OP-EDS
January 31, 2006
"Questions for Hamas"
Boston Globe
By Shai Feldman, Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"...What will be the future role of Hamas's militants? Will outside pressures to disarm these militants lead, instead, to their incorporation within the PA's security services? Under the Oslo agreements, the PA's security services were to number up to 18,000. In recent years, Palestinian police and military personnel have reached about 58,000. If these numbers were to mushroom further by incorporating the approximately 5,000 Hamas militants into the services, how would the PA be able to pay the salaries of so many people? And if they don't, how would the PA avoid Iraq-like consequences of releasing thousands of men trained in the use of weapons to an economy suffering chronic unemployment?"
January 31, 2006
19-Year-Old Grandfathers
Izvestia
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
January 30, 2006
A Plan for Nuclear Waste
Washington Post
By John M. Deutch, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
January 27, 2006
"When Terrorists Go Mainstream"
Boston Globe
By Monica Duffy Toft, Former Associate Professor of Public Policy; Former Board Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Former Director, Initiative on Religion and International Affairs
"Hamas has historically done much better at providing for the basic needs of Palestinian Arabs than the Palestinian Authority (Fatah). That's why Hamas won...."
January 27, 2006
"It's Time for More Strait Talk"
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Jason Qian and Xiaohui (Anne) Wu, Former Associate, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2007–2010; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2004–2007
"...a joint problem-solving process led by open-minded negotiators. It was "unofficial" but had direct influence on the leadership in mainland China and in Taiwan. Negotiators were given a free hand to explore and generate creative options without being obliged to make political commitments. The dialogue enhanced the goodwill and understanding between the two sides and did reach some consensus."
January 23, 2006
"The Chimera of Russia's Gas Power"
Yemen Times
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"If Russia is going to throw its weight around, it is better to have allies among those affected. The key to energy security is diversity — of pipelines as well as sources of supply."
January 14, 2006
Sowing Afghan Security
International Herald Tribune
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
There is a striking antidote to worsening security in Afghanistan, where suicide bombing and convoy ambushes now occur every day. Increasingly, these Taliban- and Al Qaeda–sponsored attacks are linked to opium and heroin trafficking. Afghanistan supplies 80 percent of Europe's heroin and is the largest grower of poppies in the world.
January 11, 2006
"Political Parties as Tools of Democracy"
The Daily Nation, (Kenya)
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa and Allison DiSenso, Former Research Assistant, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Former Faculty Assistant to Calestous Juma
"Building modern political parties and associated think-tanks is, therefore, the most urgent political agenda facing the continent. Failure to do so will result in the abortion of democracy, political chaos and economic decay."
January 10, 2006
Sowing Afghan Security
Boston Globe
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
There is a striking antidote to worsening security in Afghanistan, where suicide bombing and convoy ambushes now occur every day. Increasingly, these Taliban- and Al Qaeda–sponsored attacks are linked to opium and heroin trafficking. Afghanistan supplies 80 percent of Europe's heroin and is the largest grower of poppies in the world.
