PRESENTATIONS
October 3, 2011
The Economic and Financial Impacts of the Arab Awakening
A transcript of Raed H. Charafeddine's September 29 talk "The Economic and Financial Impacts of the Arab Awakening."
September 16, 2011
"China's Nuclear Safety Regulatory System: Current Status and Challenges"
By Yun Zhou, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
Although China is one of the major contributors in the global nuclear expansion, China's nuclear power industry is relatively young. Its nuclear safety regulators are less experienced compared to those in other major nuclear power countries. To realize China's resolute commitment to rapid growth of safe nuclear energy, detailed analyses of its nuclear safety regulatory system are required.
September 16, 2011
"Beyond Kyoto: An Economic Perspective on International Climate Policy"
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
Harvard Project on Climate Agreements Director Robert N. Stavins delivered a featured address at the Institute of International and European Affairs, Ireland's leading think tank on international affairs, on September 16, 2011, in Dublin. As preparations for the next round of crucial climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa, commence, Stavins discussed the prospects for the negotiations; the future of climate action beyond the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012; and the economics of climate change policy.
May 30-31, 2011
The European Shale Gas Revolution: New Dimensions for European Diversification
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin spoke at the International Gas and Nuclear Energy Forum 2011 in Warsaw, Poland. The presentation covered the potential of shale gas to dramatically change the European energy market for the mid to long term. Special focus was also given to how any potential shale gas production in Europe would impact major natural gas exporting countries.
May 27, 2011
India's Leading Role as a BRICS Economy - An Energy's Tale
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin participated in a seminar hosted by the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) about India's growing energy demand and its implications.
May 14, 2011
On Energy Security: The Price We Have to Pay
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin was awarded the Leader of Tomorrow Prize at the 41st St. Gallen Symposium. He also addressed the audience in a panel entitled "Energy Security: The Price We Have to Pay."
April 19, 2011
Resource Nationalism: From Spanish Roots to an Arab Tree
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin speaks for DI's Brown Bag series at Harvard Kennedy School the myriad ways that oil and gas producing nations practice resource nationalism in the legal, political, and economic realms.
U.S. Department of State
April 13, 2011
"Next Steps to Strengthen Nuclear Security and Prevent Nuclear Terrorism"
By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
Matthew Bunn presented "Next Steps to Strengthen Nuclear Security and Prevent Nuclear Terrorism" at the Fissile Materials Working Group event in Vienna, Austria on the occasion of the 1-year anniversary of the Nuclear Security Summit.
April 4-5, 2011
The Non-State Actor Nuclear Supply Chain
By William H. Tobey, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
William H. Tobey, and Matthew Bunn presented "The Non-State Actor Nuclear Supply Chain" at the Workshop on “Cooperation to Control Non-State Nuclear Proliferation: Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction and UN Resolutions 1540 and 1373” sponsored by the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability on April 4 and 5, 2011.
March 21, 2011
The European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin presents at the Dubai School of Government a lecture on the EU's energy policy vis-a-vis the Gulf Cooperation Council.
