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EVENTS

2009

Political Costs of Nuclear Threats: Implications for Crisis Stability in South Asia

Non-Belfer Event

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 1, 2009
9:30-11:00 a.m.

Vaidya Gundlupet will present a MTA seminar entitled "Political Costs of Nuclear Threats: Implications for Crisis Stability in South Asia" on Tuesday, December 1, beginning at 9:30am in the Belfer Center Library.

Fostering Knowledge Sharing in Resource Management and Adaptation to Global Change in Brazil

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 20, 2009
1:00-2:30 p.m.

Speaker: Edmundo Barrios, Research Fellow in Sustainability Science, Center for International Development, HKS

Participatory methodologies used to develop a "hybrid" knowledge base, combining local and scientific knowledge, reflect an effort to understand the complexity of the land management decision-making to promote and protect multifunctional land uses. This is part of continuing South-South efforts between Latin America and Africa to develop land quality monitoring systems that strengthen local environmental/agricultural institutions and communities with tools that support local decision-making in natural resource management and promote sustainable land use in agricultural landscapes.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

China's Nuclear Energy: Policy, Expansion and Security Implications

Non-Belfer Event

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 17, 2009
9:30-11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Yun Zhou

Yun Zhou will present a Managing the Atom Seminar entitled "China's Nuclear Energy: Policy, Expansion and Security Implications" beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 17, in the Belfer Center Library.

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Agglomeration: Sneaking up on the Balance of Power?

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 12, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Emma Belcher, Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor, Harvard Kennedy School, Senior Fellow, International Security Program

This seminar explores the concept of agglomeration as a means of building agreements incrementally, actively excluding potential obstructionist powers, and then inviting them to join the agreement as a fait accompli. It employs the Concert of Europe, the European Union, and the Proliferation Security Initiative as case studies.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Modeling Nuclear Proliferation

Non-Belfer Event

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 3, 2009
9:30-11:00 a.m.

Speaker: T. Negeen Pegahi

Negeen Pegahi will present a MTA seminar entitled "Modeling Nuclear Proliferation," on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 9:30am in the Belfer Center library.

Maasai: At The Crossroads

Special Event
Open to the Public - Science Center Lecture Hall D, One Oxford Street
October 30, 2009
6:30-8:30 p.m.

Moderator: Calestous Juma, Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project

A world university premiere of a 45-minute documentary about enriching the lives of Maasai children through education while respecting their customs, traditions, and way of life.

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) will do a demonstration of the XO laptop after the screening.

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The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Teheran's Perspective

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
October 22, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program

International Security Program Director Steven E. Miller will discuss the Iranian nuclear crisis from the perspective of Iran.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

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Posturing for Peace? Pakistan's Nuclear Posture and South Asian Stability

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
October 20, 2009
9:30-11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Vipin Narang

Vipin Narang will present an MTA seminar entitled "Posturing for Peace? Pakistan's Nuclear Posture and South Asian Stability" on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 beginning at 9:30am in the Belfer Center library.

Nuclear Nonproliferation Practitioners Seminar with James Reid

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
October 19, 2009
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Moderator: James Reid

James Reid will present a Nuclear Nonproliferation Practitioners Seminar Monday October 19, 2009 beginning at 10:30am in the Belfer Center library.

All are welcome and invited to attend.

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Ahmadinejad's Second Term Foreign Policy

Seminar
Open to the Public - Trustman Lecture Hall, Littauer 150
October 14, 2009
4:15-6:00 p.m.

Speaker: Kayhan Barzegar, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program

What are the Ahmadinejad government's foreign policy aims and strategies and how will post-election developments impact Iran-U.S. relations? Given the cost that Iran has incurred as a result of pursuing its nuclear program in the face of U.S. and European opposition, Iran's president will be under pressure to obtain tangible results which shore up Iran's regional role and geo-strategic interests.

Please join us! Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Featured Book

Acting in Time on Energy Policy

Energy policy is on everyone's mind these days. The U.S. presidential campaign focused on energy independence and exploration ("Drill, baby, drill!"), climate change, alternative fuels, even nuclear energy. But there is a serious problem endemic to America's energy challenges. Policymakers tend to do just enough to satisfy political demands but not enough to solve the real problems, and they wait too long to act. The resulting policies are overly reactive, enacted once damage is already done, and they are too often incomplete, incoherent, and ineffectual. Given the gravity of current economic, geopolitical, and environmental concerns, this is more unacceptable than ever. This important volume details this problem, making clear the unfortunate results of such short-sighted thinking, and it proposes measures to overcome this counterproductive tendency.

New Report

DOE FY 2010 Budget Request and Recovery Act Funding for Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment: Analysis and Recommendations

A new analysis of energy research, development, demonstration, and deployment (ERD3) funding in the Obama administration's FY2010 budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 finds that the total available for energy research development and demonstration alone and ERD3 in FY2010 would double and increase by two-thirds, respectively, compared to FY2009 (based on certain assumptions). These substantial funding increases—coupled with a range of institutional innovations the administration is implementing and movement toward putting a price on carbon emissions—will help accelerate innovation for a broad range of energy technologies. This report analyzes DOE's budget request for ERD3 and the Recovery Act and makes recommendations for further action by Congress and the administration.

Securing the Bomb 2008

Securing the Bomb 2008

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Project on Managing the Atom Co-Principal Investigator Matthew Bunn provides a comprehensive assessment of efforts to secure and remove vulnerable nuclear stockpiles around the world, and a detailed action plan for reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism. Securing the Bomb 2008 was commissioned by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). The full report, with additional information on the threat of nuclear terrorism, is available on the NTI website.

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