengthen public health surveillance and emergency response, the utility and drawbacks of oversight of research or research publication, and the advantages and dangers of classified biodefense work.
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Stanford University Institute for International Studies
- July 15, 2010
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