MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
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April 3, 2008
"Pakistan PM Has Good Credentials, Limited Authority"
Oxford Analytica
By Hassan Abbas, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program/Project on India and the Subcontinent
"Gilani is leader of a coalition government with a strong mandate but facing difficult problems. It is also committed to policies that could cause turbulence, particularly reinstating judges deposed by President Pervez Musharraf. Gilani's position is further complicated by political circumstances, with the leaders of the dominant parties in the ruling coalition directing policy from outside parliament."
March 20, 2008
"Workshop Ponders: Post-Kyoto, What Next?"
Harvard Gazette
By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach
"The project is examining ideas that are similar to Kyoto’s top-down approach, though stronger, as well as approaches that are substantially different. Key ideas in play range from indexing emissions targets to economic growth, to bottom-up approaches, such as linking together the actions of a number of countries. One of the project’s key goals is to persuade the countries of the world not only to look at ideas similar to the Kyoto Protocol, but also to look at ideas that are very different in structure."
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March 2008
"Six Ways Not to Deal with Hamas"
Foreign Policy
By Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow, International Security Program
How do you stop a foe whose tolerance for pain exceeds your willingness to inflict it?
Senior Fellow Chuck Freilich examines each of the alternatives.
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March/April 2008
"Power House"
Foreign Policy, (Inbox Section), issue 165
By Matthew Kroenig, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
"When Kenya convulsed with violence after its flawed election in late December, many expressed surprise that one of Africa’s most stable countries could so quickly fall victim to ethnic hatred. But political scientists Steven Fish and Matthew Kroenig noted something else: a feeble legislature. Despite the opposition winning twice as many legislative seats as the president’s party, opposition members still took to the streets. Why? Because they wanted the only office that has any power in the country: the presidency...."
March-April 2008
"Toward a Liberal Realist Foreign Policy: A Memo for the Next President"
Harvard Magazine, issue 4, volume 110
By Joseph S. Nye, Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations
"On January 20, you will inherit a legacy of trouble: Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Palestine, North Korea for starters. Failure to manage any one of them could mire your presidency and sap your political support—and threaten the country’s future. At the same time, you must not let these inherited problems define your foreign policy. You need to put them in a larger context and create your own vision of how Americans should deal with the world."
March 2008
The Lost Generation?
Corporate Counsel
By Ben Heineman, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Demoralized and dispirited, big-firm associates are defecting in droves. Here's how law firms - and their clients - can change that.
Citizen of Two Worlds
February 27, 2008
"Heart vs. Mind and Monitoring Elections in Pakistan"
Reuters
By Xenia Dormandy, Director of the Belfer Center's Project on India and the Subcontinent
Xenia Dormandy reflects on her experience monitoring the February 18 parliamentary elections in Pakistan.
February 20, 2008
"Is India Ready for CTL Fuels?"
The Financial Express
By Ananth Chikkatur, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Sunita Dubey
Faced with high oil prices and increasing oil imports to meet the country’s rising demand for transportation fuels, there is now a perception that India’s energy security is threatened. While the production of biodiesel has now become a national mission, CTL fuels are also gaining currency as a commercially attractive proposition because of the potentially cleaner characteristics.
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February 15, 2008
"Pakistan: Opposition Parties Are Poised to Win Poll"
Oxford Analytica
By Hassan Abbas, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program/Project on India and the Subcontinent
"While there is a considerable risk that the elections will be rigged and that poor security will deter voting, pro-Musharraf parties will be swept from power. The PPP is expected to secure the most votes, raising the prospect of a grand coalition of parties united in opposition to the president. Stable government will depend on their ability to work together, as well as with Musharraf, for as long as he remains in power."
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February 2008
A Pakistani Revolution
Harvard International Review
By Xenia Dormandy, Director of the Belfer Center's Project on India and the Subcontinent
The lack of predictability and transparency through both the presidential and parliamentary elections have compounded the confusion, the instability, and Musharraf's loss of credibility. Is Pakistan becoming "the world's most dangerous nation"?
