James F. Smith
Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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Telephone: 617-495-7831
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Email: james_smith@hks.harvard.edu
October 22, 2010
Japan's Keio University Honors Professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
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By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr., received an honorary doctorate this week from Keio University, the oldest institute of higher education in Japan, in recognition of what the university described as his central his role in redefining U.S.-Japanese relations, both as a U.S. government official and as a leading academic thinker on political power in Asia.
October 21, 2010
New report calls for dramatic expansion of ties between the U.S. and India
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By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
A new report by a study group from the Center for a New American Security is calling for a dramatic and ambitious expansion of ties between the U.S. and India. The study group was co-chaired by former Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns, who heads the Future of Diplomacy Project in the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
October 12, 2010
Belfer Center senior fellow Heinonen wins Finnish award
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By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Olli Heinonen, who joined the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs as a senior fellow last month, has received the Scientist of the Year Award in his native Finland.
Program on Negotiation/HLS
September 30, 2010
Nobel Peace Prize winner Ahtisaari accepts Great Negotiator Award, offers insight into conflict resolution strategies in Kosovo and Aceh
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By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland who earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his serial successes in helping to defuse several of the world's thorniest conflicts, shared a number of surprising trade secrets as he accepted The Great Negotiator Award at Harvard University this week.
Martha Stewart Photo
September 30, 2010
Technology & Governance 2.0: STPP Begins a New Initiative in Critical Public Policy Area at HKS
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By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Leaders of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)'s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs brought together about 80 of the nation's top policymakers and entrepreneurs in information technology for a two-day conference this month to brainstorm ideas for a new HKS initiative on information and communication technology and governance.
June 8, 2011
The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter: April - May 2011
Newsletter
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Belfer, ISKRAN Complete Groundbreaking Joint Assessment of Nuclear Terrorism Threat; G-8 Extends Partnership to Prevent Spread of WMD Beyond 2012; Obama and Medvedev Discuss Nuclear Security and Counterterrorism; “Preventing the Next Fukushima”; more.
Summer 2013
"Confronting Complex Cybersecurity Challenges"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
For the past four years, faculty and fellows from Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have partnered in a project called “Explorations in Cyber International Relations.” The ECIR project’s brief is “to explore alternative cyber developments, assess challenges and threats, and identify possibilities and opportunities in cyberspace for security and well-being.”
Summer 2013
"Afghanistan’s Future Holds Promise, Danger, Experts Agree"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"Even as they acknowledged that potential dangers loom in Afghanistan over the next two years, experts at a Harvard conference pointed to some encouraging signs. One example: the number of schoolchildren has grown from 800,000 in 2001 to nearly nine million today....Speakers from Afghanistan and the West recognized that violence persists and problems such as endemic corruption still plague the country....But they took solace from the work of Afghans themselves in building a credible national military force that has increasingly taken on the brunt of combat duties"
(White House Photo)
Spring 2013
Spotlight on Gary Samore
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
In the complex world of the United States government, it’s rare for a lone White House official to oversee a real change in direction on a major policy issue. Gary Samore not only helped reshape U.S. policy on one issue; he did so with two immense national security challenges during his four years as President Obama’s Coordinator for Weapons of Mass Destruction Counter-Terrorism and Arms Control.
Winter 2012-2013
Spotlight: Susan Hockfield and the Magic of the Laboratory
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Susan Hockfield is the Marie Curie Visiting Professor at Harvard Kennedy School. After almost eight years as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she is spending a sabbatical year based at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.
