OP-EDS
September 21, 2007
"U.S., Iran Need to Build Confidence"
San Francisco Chronicle
By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program and Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
"...the stage is set for a thaw in U.S.-Iran relations. With sufficient political will on both sides, Washington and Tehran can achieve this by adopting concrete confidence-building measures and by imposing a mutually agreed-upon moratorium on demonizing each other."
August 17, 2007
"Saving the Peace Pipeline"
Agence Global
By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program and Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
"...in light of the IPI’s potential contribution to regional development, complementing the North-South corridor under consideration by the member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), it may be a good idea to revamp the IPI into a consortium that opens the possibility of a future role by other regional parties, both in terms of investment as well as linkage with the regional gas network."
April 19, 2007
"Sea Change in the Politics of Climate"
PostGlobal, A Conversation on Global Issues with David Ignatius and Fareed Zakaria
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program and Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
Kelly Sims Gallagher and John P. Holdren weigh in on climate change on PostGlobal, a Newsweek- and Washington Post-sponsored online forum hosted by David Ignatius and Fareed Zakaria.
March 13, 2007
"Towards Better Coal Power Technology Policies"
The Financial Express
By Ambuj D. Sagar, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and Ananth Chikkatur, Former Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
Coal-based power plants are—and will continue to be—the backbone of India’s energy engine. They currently account for about 69 out of 128-gigawatt installed capacity of utilities, and projections by the Planning Commission indicate that coal will fuel the power sector for at least the next three decades.
December 29, 2006
Climate Change: Expertise vs. Doubt
Boston Globe, Letter to the Editor
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Letter to the Editor of the Boston Globe in response to an Op-Ed by Jeff Jacoby.
December 7, 2006
"Will India Suffer From an Energy Crunch?"
India Today
By Ambuj D. Sagar, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Op-Ed in India Today on India's struggle to meet the country's growing energy demand.
August 23, 2006
"Iran's Diplomacy in Action"
Agence Global
By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program and Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
In this insider's assessment of Iran's long-awaited response to the incentive package offered by the United States and other world powers, Abbas Maleki and Kaveh Afrasiabi argue that this is an opportunity for diplomacy that could actually halt Iran's nuclear enrichment and address the concerns of the West.
July 21, 2006
Why Not Involve Iran in Effort To Establish Order in Mideast?
Forward
By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program
The world faces different crises all the time, and each generation feels its crises to be the biggest.
May 10, 2006
"Iran Is Eager to Defuse the Nuclear Squabble"
Financial Times
By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program
"...the general public does not consider the nuclear issue to be of vital importance. Nuclear technology will do little for the average Iranian — it cannot create more jobs for a country that needs 1m jobs annually, it cannot change the chronic low efficiency, productivity and effectiveness of the economy and management, and it will do nothing to improve Iran's commercial ties with the rest of the world...."
April 13, 2006
"Tame Oil's Wild Price Ride with a Tax"
Christian Science Monitor
By Henry Lee, Director, Environment and Natural Resources Program
Volatile oil prices keep energy companies from investing in alternatives. With the onslaught of high oil prices, war in the Middle East, an increasingly bellicose Iran, and the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, energy security has reemerged as a major public policy priority.
