BOOKS
December 2006
The Gene Revolution: GM Crops and Unequal Development
By Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Former Research Fellow, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2005-2006
This is the first book to bridge the gap between the "naysayers" and "cheerleaders", and to provide a penetrating examination of the realities, complexities, benefits and pitfalls of GM adoption in developing countries that are desperately fighting poverty while trying to stay afloat in the hyper-competitive global economy.
November 22, 2006
Negotiating Change: The New Politics of the Middle East
By Jeremy Jones, Former Joint Research Fellow, International Security Program/The Dubai Initiative, 2004–2007
As the US demand for Western-style democracy in the Middle East grows ever more strained, Harvard Middle East expert Jeremy Jones travels through the region evaluating the prospects for change. He engages with diverse political cultures, from traditional assemblies in the Persian Gulf, to sophisticated multiconfessional politics in the Levant.
October 4, 2006
Gambling on Humanitarian Intervention: Moral Hazard, Rebellion and Civil War
By Timothy Crawford, Former Associate, International Security Program, 2006-2009 and Alan Kuperman, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2000–2001
September 21, 2006
Small Arms and Security: New Emerging International Norms
By Denise Garcia, Associate, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict
September 2006
The Fog of Peace and War Planning: Military and Strategic Planning under Uncertainty
By Talbot C. Imlay and Monica Duffy Toft, Associate Professor of Public Policy
This volume sets out to examine and analyse how governments and military organizations planned for an uncertain and potentially threatening future during four different peacetime periods spanning from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the aftermath of the Second World War.
September 2006
Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability
By Philip Auerswald, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Lewis M. Branscomb, Director Emeritus of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management, Todd M. La Porte and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan
Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response ... describes effective and sustainable approaches — both business strategies and public policies — to ensure provision of critical services in the event of disaster.
September 2006
Confronting the Spector of Nuclear Terrorism: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
September, 2006
Post War America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History
September 2006
Confronting the Spector of Nuclear Terrorism
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
Most world leaders agree that nuclear terrorism represents the gravest international security challenge today. Many scholars and practitioners, however, argue that the United States remains ill-prepared to cope with this serious and real threat.
August 31, 2006
No More States? Globalization, National Self-Determination, and Terrorism
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; Senior Fellow, International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations and Arthur A. Stein
This provocative and compelling book explores the impact of globalization and terrorism on this trend, arguing convincingly that the era of national self-determination has finally come to an end.
