Belfer Center Newsletter Summer 2009
Newsletter, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Summer 2009
Editor: Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
The Summer 2009 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features recent and upcoming activities, research, and analysis by members of the Center community on critical global issues. This issue highlights recommendations by Belfer Center economic experts on the next best steps toward an economic recovery. The newsletter also profiles Center faculty, affiliates, and alumni who have been asked in recent weeks to serve in key positions of the Obama administration. Previous appointees were highlighted in the Spring 2009 issue.
The Summer 2009 newsletter also features: a Center-sponsored U.S.-China workshop on clean energy and carbon collection and sequestration; a meeting of Graham Allison and the Bipartisan Commission on U.S. Policy towards Russia with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev; a global climate policy architecture proposed by Jeffrey Frankel; and Center scholar suggestions for future U.S.-Afghanistan/Pakistan relations. In addition, the newsletter spotlights Venkatesh (Venky) Narayanamurti, the new director of the Center's Science, Technology, and Public Policy program, and features a Q&A about the future of Afghanistan with Rory Stewart, director of the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and member of the Belfer Center Board of Directors.
Belfer Center Members Tapped for Key Policy Posts
Center Scholars Advise on Economy, Climate and Energy, Foreign Relations
- Economic Experts Suggest Causes, Next Steps for Economy
- Center Scholars Offer Advice on Future of U.S.-Russia Relations
- A Proposed Global Climate Policy Architecture
- Center Scholars Suggest Way Ahead for U.S. in Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Center Hosts U.S.-China Workshop on Clean Energy and Carbon
Features and Spotlights
- Paula Dobriansky and John Gieve Named Senior Fellows
- Featured Research Fellows: Thomas Hegghammer; Maya Tudor
- Spotlight with Venkatesh (Venky) Narayanamurti
- Q&A with Rory Stewart
- International Security Journal Highlights
News and Notes
- From the Director: Comments from Graham Allison
- Belfer in Brief: Workshop on Future of U.S.-China Relations and More
- Belfer Center Newsmakers
- Belfer Center Notable Quotes
- Hot Off the Presses: The Latest Belfer Center Publications
- Belfer Center Newsletter Summer 2009.pdf (679K PDF)
For more information about this publication please contact the Belfer Center Communications Office at 617-495-9858.
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Policy Options for Reducing Oil Consumption and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the U.S. Transportation Sector The goal of this paper is to contribute to the current policy debate about how to effectively limit or reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. transportation sector. |
