BROWSE BY PUBLICATION TYPE
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December 4, 2010
"The European Union and Future Nuclear Talks"
Op-Ed
By Kayhan Barzegar, Former Associate, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program, 2010–2011; Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/international Security Program, 2007–2010
"The weakening of the EU's role as an independent and mediatory player in the nuclear talks, however, beyond economic losses, could bring negative strategic and political consequences for the EU's status in the entire Middle East, which could in turn damage the region's interests. The new economic sanctions will preclude the opportunity of investment by the EU in Iran's gas and oil sectors, thus decreasing trade and commerce between the two—a shift of policy that provoked a sharp rise in China's activities in those sectors."
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November/December 2010
"The Iranian Quagmire: How to Move Forward. Position: Tit-for-Tat Diplomacy"
Journal Article, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, issue 6, volume 66
By Kayhan Barzegar, Former Associate, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program, 2010–2011; Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/international Security Program, 2007–2010
"...Iran's nuclear strategy is based on mastering the independent nuclear fuel cycle, seeking a cooperative relationship with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) according to its Safeguards Agreement, and enhancing regional and global nuclear disarmament. While Iran's progress in moving forward with the elements of this strategy brings challenges for the P5 + 1 group—namely reaching consensus on the mutual interests of all concerned parties—Iran supports continued discussions with this group to find a result acceptable to all parties in the diplomatic process."
September 2010
Laws, Outlaws, and Terrorists: Lessons from the War on Terrorism
Book
By Gabriella Blum and Philip B. Heymann
Gabriella Blum and Philip Heymann reject the argument that traditional American values embodied in domestic and international law can be ignored in any sustainable effort to keep the United States safe from terrorism. In Laws, Outlaws, and Terrorists, they demonstrate that the costs are great and the benefits slight from separating security and the rule of law.
Winner of the 2010 Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize
September 2010
The Uncertain Future of Nuclear Energy
Report
By Frank N. von Hippel, Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom, Anatoli Diakov, Ming Ding, Tadahiro Katsuta, Charles McCombie, M.V. Ramana, Tatsujiro Suzuki, Susan Voss and Suyuan Yu
In the 1970s, nuclear-power boosters expected that by now nuclear power would produce perhaps 80 to 90 percent of all electrical energy globally. Today, the official high-growth projection of the Organization for Economic Co‑operation and Developments (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) estimates that nuclear power plants will generate about 20 percent of all electrical energy in 2050. Thus, nuclear power could make a significant contribution to the global electricity supply. Or it could be phased out — especially if there is another accidental or a terrorist-caused Chernobyl-scale release of radioactivity. If the spread of nuclear energy cannot be decoupled from the spread of nuclear weapons, it should be phased out.
September 15, 2010
"Two British Lives"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
Senior Fellow, of the Belfer Center's Dubai Initiative, Rami Khouri wrote: These two very different men -- a politician and a jurist -- capture the best and worst of British culture and, indeed, of Western civilization very broadly defined. The jurist's quality life makes the world a better and safer place, and the politician's expedient life makes the world more treacherous and dangerous.
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September 14, 2010
"Tony Blair and the Ghost of Suez"
Op-Ed, The Huffington Post
By Charles G. Cogan, Associate, International Security Program
"...Tony Blair, in an interview with Margaret Warner on 'The News Hour,' would not or could not bring himself to regret his 2003 decision to join with the U.S. in invading Iraq. I believe his primary motive, among others, was not to let daylight appear between the U.S. and Britain."
August 2010
"Europe's Emissions Trading System"
Discussion Paper
This paper describes and evaluates the system for trading CO2 emission permits introduced by the European Union to encourage the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to help abate climate change. This system represents a live example of a functioning trading system under the so-called cap-and-trade approach to limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
July 28, 2010
Nobility and Criminality in War
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
"While the initial anti-Qaeda rationale for the war in Afghanistan was rather more convincing and legitimate than the Iraq adventure, both its conduct and duration suggest that something fundamentally wrong is at hand, because new enemies are created as fast as existing foes are vanquished," observes Rami Khouri in his weekly Op-Ed for Agence Global.
July 12, 2010
The Price of Truth in Anglo-America
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
"Do the US and UK governments want us to act as free men and women, except when the issue touches Israeli sensitivities?", asks Rami Khouri in his weekly Op-Ed for Agence Global.
June 2010
Tackling Muslim Radicalization: Lessons from Scotland
Report
By Azeem Ibrahim, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2008–2010
THE 9/11 ATTACK upon the United States awakened Washington to the danger of violent Muslim radicalization on its soil. In the long term, the only way to defeat radical Islamists is to reduce the motivation for Muslims to radicalize in the first place. The report explains the cutting-edge solution currently operating in Scotland.
