IGCC remains highly committed to its
original field of study, and security policy implications, both international and national, cross-cut
all of IGCC's programs. Beyond preventive diplomacy and "track two" initiatives,
for many years IGCC conducted teaching seminars for the academic and policy
communities on nonproliferation issues. Recent IGCC training programs such as "Public
Policy and Nuclear Threats" and "Public Policy and Biological Threats" continue
the IGCC tradition of informing and instructing future decision makers.
The IGCC conference Terrorist Organizations: Social Science Research on Terrorism drew together academics and practitioners to discuss current research relevant to counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. Leading social scientists from political science, economics, sociology, and anthropology and practitioners from the U.S. military, the U.S. State Department, and the British Foreign Service presented their latest findings and on-the-ground experiences. Participants came from the U.S. Special Operations Command, the British Embassy, Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Queen’s University in Belfast, the University of Georgia, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Davis, UC San Diego, San Diego State University, the Center for Combating Terrorism at West Point, the Rand Corporation, Livermore National Laboratories, the US Institute for Peace, the Naval Postgraduate School and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Organizers are pursuing funding for a series of follow-on activities, including a project on terrorists and rebels, a follow-up conference focused on policy and a training program in evaluating benign interventions for Special Operations forces.
The concept of "critical infrastructure protection" (CIP),
which came into being in the mid-1990s, was placed at the forefront
of U.S.
national security concerns after the events of 9/11. CIP methods
and resources
are intended to deter or mitigate incidents
caused maliciously (by
terrorists or criminals), by accident or human error (chemical spills, accidental
release of hazardous materials), or as the result of a natural
disaster (hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods).
The debate has largely been confined to the technical community,
perhaps because of the technical knowledge requirements and inherently
interdisciplinary nature of the subject. However, decisions are
being made that may have far-reaching and unintended public policy
consequences. For example, most control systems built for the
energy industry
were not designed
with security
in mind and now must be retooled. As well, policymakers need to be better
informed about the technical considerations of CIP.
In conjunction with the
Control Systems Security Center at
the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), IGCC and the
Center for Science and Technology Policy at
George Mason University have produced a public policy-focused
curriculum intended to help to implement a long-term security culture within
the control system community.
In 1993, Prof. Susan Shirk (IGCC Director 1992-97) founded the Northeast
Asia Cooperation Dialogue (NEACD). NEACD brings together senior officials,
active military, and academic and policy experts from China, Japan, Korea,
Russia, and the United States in informal "track-two" settings
to brainstorm specific ways to reduce mistrust and build regional cooperation.
NEACD participants have agreed on common principles of state-to-state relations,
to discuss the relation of national policies to current regional issues,
and to share defense information.
Arms Control and Security Improvement in the Middle East
After the Middle East Arms Control and Regional Security (ACRS) negotiations
stalled in 1995–96, IGCC began a three-year program to engage Arab
and Israeli military personnel in informal security discussions. Initiated
in 1997, Arms Control and Security Improvement in the Middle East assembled
active and retired military officers to study emerging global military trends,
and examine their possible role in arms control regimes and regional security
cooperation. This unique track-two project creates a mechanism for ongoing
communication between key regional military players, especially important
in the absence of formal negotiations such as ACRS.
Each winter, IGCC and UCSD host eighteen distinguished foreign
scholars and professionals to examine "U.S.
National Security Policymaking in a Post-9/11 World" by focusing
on four broad thematic areas:
Foreign Policy, National Security, and the Opinion-Forming Process;
Terrorism and National Security;
U.S. Foreign Policy and Regional Security, and;
One World: Globalization, Technological Leadership, and Non-traditional
Security
A four-week academic residency at UC San Diego precedes a two-week
study tour to policy and cultural centers in California and Washington,
D.C.
The
intensive, interdisciplinary program focuses on
U.S. national security policymaking and how the events of 9/11 have
altered this policy landscape and process. The program is funded through
a grant from the U.S.
Department of State’sBureau
of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA)Study
of the United States Branch, which seeks to promote a better understanding
of the people,
institutions, and culture of the United States among foreign scholars
and professionals.
