EVENTS ARCHIVE
'Realism' for Feminists: The Production of (apparently) Gender-Emancipatory Policies in Global Politics
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 1, 2007
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Laura E. Sjoberg, Former International Security Program/Women in Public Policy Program Research Fellow, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Duke University
Related Project: International Security
Why do states, as members of international organizations and parties to international negotiations, adopt policies that require gender emancipation?
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
This event is co-sponsored by the Women and Public Policy Program.
Women and Social Change in Saudi Arabia
Seminar
RSVP required - Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building-5th Floor
November 5, 2007
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Breakfast with Muna Abu Sulayman, Executive Manager of Strategic Studies at the Kingdom Holding Company
Congressman Joe Sestak
Director's Luncheon
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 5, 2007
11:30-1:00 p.m. - Presentation and Discussion
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors’ Lunch with Congressman Joe Sestak (D-PA) on Monday, November 5th, in the Belfer Center Library (L369)
Global Climate Disruption: What Do We Know, What Should We Do?
Forum Event
Open to the Public - John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
November 6, 2007
Speaker: John P. Holdren, Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Kennedy School of Government
Related Project: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Environmental policy expert and Kennedy School Professor John Holdren will provide his perspective on global climate change Nov. 6 at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. “Global Climate Disruption: What Do We Know, What Should We Do?” will begin at 6 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge. This event is free and open to the public.
Continental Scale Wind Power: Resources and Production Variations
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 6, 2007
9:30-11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Juha Kiviluoma, ETIP Fellow
Related Projects: Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Environment and Natural Resources
Kiviluoma will ponder the following questions in this presentation: How big is the wind energy resource? What happens to the variation in wind power production if wind power is produced from a very large area?
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
The Rise of Afghanistan’s Insurgency
Seminar
Open to the Public - MIT/SSP E38-615 (292 Main St.)
November 7, 2007
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Putting Terrorism into Perspective
Director's Luncheon
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 7, 2007
12:15-1:45 p.m.
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors’ Lunch with Richard A. Clarke on Wednesday, November 7th, in the Belfer Center Library (L369)
From Apartheid To Democracy
Forum Event
Open to the Public - Harvard Kennedy School Campus
November 7, 2007
6:00 p.m.-
Moderator: Robert Rotberg
Related Project: Intrastate Conflict Program
A discussion with F.W. De Klerk, former president of South Africa from 1989-1994; Tony Leon, former leader of the Democratic Alliance and the Official Opposition, South African Parliament; and Robert I. Rotberg, director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution.
The Middle East: Between Progress & Conflict
Conference
RSVP required - Taubman, 5th floor, rooms A,B,C
November 8, 2007
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Related Project: The Dubai Initiative
The past five years in the Middle East have witnessed both notable economic change, exemplified by the meteoric growth of Dubai, and an unprecedented level of instability caused by conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian territories, as well as a stand-off between Iran and its Arab neighbors on the one hand and the U.S. on the other. Growing anti-Americanism has also complicated both a resolution of the conflict in Iraq and efforts to combat terrorism.
Not Bound to Follow? The Transatlantic Alliance Dilemma and the Case of Lebanon 2006
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 8, 2007
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Kajsa Ji Noe Oest, Research Fellow, International Security Program
Related Project: International Security
Where is the consistency in the post–Cold War response to U.S. primacy? Why does it vary, not only by which European allies are supportive of the U.S. foreign policy agenda, but also by the timing and means of support? In sum, the speaker questions how bound to follow U.S. allies are with the aim of providing an explanation of cooperation between allies in the post–Cold War international system.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
