NORTH AFRICA
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Spring 2011
"Views on Egypt: What's Next?"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Traci Farrell, Former Communications Assistant
Belfer Center faculty, fellows, and affiliates comment on the recent events in Egypt and the region, asking "What's next?"
VietNamNet
Spring 2010
"Belfer in Brief"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
News briefs related to activities of Belfer Center faculty, fellows, and staff.
GTIL
Winter 2009-10
"Agricultural Innovation in Africa: Addressing Climate-Smart Growth"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Beth Maclin, Former Communications Assistant, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
The Belfer Center's new Agriculture Innovation in Africa project will work to address the dual challenges of climate change and food shortages with the help of a generous grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Winter 2007-2008
"School, Center Alum Robert Zoellick Takes Reins of World Bank"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
Robert Zoellick, International Security Program research fellow (1999-2000) and Kennedy School alumnus, was appointed in July 2007 as the 11th president of the World Bank, the international poverty-alleviating organization owned by 185 member countries.
Winter 2007-2008
"Notable Quotes"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
Quotes on Newsmakers Page
Summer 2006
"Sudan Leaders, Experts Recommend Steps for Peace"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
In March, Robert Rotberg hosted "Sudan at the Crossroads: Transforming Generations of Civil War into Peace and Development," a two-day conference to determine the best steps for confronting the challenges ahead for Sudan and Darfur. He convened a number of Sudanese leaders and experts in the fields of diplomacy, human rights advocacy, foreign aid, international business, and conflict prevention. Their task was to produce a "report card" on the issues in Sudan and come up with a workable plan for peace.
Winter 2005-06
"International Security Journal Highlights"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
International Security is America's leading journal of security affairs. It provides sophisticated analyses of contemporary security issues and discusses their conceptual and historical foundations. The journal is edited at the Belfer Center and published quarterly by the MIT Press. Questions may be directed to: IS@harvard.edu
Spring 2004
"Rotberg Facilitates Landmark African Leadership Document"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
A landmark Code of African Leadership was unveiled in March by the African Leadership Council (ALC), a group of current and former African leaders. Belfer Center Program on Intrastate Conflict Director Robert Rotberg, who serves as the Council's Interim Executive Director, facilitated the development of the document.
April 25, 2013
"The Collapsing Arab State"
Op-Ed, Project Syndicate
By Nawaf Obaid, Visiting Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
The so-called Arab Spring generated a wave of hope among those fighting or advocating for democratization of the Arab world’s authoritarian regimes. Now, following leadership changes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen, and with a brutal civil war raging in Syria and increasingly fraught conditions in Bahrain, Sudan, Jordan, and Iraq, there is much talk of a major shift – and hope for improvement – in the nature and prospects of the Arab state.
April 4, 2013
"The Palestinian Occupation: Even (Or Especially) the 'Gatekeepers' Say It Isn't Working"
Op-Ed, The Huffington Post
By Charles G. Cogan, Associate, International Security Program
"...[U]nlike the French in Algeria, the Israelis, back in history, had a leading presence in the land they much, much later moved in on; nevertheless, there are similarities. What struck me most about The Gatekeepers was reminiscent of The Battle of Algiers: thousands and thousands of indigenous faces shouting or silently expressing their unhappiness at living under the thumb of foreign occupying forces. Looking at this sea of frustration, in frames that must have come largely from official Israeli footage, I said to myself, how can the Israelis, in continuing an occupation that has lasted over 45 years, hope to contain this movement?"
