ARTICLES AND OP-EDS
February 27, 2006
The Wrong Way of Thinking about Oil
The Korea Herald
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
February 27, 2006
Forging Fresh Bonds
The Times of India
By Robert D. Blackwill, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
February 17, 2006
"Don't Dumb Down the Army"
New York Times
By Kelly M. Greenhill, Research Fellow, International Security Program
"Four decades ago, during the Vietnam War, Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara created Project 100,000, a program intended to help the approximately 300,000 men who annually failed the Armed Forces Qualification Test for reasons of aptitude...Mr. McNamara further concluded that the best way to demonstrate that the induction of New Standards Men would prove beneficial was to keep their status hidden from their commanders. In other words, Project 100,000 was a blind experiment run on the military amid the escalation of hostilities in Southeast Asia."
February 16, 2006
Processing Of Any Nuclear Materials Should Be Brought Under International Monitoring
Izvestia
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
February 16, 2006
"There's More to Growth than China . . ."
Wall Street Journal
By Martin Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University
When President Bush visits India next month, he will see a country that is making remarkable economic progress despite enormous structural problems. That progress will, however, be far less visible than it is in China. In India he will not see the modern high-rises or the general level of prosperity that he has seen in urban China. But the progress in India is nevertheless real.
February 16, 2006
"Cut FEMA Loose from Red Tape"
Newsday
By Elaine Kamarck, Lecturer in Public Policy
In wake of Katrina, agency needs to have independence restored
February 14, 2006
"Israel Not to Blame for Iran's Nuclear Blackmail"
The Irish Times
By Thomas J. Wright, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2004-2007
Iran's regime is extreme and has made repeated threats against Israel; there are good reasons to be concerned about its nuclear programme, writes Tom Wright.
February 12, 2006
"To Protect and Serve the World"
Boston Globe
By Rebecca Weiner, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005–2007
"...with the growth of borderless threats like terrorism and the illegal trafficking of drugs, weapons, and humans, Interpol has become newly relevant...."
February 10, 2006
America's Thirst for Oil
Chicago Tribune
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
February 9, 2006
'Satan's Drink' and a Sorry History of Global Food Fights
Financial Times
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
