ASIA
Pat Rioux
September 2003
"Toward a Better Institutional System for the R&D of Clean-Coal Technologies in China"
Presentation
By Guodong Sun, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Project/ Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program/Environment and Natural Resources Program, 2002-2006
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.
March 20, 2003
"China’s Battle for Clean Air: Integrated Assessment of Policy Implementation"
Presentation
By Guodong Sun, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Project/ Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program/Environment and Natural Resources Program, 2002-2006
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.
August 2002
"From London to Beijing: Using Health Impact Assessments to Promote Sound Development"
Presentation
By Michelle Bell, Guodong Sun, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Project/ Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program/Environment and Natural Resources Program, 2002-2006 and Devra Davis
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.
Winter 1999/2000
"Provisional Stabilities: The Politics of Indentities in Post-Soviet Eurasia"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 24
The author seeks to dispel the notion that ethnicity is "essentialist, holistic, and homogeneous." Using a constructivist approach to the study of ethnic and national conflicts, the author holds that it is fallacious to assume that nations and states possess a single identity that drives their domestic and foreign policies.
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.
December 2007
Book Review: The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Glory on the Caspian Sea
Journal Article, Far Eastern Economic Review
By Susan Sypko, Former Research Assistant to Graham Allison, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Book Review: The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea, by Steven LeVine
Book Review by Susan Sypko
Like stories about the Great Game, Mr. LeVine’s tales of oil fields, pipelines and back-room deals are permeated with treachery and treasure. But what makes his account a compelling read is that today’s competition for oil is actually quite different from the Great Game. Instead of two empires competing for hegemony, today’s story involves a multitude of individual players vying for resources in a contest where victory is often fleeting.
October 2007
Tajiks Wrestle with Identity and Islam
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Far Eastern Economic Review, issue October 2007
By Susan Sypko, Former Research Assistant to Graham Allison, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
When asked about the greatest difference between Muslims in Tajikistan and Muslims in other countries, Davlatmo Ismailova — or “Fatima,” as she prefers to be called—tells me that other Muslims have more freedom. Fatima would know. She is suing Tajikistan’s Ministry of Education for not allowing her to wear the hijab to her university classes.
September 2007
Book Review: Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865-1923
Journal Article, Far Eastern Economic Review
By Susan Sypko, Former Research Assistant to Graham Allison, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Book Review: Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865-1923 by Jeff Sahadeo
As American forces struggle to bring democracy to Iraq after a "quick military victory," historian Jeff Sahadeo's tale of Russian colonialism sounds eerily familiar. It took the Russian Imperial Army only two days to defeat Central Asian defenders of Tashkent in 1865. Mr. Sahadeo's page-turning account of what happened afterward, howerver, reveals that there was nothing straightforward or simple about imperial Russia's "civilizing mission" in Central Asia.
March 2007
Book Review: Islam After Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia
Journal Article, Far Eastern Economic Review
By Susan Sypko, Former Research Assistant to Graham Allison, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Islam After Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia by Adeeb Khalid
Isolated for decades behind the Iron Curtain, the Central Asian states are an enigma to many. As the role of Islam in world politics has grown, government officials and observers around the world continue to lump their understanding of Pakistan and Afghanistan with that of unknown "stans." This is a grave mistake, with far-reaching consequences. Adeeb Khalid's new book, Islam after Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia, is a welcome rebuttal to ongoing misunderstanding of the region. In this overview of the history and current role of Islam in Central Asia, Mr. Khalid's theme is that there is no necessary relationship between Islam and politics in Central Asia.
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October 13, 2009
"U.S., Russia Must Lead on Arms Control"
Op-Ed, Politico
By General Brent Scowcroft, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security, Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School and Strobe Talbott
"The Nobel Peace Prize Committee cited Obama's dedication to arms control and nonproliferation when announcing last Friday his selection as this year's laureate. If he creates a positive, mutually reinforcing dynamic in the way he presents and sequences the two treaties [NPT and CTBT], it will give momentum and coherence to follow-on negotiations and the agreements that they produce."
