CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
12-13 April, 2011
How Should investors look at the Middle East Now?
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin participated in a conference in Washington, DC hosted by Smadja & Smadja Inc. titled, "A Special Arab Roundtable, The Arab World in a New Era: Assessing the key Implications."
January 15, 2011
Impact of a U.S. Veto of Settlement Resolution at UN
Dubai Initiative Research Fellow Diana Buttu joins a panel of experts to discuss the impact of the US veto of the UN settlement resolution.
The expected U.S. veto of the resolution on settlements currently being discussed in the UN Security Council will likely bring U.S. foreign policy in the region under further scrutiny. The Institute of Middle East Understanding (IMEU) offers an in-depth on-the-record conversation with the following experts to help make sense of the U.S. role in the region's rapidly shifting landscape.
2008
"The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future: Summary of a Meeting"
On March 13, 2008, the National Academies brought together many of the most knowledgeable and influential people working on energy issues today to discuss how we can meet the need for energy without irreparably damaging Earth's environment or compromising U.S. economic and national security-a complex problem that will require technological and social changes that have few parallels in human history.
July 2007
"North Korea's Oct. 9 Nuclear Test: Successful or Failed?"
By Hui Zhang, Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
In this paper, Zhang examined if the test was successful. Based on a technical analysis, Zhang concluded that: whether North Korea’s Oct. 9 nuclear test was successful or failed would be dependent on North Korea’s designed yield. If North Korea planned a yield of 4 kt (as told to China), it would be not a failed test. It could show that North Korea already had confidence to explode a nuclear device and pursued a much more compact warhead for its missiles. Thus, it is urgent to negotiate for dismantling North Korean nuclear and long-range missile programs.
July 2007
"Off-Site Air Sampling Analysis And North Korean Nuclear Test"
By Hui Zhang, Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
In this paper, Zhang explores what information could have been obtained from offsite air sampling analysis. Specifically, he examines how to use the activity ratios of xenon isotopes to identify the North Korean nuclear test and whether the off-site air sampling analysis would be able to distinguish a test from a plutonium-bomb and a HEU bomb.
2005
"Energy Technology Research and Development in India and the United States"
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
By Ambuj D. Sagar, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Conference Proceedings, Workshop on Energy Technology Research and Development in India and the United States, New Dehli, India, August 19-21, 2004. Sponsored by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Energy Technology Innovation Project.
December 10, 2001
Securing Plutonium and HEU - What Should We Be Doing After September 11th?
By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
October 29, 2001
Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Theft and Sabotage
By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
July 15, 2001
Renewing the Partnership: One Year Later
By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
In August 2000, the authors published a comprehensive report assessing the U.S.-Russian Material Protection, Control and Accounting program and making recommendations for accelerating and strengthening the effort. The report emphasized the security importance of the MPC&A program and critically examined the program’s status and policies in several major areas: budgets, schedules, and plans; technical and policy approaches; program management and partnership with Russia; and access. In this paper, the authors update and review their previous assessment in light of the MPC&A progress and challenges of the past year, and make recommendations intended to strengthen and accelerate the effort and increase the chances that MPC&A improvements will be sustained over time.
