PRESS RELEASES
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.
AP Photo
March 16, 2009
"Report from the Commission on U.S. Policy Toward Russia -- The Right Direction for U.S. Policy Toward Russia"
By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach
With the leadership of the Bipartisan Commission on U.S. Policy towards Russia, established by the Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School and the Nixon Center in Washington, Belfer Center Director Graham Allison met last week in Moscow with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
December 2, 2008
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen Named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications and Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, director of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of Energy and former head of the Central Intelligence Agency's WMD and terrorism efforts, will join the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center as a senior fellow on January 19, 2009.
November 17, 2008
"Global Nuclear Terrorism Risk Still High, Despite Progress; New Administration Must Take Immediate Steps to Reduce Dangers"
By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach and Cathy Gwin
The world still faces a "very real" risk that terrorists could get a nuclear bomb, and the Obama Administration must make reducing that risk a top priority of U.S. security policy and diplomacy, according to Securing the Bomb 2008, a report released today.
August 19, 2008
Former U.S. Diplomat R. Nicholas Burns Appointed to Harvard Kennedy School Faculty
By Doug Gavel and R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics
R. Nicholas Burns, formerly the highest-ranking career diplomat at the U.S. Department of State, has been appointed Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics. He will serve on the Board of Directors at Belfer Center.
March 19, 2008
PDP Co-Director William J. Perry named chair of Congressional Commission on U.S. Strategic Posture
The U.S. House Armed Services Committee named PDP Co-Director William J. Perry chair of the Congressional Commission on United States Strategic Posture, a bipartisan committee established to provide a forward-looking assessment of U.S. strategic posture, including the role of nuclear weapons.
Photo by Marcus Halevi
March 11, 2008
Nicholas Burns, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, speaks on the future of the U.S.-Iran Relationship
Ambassador Nicholas Burns addresses the Forum in a talk entitled, "Clash with Iran: Inevitable or Avoidable?"
Gretchen Bartlett, PDP Associate Director
April 19, 2007
PDP Hosts WMD Workshop on the Day After a Nuclear Attack
Co-Directors Ashton B. Carter and William J. Perry hosted the latest in a series of WMD-related workshops, entitled "The Day After: Action in the 24 Hours Following a Nuclear Blast in a U.S. City." The off-the-record workshop, held at the Mayflower Hotel, focused on identifying and defining a critical set of actions to be taken now (or prepared now for action on the Day After) to help the U.S. and the international community at-large respond to, and recover from, a nuclear attack on a U.S. city.
