SOUTH AMERICA
November 30, 2012
"Turning Points"
Op-Ed, New York Times
By Niall Ferguson, Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
We yearn for turning points, writes Niall Ferguson. "Just as economists have predicted nine out of the last five recessions, so journalists have surely reported nine out of the last five revolutions. Every election is hailed as epoch-making. Every president is expected to have a new foreign policy 'doctrine.' A minor redesign of a cellular phone is hailed by the devotees of the Apple cult as a 'paradigm shift.'"
October 9, 2012
"En el Mundo, Pero Fuera de Él"
Op-Ed, El Pais
By Pierpaolo Barbieri, Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, International Security Program
"La radicalización económica de este tercer Gobierno kirchnerista ha redoblado el control estatista en materia de comercio exterior e industria, tratando de reemplazar la iniciativa privada con fuerza estatal."
August 24, 2012
"El Autoritarismo Económico en Argentina"
Op-Ed, El Pais
By Pierpaolo Barbieri, Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, International Security Program
El aislamiento no es sostenible. La libertad es más eficiente —y justa— que el estatalismo.
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August 9, 2012
"A Lesson in Crony Capitalism"
Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal
By Pierpaolo Barbieri, Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, International Security Program
"As the U.S. gears up for an important presidential election, Argentina is a sad reminder of how crony capitalism is the enemy of genuine development."
July 30, 2012
"In Galapagos Islands, Influx Prompts a Harsh Migration Policy"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"In an effort to help save the islands 600 miles into the Pacific Ocean, Ecuador's controversial president, Rafael Correa, has adopted one of the strictest migration enforcement efforts in the history of mankind. It is as though the United States took the same unforgiving rules it uses to limit the influx of foreigners and used them to keep Americans from going to the state of Hawaii."
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April 19, 2012
"The Tragedy of Argentina"
Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal
By Pierpaolo Barbieri, Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, International Security Program
"...Athens has a choice: It can press on with painful but ultimately necessary structural reform, or it can go the Argentine route. It should beware, however, that exit from the euro is likely to bring back the cycle of inflation and instability. Argentina is a reminder of the past Greece escaped, and a future it would be well advised to avoid."
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September 2011
"Seeding Diplomacy"
Op-Ed, Public Service Review
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
"The rising concern over global food price volatility has put agriculture at the centre of international cooperation. But unlike the 1950s, when food aid became a major tool in international food policy, modern interactions among states are being redefined by globalisation and the associated knowledge flows. The interactions are part of a field that can be loosely referred to as agricultural diplomacy."
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September 26, 2011
"Hitching a Ride on Brazil's Coattails"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
"Brazil today can be summed up by the number five: it is the fifth-most populous country in the world, the fifth-largest land mass, and soon to be the fifth-largest economy. Forget geopolitics and Brazil's somewhat puzzling failure to support the Libyan airstrikes. Its all about the money, and Massachusetts is no wilting flower in this regard."
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July 20, 2011
"Another Overhyped Challenge to U.S. Power"
Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"In political terms, China, India and Russia are competitors for power in Asia. Russia worries about China's proximity and influence in Siberia, and India is worried about Chinese encroachment into the Indian Ocean as well as their Himalayan border disputes. As a challenge to the United States, BRICS is unlikely to become a serious alliance or even a political organization of like-minded states."
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July 4, 2011
"Graziano's Five Major Challenges"
Op-Ed, The Guardian
By Lawrence Haddad and Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
"Addressing this triple challenge (more food, less hunger, less environmental degradation) will require more than just funding. For the FAO to continue to serve as the world's leading authority on food and agriculture policy, it will need to reinvent itself, becoming a thought leader in ending the hunger of ideas on how to end hunger. For example, what is the role of advance market purchasing in hunger reduction? What should be done about foreign direct investment in agriculture and large-scale land acquisitions? How should food price spikes be managed? What are the benefits and risks of emerging food and agricultural technologies? The FAO needs to be leading the debates in these and other areas."
