EVENTS ARCHIVE
"Smuggler Nation: Illicit Trade and the Making of America," a Weatherhead Center Seminar
Seminar
Open to the Public - CGIS South
March 1, 2011
12:00-2:00 p.m.
"Smuggler Nation: Illicit Trade and the Making of America," a Weatherhead Center Seminar with Peter Andreas.
Tuesday, March 1.
12:00-2:00 PM
The Politics of Law and Arab Liberalization: General Issues and Current Events
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
March 1, 2011
12:15-1:45 p.m.
Speaker: David Mednicoff, Research Fellow, Dubai Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Related Project: Dubai Initiative
This presentation highlights the broad factors that have affected legal politics in recent Arab societies, with an emphasis on law’s connections to regime stabilization versus anti-regime activism. The focus wil be on the roles of international rights discourse, fealty to shari’a, and national legal institutions.
"What Happened to Tokyo?" a Weatherhead Seminar with Robert E. Cole
Seminar
Open to the Public
March 1, 2011
12:30-2:00 p.m.
"What Happened to Tokyo?" a Weatherhead Seminar with Robert E. Cole, moderated by Mary C. Brinton.
Tuesday, March 1
12:30-2:00 PM
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Addressing Climate Change: Korea's Green-Growth Policy
Seminar
Open to the Public - Pound Hall 213 (John Chipman Gray Assembly Room), Harvard Law School
March 1, 2011
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Speaker: Suh-Yong Chung, Associate Professor of Law and International Relations, Division of International Studies, Korea University
Related Project: Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
Light lunch will be provided.
"The True Nature of the COIN Fight - Perspectives from a Task Force Commander" a For the Common Defense Student Study Group
Student Session
Open to Harvard Students - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
March 1, 2011
4:10-6:00 p.m.
THE COMMON DEFENSE:
A Study Group on American Military Affairs
Harvard Kennedy School Armed Forces Club, the National Security Program, and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs are co-sponsors of a study group for American military affairs. Each session will be led by experienced military officers from the degree programs, civilian experts, as well as the National Security Fellows.
War, Peace, and Reconciliation: The Way Forward for Sri Lanka
Panel Discussion
Open to the Public - Weil Hall
March 1, 2011
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Related Project: India and South Asia Program
Join us for a panel discussion with Ambassador Palitha T. B. Kohona, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Sri Lanka; Ahilan Kadirgamar, Sri Lanka Democracy Forum; and Vasuki Nesiah, Associate Professor of Practice, New York University. Moderated by Nicholas Burns, Director, India and South Asia Program, and Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics.
Discussion with Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Sharon Burke
Session
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
March 2, 2011
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Please join the Belfer Center for a special session with Ms. Sharon Burke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 in the Belfer Library (L369) from 11:00 to 12:30PM.
The session, led by Professor Daniel Schrag, will take place 11:00 to 12:00, followed by a lunch discussion from 12:00 to 12:30. As Assistant Secretary, Ms Burke works at the intersection of energy, environment and security - all at the tactical, operational and strategic levels. She will talk about the challenges and issues she faces in her position at DoD and take questions from the attendees. Ms. Burke will deliver a Future of Energy talk that same evening in the Harvard Science Center D.
"Sovereign Risk Premia," a Weatherhead Center International Economics Workshop
Workshop
Open to the Public - Littauer Center M-15
March 2, 2011
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Weatherhead Center International Economics Workshop
"Sovereign Risk Premia"
Date: March 2, 2011
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Littauer Center M-15 (North Yard, NOT Kennedy School)
This is open to the public.
"Critical Issues for European Democracy," a Weatherhead Study Group on the Future of the European Union
Workshop
Open to the Public - Minda de Gunzburg Center
March 2, 2011
4:15-6:00 p.m.
"Critical Issues for European Democracy" Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies.
- Moderator/ChairSchmidt, Vivien
Jean Monnet Professor of International Politics, Boston University; Jean Monnet Professor of International Politics, Boston University
“Next Steps toward Global Zero after Ratification of START: a German Perspective,” a Belfer Center Seminar
Seminar
RSVP required - HKS - Littauer -166
March 3, 2011
12:15-1:45 p.m.
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Weatherhead Center will co-sponsor a Seminar with Ambassador Peter Gottwald, Commissioner of the Federal Government for Arms Control and Disarmament, in Littauer 166 in the Institute of Politics.
