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'''Scott Douglas Sagan''' (born 1955) is the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of [[Political Science]] at [[Stanford University]] and co-director of Stanford's [[Center for International Security and Cooperation]] (CISAC). He is known for his research on [[nuclear weapons]] policy and [[nuclear disarmament]], including discussions of [[system accident]]s, and has published widely on these subjects.
In 2017 Sagan received the [[International Studies Association]]'s [[Susan Strange Award]].<ref name="stanford.edu">{{cite web|url=https://politicalscience.stanford.edu/news/scott-sagan-receives-susan-strange-award|title=Scott Sagan receives the Susan Strange award - Political Science|work=stanford.edu|accessdate=22 April 2017|archive-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422123549/https://politicalscience.stanford.edu/news/scott-sagan-receives-susan-strange-award|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sagan was the recipient of the National Academy of Sciences [[William and Katherine Estes Award]] in 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/behavioral-research.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/|title=William and Katherine Estes Award|website=www.nasonline.org|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> and the International Studies Association's Distinguished Scholar Award in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isanet.org/ProgramsResources/Awards/ISSSDistinguishedScholar/PastRecipients.aspx |title= ISSS Distinguished Scholar Past Recipients|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=isanet.org |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
He currently serves as
==Biography==
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He also is one of the leading pessimist scholars about [[nuclear proliferation]], and his co-authored book with [[Kenneth Waltz]], ''The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed'',<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=978-0393977479|title=The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed|first1=Scott Douglas|last1=Sagan|first2=Kenneth N.|last2=Waltz|date=28 August 2002|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|via=Amazon|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/spreadofnuclearw00saga_0}}</ref> is widely read and cited in the literature on nuclear weapons. Sagan writes in the book, "the United States and the Soviet Union survived the [[
His most recent publications include ''The Fragile Balance of Terror: Deterrence in the New Nuclear Age'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fragile Balance of Terror |url=https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501767029/the-fragile-balance-of-terror/#bookTabs=1 |website=Cornell University Press}}</ref> co-edited with [[Vipin Narang]] (Cornell University Press, 2022); ''Insider Threats'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100868640|title = Books}}</ref> co-edited with Matthew Bunn (Cornell University Press, 2017); ''Learning from a Disaster: Improving Nuclear Safety and Security after Fukushima'',<ref>{{Cite
==Awards==
Scott Sagan was selected in 2018 by the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York|Carnegie Corporation]] as an Andrew Carnegie Fellow.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Scott Sagan |url=https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/scott-sagan/ |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Carnegie Corporation of New York |language=en}}</ref> In 2017, Scott Sagan received the [[International Studies Association]]'s [[Susan Strange Award]].<ref name="stanford.edu"/> The award recognizes a person whose "singular intellect, assertiveness, and insight most challenge conventional wisdom and intellectual and organizational complacency" in the international studies community. Sagan was the recipient of the National Academy of Sciences William and Katherine Estes Award in 2015, for his pioneering work addressing the risks of nuclear weapons and the causes of nuclear proliferation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/behavioral-research.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/|title=William and Katherine Estes Award|work=nasonline.org|accessdate=22 April 2017}}</ref> The award, which is granted triennially, recognizes "research in any field of cognitive or behavioral science that advances understanding of issues relating to the risk of nuclear war." In 2013, Sagan received the International Studies Association's International Security Studies Section Distinguished Scholar Award. Sagan has also won four teaching awards: the 2020 [[Phi Beta Kappa|Phi Beta Kappa of Northern California]] Teaching Excellence Award;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association - Teaching-past |url=https://pbknca.com/Teaching-past |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=pbknca.com}}</ref>
==See also==
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