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
Spring 2011
"Spotlight on Henry Lee"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
The Spotlight feature in this issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features Henry Lee, director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program at the Belfer Center, was promoted in January to senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Lee, the Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director of the environment program, serves also as co-principal investigator of the Center’s Energy Technology Innovation Policy project and is a member of the board of directors. Before joining the Kennedy School in 1979, he served in Massachusetts state government for nine years as director of the state energy office and special assistant for environmental affairs.
Photo by Martha Stewart
March 1, 2011
William Perry: The World Must Dismantle All Nuclear Weapons
News
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
In the Second Annual Robert McNamara Lecture on War and Peace at Harvard Kennedy School on February 24, 2011, former Defense Secretary William Perry asked: "Have we reached the nuclear tipping point?" In his presentation, Perry explained how he reached the conclusion that the world must dismantle all nuclear weapons.
February 11, 2011
"UK Ambassador says foreign aid spared budget cuts"
Media Feature
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"Despite the steep budget cuts imposed by the new conservative-led government, British foreign aid is being maintained so that Britain can retain its influence in the world, the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States, Sir Nigel Sheinwald, told a Harvard Kennedy School audience."
Martha Stewart Photo
Winter 2010-11
"Technology & Governance 2.0"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Leaders of the Science, Technology and Public Policy (STPP) program at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center brought together about 80 of the nation's top policy makers and entrepreneurs for a two-day conference in September to brainstorm ideas for a new HKS initiative on technology and governance.
Program on Negotiation
Winter 2010-11
"Nobel Laureate Ahtisaari on Diplomacy, Negotiation"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Negotiation 101 tells would-be mediators: Don't dictate the outcome to the parties, and keep your own opinions to yourself. But Martti Ahtisaari shared some counterintuitive tradecraft when he accepted The Great Negotiator Award at Harvard University in September.
Winter 2010-11
"Spotlight on Calestous Juma"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Calestous Juma, professor of the practice of international development at the Harvard Kennedy School, wears many hats in his work at the Belfer Center. He is director of the Science, Technology and Globalization Project, and principal investigator for the Agricultural Innovation in Africa project, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He also is a member of the Belfer Center board of directors. His latest book, on agricultural innovation in Africa, will be published by Oxford University Press in December.
Martha Stewart
November 17, 2010
Flournoy says pulling US forces from Afghanistan will take time
News
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy is appealing for public patience to give American forces in Afghanistan time to make more progress on the ground and to train Afghan forces to take over the battle against Taliban insurgents. Flournoy, a former Belfer Center research fellow, was the keynote speaker at a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on Tuesday evening, Nov. 16. Joining her in the event titled "Women on War and Peace" were Meghan O'Sullivan, the Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of International Affairs at the Kennedy School and a Belfer Center board member, and Belfer Center adjunct senior fellow Paula Dobriansky, both of whom also held top U.S. government security positions in the last decade.
Photo by Stuart Darsch
October 29, 2010
At MIT, Holdren Issues Call for Action on Climate Disruption
News
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
John P. Holdren, President Obama's chief science and technology advisor, draws a grim picture of our world at the end of this century if we fail to start slashing greenhouse gas emissions that are ravaging the global climate. In a lecture at MIT, Holdren issued a call to action, arguing for a package of integrated measures to protect the environment. Holdren is on leave from Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, where he was director of the Science and Technology Public Policy program.
October 22, 2010
Japan's Keio University Honors Professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
News
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
News
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.
