NEWSLETTER ARTICLES
GTIL
Winter 2008-09
"Biotechnology Support is Key to Africa's Economic Renewal"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
Calestous Juma, director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization project of the Belfer Center, writes that biotechnology "is emerging as a key driver of economic renewal in developing countries." However, he say, "controversies surrounding the safety of genetically-modified (GM) foods are threatening to undermine international cooperation in this emerging field."
Liz Lynch
Winter 2008-09
"Belfer Center Alums Launch Center for New American Strategy (CNAS)"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Kurt Campbell and Michèle Flournoy, both alums of the Belfer Center, founded The Center for a New American Strategy in February 2007. The organization has grown into an intellectual, nonpartisan national think tank focusing on national security and defense.
Deborah Gordon
Winter 2008-09
"Preventive Defense Project Encourages Taipei-Beijing Dialogue"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Jennifer C. Bulkeley, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2008-2009; Former Research Assistant, Preventive Defense Project, 2007-2009
Over the past decade, the Belfer Center’s Preventive Defense Project (PDP) has organized a series of “Track II” dialogues between Taiwan, mainland China, and the United States – dialogues that have contributed substantially to diffusing tensions between leaders in the U.S. and China. The off-the-record discussions offer participants an opportunity to speak candidly about issues often deemed too controversial to be discussed in official Track I bilateral discussions. At meetings in July 2008, the PDP delegation encouraged participants from Taiwan and mainland China to seize the opportunity for an improved relationship.
Belfer Center
Winter 2008-09
"Laura Diaz Anadon Leads Research in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Laura Diaz Anadon, former chemical engineer and financial consultant, was named program manager of the Center’s Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group’s Energy Research Development & Deployment Policy (ERD3) this past summer. She heads the Center's efforts to produce and promote a comprehensive set of recommendations for the next U.S. administration to accelerate the development and deployment of low-carbon energy technologies.
Aviva Krauthammer
Winter 2008-09
"Assaf Moghadam Explores Global Jihad Movement and Increase in Suicide Attacks"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Assaf Moghadam, research fellow with the Belfer Center’s International Security Program/Initiative on Religion in International Affairs and an assistant professor and senior associate at the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, has for nearly a decade examined the rise and spread of suicide attacks. He recently published The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks.
Belfer Center
Winter 2008-09
"Spotlight: Richard Clarke"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Richard Clarke, a Belfer Center faculty affiliate, grew up in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood in a home where the family read newspapers together, watched the news, and often discussed world events and the military. His father spent four years in the Pacific, and talking with his dad about his experiences and national news was part of Clarke’s life from his earliest days. His increasing interest in government intensified the day in 1960 when John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States. Clarke was 10 years old.
Winter 2008-09
"Clark Joins Call for Congress to Adopt System to Evaluate U.S. Ecosystems"
Belfer Center Newsletter
William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development and member of the Belfer Center Board of Directors, joined the nonprofit Heinz Center this summer in calling on the next president and Congress to take up the reins of a system of U.S. environmental indicators that evaluates the condition of major ecosystems within the United States.
Martha Stewart
Winter 2008-09
"Q&A with Nicholas Burns"
Belfer Center Newsletter
R. Nicholas (Nick) Burns, formerly the highest-ranking career diplomat at the U.S. Department of State, has been appointed Harvard Kennedy School professor of the practice of diplomacy and international politics with the Belfer Center and will also serve on the Center’s board of directors. Burns has an extensive background in diplomacy and international affairs, having served most recently as U.S. under secretary of state for political affairs (2005-08). He was a lead member of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's senior management team. We asked Burns about his plans at the Belfer Center and his views on some of the foremost international challenges facing the United States.
Belfer Center
Winter 2008-09
"Report Urges Governments to Explore Benefits, Risks of Biolfuels"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Governments should initiate an orderly, innovation-enhancing transition toward incentives that target multi-dimensional goals for biofuels development, according to the report "Biofuels and Sustainable Development," released by the Sustainability Science Program of Harvard Kennedy School in ollaboration with Italy’s Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, and Venice International University. Henry Lee, director of the Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program and co-author of the report with William Clark and Charan Devereaux, writes that if the potential of biofuels is to be realized, "governments must be clear about goals and constraints and the specific interventions to address each of them.”
Tsinghua University
Winter 2008-09
"Belfer in Brief"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Brief notes on the recent comings and goings of a sampling of Belfer Center faculty, fellows, staff, and affiliates.
