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Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland

CISSM conducts research, informs policy debates, and helps current and future leaders find creative solutions to complex global challenges. Our agenda has four cross-cutting themes:

- managing competition and cooperation in international relations
- reducing risks from dual-use technologies
- enhancing human security
- improving multi-stakeholder global governance

New Research on Technology Governance

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Remembering CISSM Founder Catherine Kelleher

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CISSM Perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine war

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UMD Researchers Advance 'Game Changer' Project Predicting Acute Malnutrition

September 13, 2023

Decoding the WHO’s Travel and Trade Strategy During a Global Crisis

August 8, 2023

As Despair Takes the Wheel Across the US, Focus on Well-Being Shifts into High Gear

July 28, 2023

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Atrocity denial and emotions in the Ethiopian civil war

School Authors: Michael Woldemariam

Other Authors: Yilma Woldgabreal

September 26, 2023

The Delusions and Dangers of Missile Defense

School Authors: Jaganath Sankaran

September 5, 2023

Russia in Africa: Prigozhin’s death exposes Putin’s real motives on the continent

School Authors: Joseph Siegle

September 4, 2023

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CISSM Global Forum | Radical Repertoires: Reconceptualizing Social Revolutions

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CISSM Global Forum | Who is Truly an “Ally” and When? Evidence from an Elite Survey Experiment in the U.S.

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Nov

CISSM Global Forum | Re-Inventing Vulnerability: Securing a Second Strike in an Era of High-Accuracy Sensing

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