BELFER CENTER NEWSLETTER AND OTHER MATERIALS
Summer 2009
Belfer Center Newsletter Summer 2009
By 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.
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Summer 2009
"Economic Experts Suggest Causes, Next Steps for Economy"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach
Global leaders are facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Though Lawrence Summers, on leave from Harvard Kennedy School and the Belfer Center to serve as director of the National Economic Council, predicted that the sense of "freefall" may end in the next several months, a recovery is likely to still be some distance away. Belfer Center experts offer their thoughts on where the situation is headed, and what policymakers should do now.
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Summer 2009
"From the Director"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
For a Center committed to advancing policy-relevant knowledge about the most important international challenges, the current avalanche of seemingly insurmountable challenges is a time of great excitement.
Summer 2009
"Paula Dobriansky and John Gieve Named Senior Fellows"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, under secretary of state for democracy and global affairs under President George W. Bush, and Sir John Gieve, former deputy governor of the Bank of England, have joined the Belfer Center as senior fellows.
Summer 2009
"More Members of Belfer Center Community Head to Washington"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
As President Obama continues to fill crucial positions in his administration, the Belfer Center finds its own list of current and former faculty, fellows, and staff going to Washington, D.C. getting longer. Newly announced members of the Belfer Center community include the following. For a full list of Center members serving the government, see http://belfercenter.org/governmentappointments
Summer 2009
"Center Fellows and Associates to Expand Impact in New Positions"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Center Fellows and Associates to Expand Impact in New Positions.
Belfer Center
Summer 2009
"Featured Fellows: Thomas Hegghammer and Maya Tudor"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Thomas Hegghammer, Associate, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs/International Security Program and Maya Tudor, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Intrastate Conflict Program, 2008-2009
Belfer Center Research Fellows Thomas Hegghammer and Maya Tudor conduct policy-relevant research.
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Summer 2009
"A Proposed Global Climate Policy Architecture"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Jeffrey Frankel, James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
A Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet in Copenhagen in December to try to decide a successor regime to the Kyoto Protocol. This study offers a proposal that builds on the foundations of Kyoto, in that it accepts the framework of national targets for emissions and tradable permits. But it attempts to solve the most serious deficiencies of that agreement: the need for long-term targets, the absence of participation by the United States and developing countries, and the incentive for countries to fail to abide by their commitments. Although there are many ideas to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, the existing proposals are typically based on just one or two out of the following three factors: science (e.g., capping global concentrations at 450 ppm) or equity (equal emissions per capita across countries) or economics (weighing the economic costs of aggressive short-term cuts against the long-term environmental benefits). The plan for emissions reductions proposed in this paper is more practical because it is based heavily on politics, in addition to those three considerations.
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Summer 2009
"Center Hosts U.S.-China Workshop on Clean Energy and Carbon Collection, Sequestration"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach
With both China and the United States relying heavily on coal for electricity, senior government officials from both countries have urged immediate action to push forward technology that would reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired plants. They discussed possible actions at a high-level workshop in April jointly sponsored by the Belfer Center's Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group, China's Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Summer 2009
"Center Scholars Offer Advice on Future of U.S.-Russia Relations"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
Belfer Center Director Graham Allison, with members of the Bipartisan Commission on U.S. Policy towards Russia, met in March with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and high-level officials in the Obama administration to discuss the future of U.S.-Russia relations.
