OP-EDS
January 1, 2006
"Innovate or Perish"
Los Angeles Times
By Lewis M. Branscomb, Director Emeritus of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management
THE UNITED STATES is losing its competitive advantage and may soon lose its innovative edge....
December 29, 2005
"The Rise of China's Soft Power"
Wall Street Journal Asia
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"In terms of political values, the era of Maoism (and Mao jackets) is long past. Although China remains authoritarian, the success of its political economy in tripling gross domestic product over the past three decades has made it attractive to many developing countries. In parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America, the so-called "Beijing consensus" on authoritarian government plus a market economy has become more popular than the previously dominant "Washington consensus" of market economics with democratic government. China has reinforced this attraction by economic aid and access to its growing market."
December 26, 2005
14 Years after Evil Empire, a Stable Russia
Boston Globe
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
FOURTEEN YEARS ago yesterday, the Soviet Union disappeared. Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the USSR on Christmas Day 1991. Boris Yeltsin became independent Russia's first president. The Supreme Soviet, the highest governmental body of the Soviet Union, dissolved itself. The iconic hammer and sickle flag that had flown over the Kremlin for seven decades came down. What Ronald Reagan rightly called the "evil empire" was erased from the map. In its place emerged Russia and 14 other newly independent states.
December 20, 2005
In a Quandary over Withdrawal Countdown
The Bangkok Post
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
December 19, 2005
"China's Role in North Korea"
Boston Globe
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
"By initiating a road map and acting as a negotiator to implement it, China can increase its effectiveness in helping to resolve North Korea's nuclear problem, and this is something only China can do. Embracing a new negotiation model to expedite the solution of this issue works to the advantage of the world, and to China's own advantage as a responsible regional player and reemerging world power."
December 18, 2005
"Afghanistan and Opium"
Boston Globe
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Program on Intrastate Conflict, 2005–2007
"Licensing production of legitimate drugs would not only shrink the size of Afghanistan's illegal economy, it would also provide a sustainable livelihood for the poor peasants, and generate income for the Afghan state."
December 18, 2005
"Two Patient Powers, One Peaceful World"
Toronto Star
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations
"...China's economic stake in the American economy needs to be as strong and balanced as the American stake in China. Recent studies indicate that conflict between two countries declines in proportion to the large and symmetrical foreign direct-investment stake they hold in each other. Part of the strong reciprocity in U.S.-Canada relations is due to the foreign direct investment going both ways. When such investments take place reciprocally, they lower the level of conflict between governments...."
December 12, 2005
Quake is a Wake-Up Call for East Africans
The East African
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
December 11, 2005
Iraqis Will Learn to Deal
Washington Post
By Barbara Bodine, Former Senior Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
December 10, 2005
Don't Blame Romney
Boston Globe
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
