EVENTS ARCHIVE
Climate Change: Is Economics the Source of the Problem or the Key to the Solution?
Lecture
Open to the Public - Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building-5th Floor
December 3, 2007
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Speaker: Charles Kolstad, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Center for the Environment, Professor of Environmental Economics, Department of Economics/Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
Related Project: Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Economics is often at the center of the climate change storm. Some blame economists and economic thinking for the problem or for overemphasizing material goods at the expense of intangible environmental well-being. Others feel that it is only through economic thinking that we can get past rhetoric and acutally do something to solve the climate change problem. This talks looks at both sides of the issue.
The World Premiere of AN ISLAMIC CONSCIENCE: the Aga Khan and the Ismailis
Forum Event
Open to the Public - John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
December 3, 2007
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Related Project: Religion in International Affairs
The film will be followed by a Panel Discussion with:
Firas Ahmad: Deputy Editor of Islamica Magazine (KSG '05)
Ali Asani: Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Culture (Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)
Bill Cran: Emmy Award-Winning Director
Shamir Allibhai: Filmmaker and Producer (HDS '09)
Moderated by Jocelyne Cesari: Director of the Islam in the West Program
The Role of Scientists in Science and Technology Policymaking in China
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 4, 2007
9:30-11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Peng Ru
Related Projects: Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Environment and Natural Resources, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
RU Peng will discuss the history of scientists' participation in Chinese Science and Technology policymaking after 1978.
BOUNDING POWER: Republican Security Theory from the Polis to the Global Village
Seminar
Open to the Public - MIT/SSP E38-615 (292 Main St.)
December 5, 2007
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Corruption and World Order
Conference
Closed to the Public - Not on the KSG Campus
December 6, 2007 - December 8, 2007
Moderator: Robert Rotberg
Speaker: Richard N. Cooper, Harvard University
Related Project: Intrastate Conflict Program
Corruption is a serious and growing problem throughout the world. With the goal of understanding and adding to public policy choices in this regard, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is instituting a project on Corruption and World Order. Under the leadership of Professor Robert Rotberg, an Academy fellow, Kennedy School faculty member, and President of the World Peace Foundation, this project will convene experts to identify emerging issues on this topic. The Academy, in collaboration with the Program on Intrastate Conflict of the Kennedy School of Harvard University, will hold a workshop at its Cambridge headquarters.
AP Photo
The Closest of Enemies: Alliance Formation in the Afghan Civil War
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 6, 2007
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Fotini Christia, Research Fellow, International Security Program
Related Project: International Security
This presentation attempts to enhance our understanding of civil war processes by looking at how groups align and the variables that shape their choices. Drawing on primary data from the case of Afghanistan, it suggests that alliances are tactical, motivated by a concern with victory and the capture of spoils.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Policy Options for the Next President: What to Do About Iran?
Director's Seminar
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 6, 2007
3:00-4:30 p.m.
Related Project: The Dubai Initiative
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and The Dubai Initiative will host a Directors’ Seminar with Vali Nasr, Senior Fellow at The Dubai Initiative and both professor of international politics and associate director of the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at the Fletcher School, Tufts University, on Thursday, December 6th, 2007.
Back to Basics: What are the Primary Influences on Our Intelligence and Security Services?
Director's Luncheon
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 7, 2007
12:15-1:45 p.m. - Presentation and Discussion
Speaker: Sir Richard Dearlove, Master of Pembroke College
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will to host a Directors’ Lunch with Richard Dearlove on Friday, December 7th in the Belfer Center Library (L369)
How Many Planets? America at the Global Energy Crossroads
Director's Luncheon
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 10, 2007
12:15-1:45 p.m. - Presentation and Discussion
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will to host a Directors’ Lunch with Vijay Vaitheeswaran on Monday, December 10th in the Belfer Center Library (L369)
Joel Pollak
Interactive Models of Peacemaking:
The Palestinian-Israeli Case
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - KSG Room L280 (Littauer 2nd Fl)
December 10, 2007
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Sapir Handelman, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Joel Pollak, Candidate for J.D. (June 2009), Harvard Law School
Related Project: International Security
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an intractable conflict, a complex phenomenon that has encouraged some analysts to suggest a "conflict management" rather than a "conflict resolution" approach to peacemaking. The speakers will describe and evaluate four models of peacemaking that grow out of these strategies.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