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
In 1996, IGCC brought UC-area
experts to the Los Alamos National Laboratory for a program on The Challenges
of International Security. Three recent
IGCC teaching seminars for UC, Cal State and California community college
faculty
and graduate students were: The Spread of Nuclear Weapons (1996, Profs.
Kenneth WALTZ, UC Berkeley and Scott SAGAN, Stanford U.); The Challenges
of Weapons
of Mass Destruction: Emerging Issues of Supply and Demand (1997, Women
in International Security); and Strategic Weapons Proliferation (1998,
Nonproliferation
Policy Education Center).
In 1998, when South Asian nuclear tests renewed attention on nuclear
weapons issues, IGCC hosted a Washington seminar entitled Nuclear Developments
in South Asia: Challenges for US Policy. Dr. Neil JOECK (Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory), Prof. Robert SCALAPINO (UC Berkeley), and eminent
experts
reviewed US policy, regional developments, and future options (IGCC
Newsletter Fall 1998). Security policy implications cross-cut all of
IGCC's programs.
Selected
Publications on International Security Policy
Number: Policy Paper 07 (Old Series) Title:Beyond START? A Soviet Report Proposing Radical Reductions in Nuclear Weapons Author(s): Sanford Lakoff, George F. Bing, Patrick Garrity, Wolfram F. Hanrieder, Michael D. Intriligator, Roman Kolkowicz, Stephen Prowse, Albert Wohlstetter, Kenneth Waltz Published by: IGCC Pages: 75 Year of Publication: 1988Number: Policy Paper 06 (Old Series) The University and the Nuclear Predicament Author(s): Walter Kohn, Lawrence Badash Published by: IGCC Pages: 25 Year of Publication: 1988
Number: Policy Paper 05 (Old Series) Title:SDI: Two Views of Professional Responsibility Author(s): David Lorge Parnas, Danny Cohen Published by: IGCC Pages: 24 Year of Publication: 1987
Number: Policy Paper 02 (Old Series) Title: The Vladivostok Negotiations and Other Events Author(s): Gerald R. Ford Published by: IGCC Pages: 13 Year of Publication: 1986Number: Policy Paper 01 (Old Series) Title: Security and Stability: The Role for Strategic
Defense Author(s): George A. Keyworth II Published by: IGCC Pages: 12 Year of Publication: 1985
Number: Research Paper 04 Title:Where
Have All the Profits Gone? An Analysis of the Major U.S. Defense Contractors:
1950–1985 Author(s): David E. Kaun ISBN: 0-934637-9-1 Pages: Published by: IGCC Year of Publication: 1988
Number: Research Paper 02 Title:Arms Control: Problems and Prospects Author(s): Michael D. Intriligator, Dagobert L. Brito ISBN: 0-934637-03-2 Pages: 12 Published by: IGCC Year of Publication: 1987
Number: Research Paper 01 Title:Nuclear Fission: Reaction to the Discovery in 1939 Author(s): Lawrence Badash, Elizabeth Hodes, Adolph Tiddens ISBN: 0-934637-01-6 Pages: 53 Published by: IGCC Year of Publication: 1985
Number: PolicyPack 60 Title: International Intervention in Civil Conflict Author: Barbara F. Walter, Phil Roeder, James Fearon Published by: IGCC Related Policy Paper: None Number of Slides: 31 Year of Publication: 2002
Number: Policy Brief 14 Title: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors Author: Sandra Joireman Published by: IGCC Pages: 4 Year of Publication: 2001 Number: Policy Brief 06 Title: Small Is Ugly: The Global Land Mine Crisis Author: Isebill Gruhn Published by: IGCC Pages: 4 Year of Publication: 1996
Number: Policy Brief 01 Title: Environmental Security Author: Gordon J. MacDonald Published by: IGCC Pages: 4 Year of Publication: 1995
Number: Policy Brief 01 (old series) Title: What Do We Do with Nuclear Weapons Now? Author: Michael May Published by: IGCC Pages: 21 Year of Publication: 1990
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