ARTICLES AND OP-EDS
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."
March 25, 2005
Starving the Voters Is How Mugabe Has Rigged the Election
Chicago Tribune
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
...Mugabe's staying power and tactics are mirroring those of oppressive regimes in Cambodia and North Korea. Left unchecked as he has been, there is no telling how far he will go.
March 21, 2005
A New Deal for New Delhi
Wall Street Journal
By Robert D. Blackwill, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
March 20, 2005
Combatendo o genocidio (Combating Genocide in Darfur)
Jornal o Brasil
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
This article discusses the genocide in Darfur.
March 20, 2005
"In the White House, People Power Trumps Terrorism"
The Sunday Independent
By Thomas J. Wright, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2004-2007
"FOR DECADES Sinn Fein had meticulously built a first rate organisation in the US. Last week, an amateur operation run on a shoestring and human spirit brought it crashing down...."
March 16, 2005
"For Our Benefit, for Our Values"
Magill Magazine, Ireland's Leading Political and Cultural Monthly
By Thomas J. Wright, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2004-2007
Thomas Wright argues that only America can give the world the leadership it needs.
March 14, 2005
"Cape Wind Damage"
Boston Globe
By Henry Lee, Director, Environment and Natural Resources Program
"Massachusetts is one of the few states in the country that has decided to address the climate problem and restrict carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. On paper, it has extolled the virtues of renewable energy and has put in place requirements that will force its utilities to purchase an ever increasing amount of their power from renewable sources. At this time, the only feasible renewable option for meeting a significant portion of these requirements is to build a measurable amount of wind generation. Since no one is suggesting that the state or federal government build this capacity themselves, private developers have to be willing to step up to the plate and invest their money to meet their goals."
March 11, 2005
Meanwhile: Searching for Truth, I Turn to Fiction
International Herald Tribune
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
