PRESS RELEASES
October 6, 2009
"Former Acting Cybersecurity Czar Melissa Hathaway Named Senior Advisor at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center"
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Melissa Hathaway, former acting senior director for cyberspace at the National Security Council, has joined Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs as a senior advisor to its cyber security initiative.
September 3, 2009
Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center Announces 2009 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University announced today that the 2009 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership will be given to the Mexico City Metrobus, a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system that reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, while improving the quality of life and transportation options in one of the largest cities in the world.
September 2, 2009
"Meghan O’Sullivan Named Kirkpatrick Professor of International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School"
A former top Bush Administration official is joining the faculty at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Meghan O'Sullivan, who served as special assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan from 2004-07, has been named the Evron and Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of International Affairs, as announced by Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Dean David T. Ellwood. O'Sullivan is affiliated with Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
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July 21, 2009
Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Receives Additional Funding from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Expand Research in Key Areas
By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach
As global negotiators prepare to discuss the next international climate agreement in Copenhagen and beyond, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Climate Change Initiative has awarded the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements $600,000 over one year to significantly expand its research and policy outreach.
Photo by Robert C. Stowe
May 13, 2009
"Robert Stavins Named to the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission"
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Robert Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School and a member of the Board of Directors at the school's Belfer Center, has been appointed to a new position in the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Spring 2009
Editors' Note
We would like to take this opportunity to inform our readers of important news and developments regarding International Security and some changes in its editorial procedures.
Spring 2009
The Spring 2009 Issue of International Security Is Now Available
The Spring 2009 issue of the quarterly journal International Security is now available. It includes articles by Alexander Downes, Michael Mousseau, Phillip Saunders and Scott Kastner, Bruce Moon, Jeremy Pressman, and more.
NEW MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION PROCESS
In addition, as part of the journal's efforts to improve its editorial process, International Security has moved to Editorial Manager, an online manuscript managing system used by over 2,800 journals. You can access the new site at http://isec.edmgr.com.
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For more information, please read the Editor's Note in the spring issue.
April 24, 2009
"Belfer Center Director Graham Allison Selected to Receive National Academy of Sciences' Award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War"
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
Graham Allison, director of the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, will receive the 2009 National Academy of Sciences' Award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War on Sunday, April 26, 2009, in Washington, D.C. He is being honored for illuminating alternative ways of thinking about political decision making with special relevance to crises, including nuclear crises, as demonstrated in his groundbreaking Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis and subsequent works.
April 23, 2009
PDP Co-Director Ashton Carter Confirmed by Senate to Serve as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT&L)
PDP Co-Director Ashton B. Carter was confirmed by voice vote by the Senate as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics on April 23, 2009.
April 1, 2009
"Venkatesh "Venky" Narayanamurti Named Director of Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center"
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti will be the new director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Belfer Center Director Graham Allison announced today.
