AMERICAS
Fall 2006
Community Mapping Project
Brochure
In June and July of 2006 the Broadmoor community took on a mapping and surveying project. Bard College compiled information collected by Harvard University and Bard College students with the help from PlanReady, Inc. This is a step-by-step guidebook on community-wide surveying and mapping projects for other neighborhood associations and CDCs.
Summer 2006
"Kennedy School Thoughts on New Orleans"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
On March 25, 18 Kennedy School students traveled to New Orleans to assist residents of the devastated New Orleans neighborhood of Broadmoor in designing a strategy for neighborhood recovery. Broadmoor, an economically and racially diverse neighborhood in the heart of New Orleans, experienced extensive flooding as a result of the failed levees in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Five residents of this neighborhood of 7,000 were killed; 3500 have not yet returned. Those who have returned are taking unprecedented steps to demonstrate the vitality of their neighborhood. Working with resident committees set up by the Broadmoor Improvement Association, the Kennedy School students spent a week this spring applying their skills in organization, civic engagement, urban planning, and economic development to help the residents develop a strategic plan in response to the city's request for neighborhood viability reports. The plan will serve as a model for other neighborhoods searching for the path forward. The Kennedy School/Broadmoor initiative was developed by Doug Ahlers, a fellow at the Belfer Center and a member of the Economic Development Committee for the "Bring New Orleans Back" Commission. "It is clear that the arrival of the Kennedy School and other Harvard students helped reenergize the residents," Ahlers said. "For the students, this has been the opportunity to use their skills to help in a way that will make a very real and lasting difference to thousands of people."
March 5, 2013
"Cyber Security"
Media Feature
By Ryan Ellis, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program/Project on Technology, Security, and Conflict in the Cyber Age
Dr. Ellis raises an interesting question: Does the pursuit of offensive cyber capabilities undermine domestic security? The conversation highlights a growing area of concern and ongoing debate.
Summer 2013
"Elbe Group Facilitates U.S.-Russia Communication, Security"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
As U.S. and Soviet forces converged in Germany in the final days of WWII, both armies met at the River Elbe near Torgau. That meeting of comrades, united in the face of common threats, is the inspiration for the Belfer Center’s “Elbe Group,” whose purpose is to maintain an open and continuous channel of communication on sensitive issues of U.S.-Russian relations. In late March, the Elbe Group met in Jerusalem for its eighth meeting since its founding in 2010.
Spring 2013
"Kevin Ryan Heads New Defense and Intelligence Project"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
Kevin Ryan, the Belfer Center’s former executive director for research, has been named director of the Center’s Defense and Intelligence Project. The position gives Ryan lead responsibility for new initiatives focused on defense and intelligence. He will also continue to lead the Elbe Group as part of the Preventing Nuclear Terrorism project and will remain a member of the Belfer Center Board of Directors.
AP Photo
February 27, 2013
"Compellent Military Threats in U.S. Foreign Policy"
Media Feature
By Dianne R. Pfundstein, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Security Program
Why do small states resist when the United States threatens them? Pfundstein describes the difference between a compellent threats, which is intended to convince a target state to change its behavior, and a deterrent threat, which is intended to prevent an adversary from taking some future action. In her research, Pfundstein evaluates why weak states choose to resist when the United States issues a compellent threat against them. She argues that the use of force has become so cheap for the United States that targets are not convinced it has the motivation to stick around long enough to defeat them after the threat of force fails. Pfundstein also considers U.S. drone policy.
June 19, 2013
Belfer Center Named Top Think Tank for Work in Climate Economics and Policy
News
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
The International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) has named Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs winner of the 2012 ICCG Climate Think Tank Ranking in the Global category. The Belfer Center was cited as the most influential institution outside of Europe “working in the field of climate change economics and policy.” The European winner is the Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) in Spain. See full report here.
Summer 2013
"Progress in Energy Innovation, Development, and Deployment"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Andrew Facini, Communications Assistant
"As the financial and environmental costs of current-generation energy sources continue to mount, development and implementation of innovative new energy sources have become increasingly important. Belfer Center experts are putting their research to work to foster changes in government and industry alike to push forward these energy technologies."
Summer 2013
"Spotlight: Laura Diaz Anadon"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
"Laura Diaz Anadon is Associate Director of the Belfer Center’s Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, and a member of the Belfer Center Board of Directors. In May, she was named Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School."
Summer 2013
"Roy Family Honored for Environmental and Student Support"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
"Since 1999, the Roy Family has been supporting environmental research and projects coordinated by the Belfer Center’s Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP). In early May, ENRP gave special thanks to the Roy Family at a special reception where they also announced the most recent recipients of Roy Family internship and fellowship awards."
