BELFER CENTER STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
September 2007
"Getting It Done: The Policy Environment in the US and China"
By Jeffrey Bielicki, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Aleksandra Kalinowski, Visiting Scholar, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Lifeng Zhao, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
The United States and China account for about 43% of global emissions. What are the barriers, incentives and policy solutions to deployment of carbon capture and storage technologies in the world's biggest two CO2-emitting countries?
Summer 2007
Pakistan: Instability Raises Nuclear Security Concerns
Oxford Analytica
By Hassan Abbas, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program/Project on India and the Subcontinent
Managing the Atom Fellow Hassan Abbas provides analysis of Pakistan’s nuclear command and control systems and the security of its nuclear program in the aftermath of the recent test-firing of a nuclear-capable missile and terrorist attack.
August 2007
Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: Competition, Congruence, and Transformation
By Amitav Acharya and Evelyn Goh
Since the 1990s, Asia-Pacific countries have changed their approaches to security cooperation and regional order. The end of the Cold War, the resurgence of China, the Asian economic crisis, and the events of September 11, 2001, have all contributed to important changes in the Asia-Pacific security architecture.
August 2007
"Modes of Regional Conflict Management: Comparing Security Cooperation in the Korean Peninsula, China-Taiwan, and the South China Sea"
By Rosemary Foot, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program
"Analysts focusing on the prospects for inter-state war or peace in the Asia-Pacific invariably have pointed to the Korean Peninsula (KP), China/Taiwan (CT), and the South China Sea (SCS) conflicts as the potential "flash points" or "hot spots" of the region...."
August 25, 2007
Worst of the Worst: Dealing with Repressive and Rogue Nations
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
"This volume makes an unparalleled contribution to the growing and vital field of measurement and human rights. [The book] offers a useful categorization and assessment of repressive and 'rogue' states, allowing us to measure the extenet of repressive state behavior more accurately. His [Rotberg] work should embolden external critiques and facilitate more transparent and accountable foreign policy."
--Sarah Sewall, Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University
2007
"Exploring the Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms Behind Subjective Assessments of Travel Amounts"
Environment and Behavior, issue 4, volume 39
By David T. Ory, Patricia L. Mokhtarian and Gustavo Collantes, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
oTravel demand models focus on explaining how much individuals actually travel but offer no insight into how much individuals think they travel.
October, 2003
The Roots of Africa's Leadership Defecit
Compass: A Journal of Leadership, issue 1, volume 1
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Leadership in Africa is typified more by disfiguring examples --
the Idi Amins and Robert Mugabes -- than by positive role models
such as Nelson Mandela and Seretse Khama.
September 2003
Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia
By Michael E. Brown, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal International Security and Sumit Ganguly
Language policy is a sensitive issue in most countries. In countries where more than one language is spoken—the vast majority of countries—language policies affect the ability of individuals and groups to participate in government, to be treated fairly by governmental agencies, to have access to government services, to take advantage of educational opportunities, and to pursue economic success.
January, 2003
Haiti's Turmoil: Politics and Policy Under Aristide and Clinton
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
July 2002
Borders and Brethren: Iran and the Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity
By Brenda Shaffer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Project
“One of the few works that looks seriously at Iranian Azerbaijan, Shaffer’s book is a major contribution to the history of both Iranian and Soviet nationality policies.” —Ronald Grigor Suny, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
