ARTICLES AND OP-EDS
April 25, 2005
Energy Technology for Sustainable Development
Harvard Crimson
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Human well-being rests on a foundation of three pillars: economic conditions and processes; sociopolitical conditions and processes; and environmental conditions and processes. Arguments about which pillar is “the most important” are misguided. All three pillars are indispensable.
April 18, 2005
We Should Support Etyang, Not Lock Him Up
The East African
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
April 13, 2005
Research Worth Fighting For
New York Times
By Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project and John M. Deutch, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Research and development activities, known as the "technology base" program, are a vital part of the United States defense program and must be adequately funded.
April 10, 2005
"The President is No Daniel Patrick Moynihan"
The Times Union, (Albany, N.Y.)
By Margaret Sloane, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2004-2007
"If Daniel Patrick Moynihan — the legendary intellectual of the U.S. Senate — were alive today, we would undoubtedly be treated to choice and memorable responses to the Bush administration's recent invocations of his name in support of two policy decisions, one domestic and one foreign...."
April 6, 2005
Dance Over North Korean Nukes Needs New Steps
The Augusta Chronicle
By Xiaohui (Anne) Wu, Former Associate, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2007–2010; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2004–2007
April 5, 2005
A Failure of Policy, Not Spying
Washington Post
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
The fallacy in the Bush administration's appointment of a commission to study intelligence failures is that there is almost never such a thing as a pure intelligence failure. Intelligence failure is usually linked to policy failure.
April 3, 2005
The Dance over North Korean Nukes
The Providence Journal
By Xiaohui (Anne) Wu, Former Associate, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2007–2010; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2004–2007
Spring 2005
Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe
John F. Kennedy School of Government Bulletin, Harvard University
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
In NUCLEAR TERRORISM: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe (Times Books / an imprint of Henry Holt August 9, 2004), Graham Allison, founding dean of Harvard’s modern John F. Kennedy School of Government, a former top Pentagon official, and one of America’s leading scholars of nuclear strategy and national security, gives us an urgent call to action. He makes the case that nuclear terrorism is inevitable—if we continue on our present course—and he sets out an ambitious but achievable plan for preventing a catastrophic attack before it’s too late.
March 31, 2005
Iraq Lessons Can Avoid Disaster in Iran
Financial Times
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
March 28, 2005
"Like Nujoma, Africa Needs to Go Back to University"
The East African
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa and Lee Yee-Cheong
"For decades, Africa was made to believe that only primary education mattered for development. This is the colonial legacy under which Africa was defined as a source of raw materials and an importer of processed goods. The first generation of African universities thus focused on producing functionaries for the civil service."
