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Office of Iran’s President

Politics of Iran's Nuclear Program

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 1, 2008
9:30-11:00 a.m.

Dr. Kayhan Barzegar will present a seminar entitled "Politics of Iran's Nuclear Program" on Thursday, May 1 at 9:30 am in the Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369.

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Between Cohesion and Fragmentation: Internal Influences on Strategy in the Palestinian National Movement

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 1, 2008
12:15-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Wendy Pearlman, Research Fellow, International Security Program/Intrastate Conflict Program

Related Project: International Security

What brings some self-determination movements to use violent forms of protest and others nonviolent forms? What causes a movement to use violence on some occasions but not others?

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Ray Devlin

Impacts of Non-Enforcement of US Mining Laws on Future CCS Regulations

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 1, 2008
4:00-5:00 p.m.

Speaker: Burt Lauderdale, Executive Director, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

Lauderdale will discuss the promise of the 1977 federal surface mining law and what he and his group, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, describe as the systematic non-enforcement of this law.

Mexican Oil – Its Future in an Era of $100+ Prices

Seminar
RSVP required - Malkin Penthouse, Littauer 4th Floor
May 2, 2008
12:00-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Jesus Reyes Heroles, CEO of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)

Dr. Jesus Reyes Heroles, CEO of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) will be talking about the outlook of the energy picture in Mexico and its repercussion on North America's Energy Security. The talk will have a particular emphasis on the role and future challenges of oil policy in this country.

This event is co-sponsored with the Harvard University Mexican Association.

Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan

Director's Luncheon
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 2, 2008
12:15-1:45 p.m. - Presentation and Discussion

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Lunch with Douglas Lute on Friday, May 2nd in the Belfer Center Library (L369).

UNODC

The Use of Financial Tools in Combating Proliferation and Terrorism

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 6, 2008
9:30-11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Hope LeBeau

Hope LeBeau, a Managing the Atom / International Security Program Research Fellow will present a seminar entitled "The Use of Financial Tools in Combating Proliferation and Terrorism" on Tuesday May 6, beginning at 9:30am in the Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369.

The Evolution of Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Doctrine

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 7, 2008
2:15-3:45 p.m.

Speaker: Scott Sagan

Scott D. Sagan, Ph.D., Co-Director of CISAC and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University will present a Managing the Atom Seminar entitled "The Evolution of Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Doctrine" on Wednesday May 7 at 2:15pm in the Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369.

AP Photo

Securing the State in Post-Soviet Eurasia: Power, Discourses of Danger, and Non-State Entities

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 8, 2008
12:15-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Ondrej Ditrych, Research Fellow, International Security Program

Related Project: International Security

Ondrej Ditrych's presentation will examine recurring themes in discourses of danger disseminated by governments in post-Soviet Eurasia. It will be assumed that the dominant role played by non-state entities (separatists, terrorists, bandits) in those discourses results primarily from incumbent elites' attempts to legitimize expanding political power and perpetuating "state of exception" to effect a "normal state" — e.g. of sovereignty over territory as delimited in dominant historical narratives — by eradicating these non-state others.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

How to Win a Cosmic War

Director's Luncheon
RSVP required - Kahn Seminar Room (Littauer 382)
May 8, 2008
1:00-2:15 p.m. - Presentation and Discussion

The Dubai Initiative and the Initiative on Religion in International Affairs will host a Directors' Lunch with Reza Aslan on Thursday, May 8th in the Kahn seminar room (L382).

Emerging Energy Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation: Comparative State-level Media Analysis

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 13, 2008
9:30-11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy

This research explores state-level variation in perceptions of and discourse on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology and wind technology. The results are based primarily on comparative media analysis of state-level newspapers. The news media plays an important role in developing the public's perceptions of risks and benefits of emerging technologies because the media plays an interpretive function linking technical assessments of experts to the psychological assessments of laypersons. Different state-level perceptions of and discourse on risks and benefits of emerging energy technologies are likely contributing to energy technology deployment decisions.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come-first served basis.

EVENTS ARCHIVE

May 2008