Belfer Center Newsletter Winter 2008-09

Newsletter, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Winter 2008-09

Editor: Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications

Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Energy Technology Innovation Policy; Environment and Natural Resources; International Security; Managing the Atom; Science, Technology, and Globalization; Science, Technology, and Public Policy

The Winter 2008-09 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features recent and upcoming research, activities, and analysis by Center faculty, fellows, and staff on critical global issues. "What should the next president do first?" is a question raised in this issue. Belfer Center experts respond to the question with advice on what they consider priority issues of national security, climate/energy policy, and the economic crisis.

The Winter 2008-09 issue also features take-aways from the Center’s recent “Acting in Time on Energy Policy” conference hosted by the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group. In addition, it spotlights Belfer Center Faculty Affiliate Richard Clarke and new Kennedy School Professor Nicholas Burns.

Advice to the New President and Congress

• For the Next President – Center Scholars Suggest Priority Actions in Security, Climate/Energy, and the Financial Crisis
• Experts Identify Most Urgent Energy Policy Needs at Acting in Time Conference
• Report Urges Governments to Explore Benefits, Risks of Biofuels
• Clark Joins Call for Congress to Adopt System to Evaluate U.S. Ecosystems

International Comment and Analysis

• Biotechnology Support is Key to Africa’s Economic Renewal
• Reflections and Actions on Improving China’s Air Quality
• Preventive Defense Project Encourages Taipei-Beijing Dialogue

Featured Belfer Center Research, Researchers, and Alums

• Managing the Atom’s Matthew Bunn Named Associate Professor of Public Policy
• Assaf Moghadam Explores Global Jihad Movement and Increase in Suicide Attacks
• Laura Anadon Leads Research in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
• Belfer Center Alums Launch Center for New American Strategy (CNAS)
• Spotlight: Richard Clarke
• Q&A: Nicholas Burns

News and Notes

• Hot Off the Presses: the latest Belfer Center publications
• From the Director: Comments from Graham Allison
• Belfer in Brief: Calestous Juma on harnessing knowledge; Al Carnesale on providing a non-nuclear option
• Belfer Center Newsmakers
• Belfer Center News Quotes of Interest

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