MEMORANDUM
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April 24, 2008
Case Study: Red Teaming Iran's Supreme Leader
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative
When the key finding of the December National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran was emerging, the intelligence community assigned a group to "red team" Iran's behavior. They were asked to assume that Iran's intention was to deceive the United States into concluding that the Iranian nuclear program had been halted. Although the red team made a persuasive case that Iran's actions were consistent with this objective, the intelligence community ultimately rejected that hypothesis and came to the conclusion it reported.
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March 14, 2008
The Transfer of Power in Russia
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative
Though the outcome of the presidential election in Russia was a foregone conclusion, many questions remain about when and how which powers will be transferred from whom to whom. Also included below are speculations from Russian colleagues about what the new administration and cabinet may look like.
Summer 2007
Two-pager: Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board and Joseph Aldy, Co-Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
The goal of the project is to help identify key design elements of a scientifically sound, economically rational, and politically pragmatic post-2012 international policy architecture for global climate change.
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Updated September 2007
Case Study: Blocking Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative
As the conditions in Iraq deteriorate, the rise of Iran becomes more vivid. Many now foresee the rise of Shiite power across the Arab crescent. With the wind at its back, Iran’s nuclear program is on track to cross the point of no return this year.
August 29, 2007
Open Teaching Positions: Dubai School of Government
The Dubai School of Government is currently recruiting for multiple positions: Assistant Professor(s) of Public Policy, Associate Dean for Executive Education, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
March 5, 2004
Topic for March 16: ?Smart Primacy: ?Etiquette,? ?Style,? and ?Technique? v. Policy Choice and Deeper Forces?
June 9, 2003
Comments on the 2 June 2003 US Senate Republican Policy Committee document, ?The Shaky Science Behind the Climate Change Sense of the Congress Resolution?
By John P. Holdren, Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
January 1, 2001
Letter to Presidents Bush and Putin before summit meeting
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By Matthew Bunn, Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
In light of the new and emerging challenges posed by international terrorism, we believe that it is now more important than ever that the U.S. and Russia, and indeed all countries around the world, increase their cooperation to block terrorist access to weapons of mass
destruction.
January 1, 1999
Executive Memorandum from conference 'Succession and Long-term Stability in the Caspian Region'
