BROWSE EXPERTS AND FELLOWS
Belfer Center researchers include Harvard faculty members, project directors and other expert staff, senior fellows and fellows. They contribute frequently to outside publications, advise government officials, participate in special commissions, brief journalists and policymakers, and share research results with specialists and the public.
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LEGEND:
Fellow
Stephen M. Walt
Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs and is faculty chair of the International Security Program.
Dr. John P. White
Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer, Faculty Co-Chair of the Dubai Initiative; Faculty Chair of the Middle East Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs
Project Affiliate, Preventive Defense Project
John P. White is the Robert and Renée Belfer Lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has served as a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School since 1998.
Melissa Willard-Foster
Research Fellow, International Security Program
Melissa Willard-Foster is a UCLA political science Ph.D. candidate specializing in international relations, security studies, and quantitative methods. Her dissertation deals with the causes and consequences of foreign-imposed regime change.
Xiaohui (Anne) Wu
Associate, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
Anne Wu's current research interests include China's new diplomacy, multilateralism and the United Nations, East Asian security, and the cooperation among major powers in resolving the North Korean and Iranian nuclear crises.



