For more than 60 years, the Stanley Center for Peace and Security has brought together members of the global community to exchange ideas, foster innovation, and take collective action.
Our work focuses on three issue areas critical to shared and lasting peace. Within each, we search for new answers to the most timely policy questions.
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Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Hotlines: Origins, Evolution, ApplicationsMass Violence and Atrocities
Urban Atrocities: Exploring Identity-Based Mass Violence in CitiesSee new and ongoing collaborations
September 3-17, 2020 | Climate Change
Sustainable Lifestyles and Consumption: International Action in this Moment of CrisisSeptember 9, 2020 | Nuclear Weapons
Emerging Digital Technologies for Nonproliferation and Nuclear SecurityDecember 8-9, 2020 | Mass Violence and Atrocities
Regional Responses to the Crises in Latin America and the Caribbean: Shrinking Civic Spaces and Challenges to ResilienceEach day, Black voices like those of George Floyd are diminished or silenced forever at the hands of police brutality, mass incarceration, and other symptoms of systemic racism. The Stanley Center for Peace and Security believes that inclusive dialogue and diverse perspectives create better solutions for global policy—and that we cannot be effective in achieving our vision until Black lives are preserved and Black voices are heard. Read more.
The Stanley Center for Peace and Security is investing in our local community through the acquisition and renovation of the former Musser Public Library, which will become the center’s permanent new home. The project will last in to 2022, supporting construction and engineering jobs and culminating in one of the most environmentally-friendly and ecologically-sustainable buildings in Iowa. It will be integrated into the community and include space dedicated to the center’s programming in Muscatine. Follow our progress here.