AMERICAS
August 31, 2006
No More States? Globalization, National Self-Determination, and Terrorism
Book
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations and Arthur A. Stein
This provocative and compelling book explores the impact of globalization and terrorism on this trend, arguing convincingly that the era of national self-determination has finally come to an end.
August 29, 2006
Share the Evidence on Iran
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Micah Zenko, Former Research Assistant to Graham Allison, 2003–2006; Former Research Associate, Project on Managing The Atom, 2006–2008
How long until Iran becomes a nuclear weapons state? The current best guess of American intelligence agencies is found in a classified National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) completed last summer: "Left to its own devices, Iran is determined to build nuclear weapons," it says, yet it is unlikely that Iran could produce enough highly enriched uranium for a bomb before "early to mid-next decade."
August 23, 2006
"Iran's Diplomacy in Action"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program and Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
In this insider's assessment of Iran's long-awaited response to the incentive package offered by the United States and other world powers, Abbas Maleki and Kaveh Afrasiabi argue that this is an opportunity for diplomacy that could actually halt Iran's nuclear enrichment and address the concerns of the West.
August 20, 2006
"Religion's Flame Burns Brighter Than Ever"
Op-Ed, Baltimore Sun
By Timothy Samuel Shah and Monica Duffy Toft, Former Associate Professor of Public Policy; Former Board Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Former Director, Initiative on Religion and International Affairs
What happened to the world's transition to secularism?
August 12, 2006
What Not to Take From Britain's Success
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
There is much to learn from the British: their reticence about disclosing details, their clear expertise in human intelligence, their non-hysterical reaction to very real threats. But how we deal with our immigrant and domestic populations is certainly not one of them.
August 11, 2006
Assessing our Adversaries
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
As the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks become a more distant memory, many Americans comfort themselves with the thought that 9/11 was a freak accident or a 100-year flood.
August 2006
"Meeting the Development Challenge in the 21st Century: American and Chinese Perpectives on Foreign Aid"
Policy Brief
By Michael A. Glosny, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2006-2007
A report on Chinese and American foreign aid policies, based on Mr. Glosny's research and a National Committee and CICIR conference held in December 2005.
July/August 2006
America's New Strategic Partner?
Journal Article, Foreign Affairs, issue 4, volume 85
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
In 2006, the U.S. and Indian governments struck a deal that recognizes India as a nuclear weapons power. Critics say Washington gave up too much too soon and at a great cost to nonproliferation efforts. Perhaps. But India could in time become a valuable security partner. So despite the deal’s flaws and the uncertainties surrounding its implementation, Washington should move forward with it.
July 23, 2006
Hold North Korea Accountable for Its Nuclear Arms
Op-Ed, Baltimore Sun
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Could North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, sell Osama bin Laden a nuclear weapon or the fissile material from which terrorists could make a nuclear bomb?
Summer 2006
"Debate on Iraq: What Should the U.S. Do Now?"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
On Monday, April 10 in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, William Kristol, founding editor of the Weekly Standard and a former Kennedy School faculty member, squared off against John Deutch, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, MIT professor, and a member of the Belfer Center Board of Directors, in a lively and illuminating debate about Iraq: should we stay or withdraw? Belfer Center Director Graham Allison moderated the discussion.
