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Quote of the Week: RICHARD CLARKE on NATO-U.S. relations

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
By Belfer Center

“The new members of NATO were so grateful for the U.S. role in getting them into that organization that they would do anything the U.S. asked for during that period.”

Richard Clarke, Belfer Center faculty affiliate

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/19/report-cia-black-site-lithuania/?test=latestnews

 

 


Quote of the Week: THOMAS HEGGHAMMER on al Qaeda in Afghanistan

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
By Belfer Center

“I think that if we have a situation where the Taliban comes into power in Afghanistan, it’s going to be very difficult to deter them from somehow hosting Al Qaida elements….”

-Thomas Hegghammer, associate of the Belfer Center’s Initiative on Religion in International Affairs and International Security Program

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0911/15/ampr.01.html

 

 


Quote of the Week: MICHELE FLOURNOY on troops in Afghanistan

Monday, November 9th, 2009
By Belfer Center

“No one is talking about leaving Afghanistan, or even standing pat. We are increasing our commitment.”

-Michele Flournoy, under secretary of defense for policy

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ht83_HM4xuTLmtOrA2ml8UqYTV3AD9BQJH4G0

 

 


Quote of the Week: PAULA DOBRIANSKY on the Copenhagen negotiations

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
By Belfer Center

“It’s important to think about a strategy of reaching out to all interested groups and really engage before, during, and post-Copenhagen.”

-Paula Dobriansky, Belfer Center senior fellow

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cs_20091031_7714.php

 

 


Quote of the Week: LAWRENCE SUMMERS on the economy rescue

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
By Belfer Center

“Just as in war, there are unintended victims so, too, in economic rescues, there are unintended beneficiaries.”

-Lawrence Summers, director of the National Economic Council

Read More: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125616290488299949.html

 

 


Quote of the Week: NIALL FERGUSON on the financial crisis

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
By Belfer Center

“The idea that the financial crisis is over is a fantasy and it looks like the numbers bear that out.”
Niall Ferguson, member of the Belfer Center’s board of directors
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Quote of the Week: KURT CAMPBELL on multilateral talks with North Korea

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
By Belfer Center

“I have rarely seen better coordination, between China and the United States in particular.”
- Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
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Quote of the Week: NIALL FERGUSON on U.S. economic decline

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
By Belfer Center

“For the foreseeable future the US will be growing at a much lower rate while China is in fact growing at a much faster rate.”
- Niall Ferguson, member of the Belfer Center’s board of directors
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Quote of the Week: GARY SAMORE on the Security Council

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
By Belfer Center

“The Security Council has a unique and distinctive role in the international [nuclear control] regime, because it’s the only body that has the authority and the responsibility to address issues of non-compliance.”
- Gary Samore, National Security Council WMD coordinator
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Quote of the Week: LAWRENCE SUMMERS on investing in girls’ education

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
By Belfer Center

“Investment in girls’ education may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world.”
-Lawrence Summers, director of the National Economic Council
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