FACT SHEETS AND HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW
October 1, 2009
A Preview of Negotiations
By R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics
Interview with Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, former undersecretary of state for political affairs and lead Iran negotiator under President George W. Bush; Senior Counselor, The Cohen Groups; Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School.
June 12, 2009
DOE Budget Authority for Energy Research, Development, & Demonstration Database
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group and Laura Diaz Anadon, Project Manager, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration & Deployment Policy Project, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
This document contains June 2009 updates to our database on U.S. government investments in energy research, development, demonstration, and deployment (ERD3) through the Department of Energy. The update includes funding for ERD3 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The database, in Microsoft Excel format, tracks DOE appropriations from FY 1978–2009 and the FY 2010 budget request. It also includes several charts.
Photo by Beth Maclin
June 7, 2009
"Geospatial Science & Technology for Sustainable Development in Africa: Partnerships and Applications"
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
This conference, co-sponsored by the Association of American Geographers and the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project, Harvard Kennedy School brought together members of public and private donor organizations with those from institutions and industry engaged in the application of geospatial science and technology to assess development needs, formulate responses to those needs, and successfully implement sustainable development programs in Africa. Its goal was to insure that public and private sector initiatives that rely on geospatial tools, techniques, and applications achieve a high level of integration in the areas of database requirements and standards, methodologies, and strategies for sustainability. Enhancing private sector linkages with government and nongovernmental initiatives already underway, as well as with ongoing academic and scientific research efforts, will help further capacity building and coordinate public policy applications across regions and themes.
May 28, 2009
"Harvard's Gallagher Discusses New Report on Energy Policy Challenges Facing U.S."
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
Will the Obama administration's plan for vehicle emissions standards and auto efficiency affect consumer behavior? During today's OnPoint, Kelly Sims Gallagher, director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, gives her take on the administration's recent auto emissions announcement and whether it will have any significant effects on the environment. Gallagher, editor of the new report, "Acting in Time on Energy Policy," explains why she believes Congress should consider a variable tax on the price of oil as part of the United States' energy policy.
Photo by Lindsay Lecky
May 18, 2009
"New York Business Roundtable: Key Takeaways"
By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach
With the U.S. Congress currently debating whether and how to establish a domestic cap-and-trade system to address climate change, the outcome of those discussions is critical to global climate negotiations in Copenhagen and beyond, according to a roundtable discussion on post-Kyoto climate policy hosted by Barclays Capital on April 30, 2009, with insights from the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements.
The business roundtable in New York, which included participants from a range of industries and key government officials, looked at the implications of U.S. domestic climate policy for the international process, the current state of the Waxman-Markey bill in the U.S. Congress, and the future of national and global carbon markets.
May 11, 2009
Listen to Michael Robbins on "What Accounts for the Success or Failure of Islamist Parties in the Arab World?'
By Michael Robbins, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
In a Dubai Initiative Brown Bag Seminar on May 6, 2009, DI Fellow Michael Robbins examined the causes underlying the success or failure of Islamist parties in the Arab world.
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April 29, 2009
"Ending Arab Corruption"
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
The Arab Anti-Corruption Organization (AACO) is one of several institutions in the Arab world working to break through -- or at least chip away at -- the steel wall that protects the prevailing centralized, autocratic power structures.
April 16, 2009
Listen to DI Seminar speaker Barbara Slavin on US-Iran relations
Highlighting the need to develop mutual respect between the U.S. and Iran, Barbara Slavin spoke about the two countries' often contentious relationship in a March 20 Dubai Initiative Seminar.
April 10, 2009
Listen to Emile Nakhleh Discuss America's Political Engagment with the Islamic World
In a Dubai Initiative Seminar on April 6, Dr. Emile Nakhleh argued that proper engagement with the Islamic world is a matter of U.S. national security and in its national interest.
March 11, 2009
Listen to "The Cross-Border Impact of Violent Events" with DI Fellow, Mohamad Al-Ississ
By Mohamad M. Al-Ississ, Former Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
In a Dubai Initiative Brown Bag Seminar on February 18, 2009, DI Fellow Mohamad Al-Ississ discussed the cross-border impact of violent events.
