Winter 2011-2012
"Yvonne Yew Seeks Better Understanding of the Non-Aligned Movement in Nuclear Global Order"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Joseph Leahy
Since the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) emerged 50 years ago to counter the dominant power blocs of the Northern Hemisphere, a new global order has taken shape. In her June 2011 discussion paper, “Diplomacy and Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Navigating the Non-Aligned Movement,” Belfer Center fellow Yvonne Yew argues that developing countries now stand at a pivotal moment for nuclear engagement.
Summer 2011
"CRISTINE RUSSELL: What happens at the intersection of media and science?"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Joseph Leahy and Cristine Russell, Senior Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources Program
When Cristine Russell chose nuclear energy as the topic of the third seminar in the Belfer Center spring series, “Clean Energy and the Media," no one knew of the radioactive disaster that would unfold in Japan. Two weeks after an earthquake and tsunami crippled reactor cooling mechanisms at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the seminar's discussion with scientists and journalists provided valuable insight at a critical point in the crisis.
Summer 2011
"Seminars Assess Media's Impact on Clean Energy Views"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Joseph Leahy
Informing the public with critical and strong reportage about energy is imperative for crafting policy, but with shrinking newsroom budgets, is the news media up to the task? This spring, the Belfer and Shorenstein Centers’ three-part seminar series “Clean Energy and the Media” tackled this question with prominent science and technology reporters from across the media.
March 23, 2011
"The Seesaw Media Coverage of Japan’s Nuclear Crisis"
News
By Joseph Leahy
As Japan’s nuclear energy crisis continues to unfold at the Fukushima Daiichi power station, the news media have struggled to sort through confusing, and often conflicting, information about damage to the crippled plant and its threat to public safety. The challenges of covering this situation were discussed in the seminar “In the Shadow of the Japan Crisis: The Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power,” the last in a three-part Clean Energy and the Media series cosponsored by Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center and the Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics and Public Policy.
Photo by Martha Stewart
Spring 2011
"Workshop Aims to Hasten Transformation of Energy System"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Joseph Leahy
Senior representatives from government, industry, finance, and academia convened at the Harvard Kennedy School to discuss the question in an offtherecord workshop on energy technology demonstration in December. The workshop was organized and hosted by the Belfer Center’s Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group.
Spring 2011
"MICHAEL SECHRIST Researches Vulnerabilities of Information Networks"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Joseph Leahy and Michael Sechrist, Former Associate, Explorations in Cyber International Relations (ECIR), Jan.-Jun. 2012; Former Project Manager, ECIR , Oct.-Dec. 2011; Former Research Fellow, ECIR, Jul. 2010-Sep. 2011, Former Associate, Explorations in Cyber International Relations (ECIR), Jan–Jun 2012; Former Project Manager, ECIR, Oct–Dec 2011; Former Research Fellow, ECIR, Jul 2010–Sept 2011
Michael Sechrist, joint Information and Communications Technology/Science, Technology, and Public Policy fellow at the Belfer Center, says Egypt’s wireless and Internet blackout early this month raises serious questions concerning the new measures at the disposal of authoritarian regimes in suppressing political dissent.
Belfer Center
March 1, 2011
"The Long Road to Electric Cars: Green Hope or Media Hype?"
News
By Joseph Leahy
Second in a Belfer Center seminar series on Clean Energy & the Media, “The Long Road to Electric Cars: Green Hope or Media Hype?,” was the focus of discussion on February 23 at Harvard Kennedy School. At the seminar, Alan Boyle, science editor for MSNBC.com, and Bryan Walsh, Time Magazine senior writer and environment columnist, addressed the challenges they face in reporting new energy technologies. The 2011 spring series on Clean Energy & the Media was organized by Cristine Russell, senior fellow with the Belfer Center’s Environment and Natural Resources Program, co-sponsor of the series with HKS's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
February 18, 2011
Which Way Does the Media Wind Blow?
News
By Joseph Leahy
Senior environment reporters from the New York Times and the Boston Globe kicked off the 2011 spring seminar series, "Clean Energy & the Media," at a discussion on“Wind Energy: Which Way Does the Media Wind Blow,” Wednesday (Feb. 16) with environment reporters Beth Daley, of the Boston Globe, and Elisabeth Rubenthal of the New York Times. This was the first of a three-part series sponsored by Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center’s Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
