University of Maryland
Project Title
For scholar support
Date
Sep. 11, 2025
Duration
12 months
Description
The University of Maryland will engage a Russian journalist who previously served at the Voice of America, to teach at the university’s Merrill College of Journalism. The journalist will fill a critical gap in journalism students’ ability to understand and report on the impact of press censorship in Russia and former Soviet states. Working with faculty at the college and using her skills and Russian language abilities she will produce a podcast that will be marketed to multiple public affairs platforms and develop a course on the consequences of freedom of the press.
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As a final grant for training and research on nuclear and international security
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has suspended theU.S.-Russia relationship across the board, including on security-related matters. Yet, as the second largest nuclear weapons state with a global reach and a veto power within the UN’s Security Council, Russia is a significant actor in international peace and security. A project of the Center for International and Security Studies (CISSM)at the University of Maryland will explore security challenges that the United States and its allies cannot effectively manage without involvement from Russia. CISSM experts on U.S. relations with Russia and China will work with specialists on nuclear risk reduction, cyber, and the Arctic to identify approaches to averting dangers through mutual actions.
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For training and research on nuclear and international security
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
33 months
Description
In the decades following the Cold War and for the purpose of exploring issues of mutual concern between the United States and Russia, think tanks and universities have worked to connect American and Russian foreign and security policy specialists. With support from the Corporation, the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland (CISSM) has been building such connections. CISSM programs have entailed research, training, informed debates, and exchanges. As relations between the two countries remain strained, maintaining contacts between the academic communities has the potential of reducing risks and misunderstandings. Renewed funding will enable CISSM to carry on its activities with the goal of contributing to these efforts.
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For training and research on nuclear and international security
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
27 months
Description
Since the end of the Cold War, several programs have strived to connect American and Russian foreign and security policy specialists at universities and think tanks for the joint exploration of issues of mutual concern. The Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland (CISSM) has been building such connections with support from the Corporation. CISSM programs have entailed research, training, informed debates, and exchanges. At a time of strained relations between the United States and Russia, maintaining contacts between the academic communities has the potential of reducing risks and misunderstandings. Continued Corporation support will enable CISSM to carry on its activities with the goal of contributing to these efforts.
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For a project on the implications of small satellites and defense innovation for nuclear security and strategic stability
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
14 months
Description
Advances in small satellite technologies and defense innovation will affect crisis stability and arms control in both positive and negative ways. This project at the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) focuses on two particular challenges. First, the project will assess the growth in the use of small satellites and their implications for nuclear early warning. The second line of work, on defense innovation, will examine the extent to which certain emerging dual-use technologies are weaponizable, and will suggest approaches for improved trans-Atlantic cooperation to prevent proliferation. Both efforts will shed light on under-explored topics and outline options for policymakers. This grant will contribute toward the studies and their dissemination.