WORKING PAPERS
April, 2007
Useful Void: The Art of Forgetting in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing
By Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Faculty Affiliate
Spring 2006
"Covering Controversial Science: Improving Reporting on Science and Public Policy"
By Cristine Russell, Senior Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources Program
As the pace of new developments in science and technology quickens, journalists are increasingly confronted with covering complicated technical information as well as the potential social, legal, religious, and political consequences of scientific research. Avian flu, embryonic stem cell research, genetic engineering, global warming, teaching of evolution, and bio-terrorism are just a few of the topics on journalists' plates today.
May 3, 2006
Does Increased Access Increase Equality? Gender and Child Health Investments in India
By Emily Oster, Former Research Fellow, Intrastate Conflict Program/International Security Program, 2005-2006
May, 2006
Jefferson Rebuffed -- The United States and the Future of Internet Governance
By Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Faculty Affiliate
May, 2006
Precaution against Terrorism
By Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy; Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
March 13, 2006
"The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy"
By John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
"The U.S. national interest should be the primary object of American foreign policy."
December 2005
"Rwanda's Ordinary Killers: Interpreting Popular Participation in the Rwandan Genocide"
By Omar S. McDoom, Former Research Fellow, Intrastate Conflict Program/International Security Program, 2004-2007; Former Associate, Intrastate Conflict Program/International Security Program, 2007-2008
This paper examines the question of why so many ordinary Hutu participated in genocidal killing of Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994.
October 11, 2005
"Ensuring (and Insuring?) Critical Information Infrastructure Protection"
By Kenneth Neil Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Faculty Affiliate and Lewis M. Branscomb, Director Emeritus of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management
The participants...were largely optimistic that provided market forces could be brought to bear on the issue of critical information infrastructure protection, many of today’s challenges could be alleviated.
February 2005
"Political Islam: Ready for Engagement?"
By Emad Shahin, Former Faculty Affiliate, The Dubai Initiative
This paper explores the possibilities and implications of a European engagement with moderate Islamists on democracy promotion in the region. It argues that the EU approach to political reform in the Middle East region needs to be enhanced and linked to realities on the ground. Political reform cannot be effective without the integration of non-violent Islamic groups in a gradual, multifaceted process.
January, 2005
The National Gasification Strategy: Gasification of Coal and Biomass as a Domestic Supply Option
By William Rosenberg, Senior Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
