ASIA
Summer 2004
Timing Is Almost Everything: Obstructionist Leadership, Cypriot Style
Journal Article, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, issue 2, volume 28
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Summer 2004
"Occupational Hazards: Why Military Occupations Succeed or Fail"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 29
By David Edelstein, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2000-2002
Why do some occupations succeed and others fail? An examination of twenty-four occupations since the Napoleonic Wars yields two main and perhaps paradoxical findings: occupations are generally likely to succeed only if they are lengthy; extended occupations, however, are likely to produce nationalist reactions that can stymie an occupation’s chances of success.
Summer 2004
"Pacifism or Passing the Buck? Testing Theories of Japanese Security Policy"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 29
This article examines the conventional wisdom that domestic factors and strong antimilitarist norms have constrained Japan’s security policy since the country’s bitter defeat in World War II.
Summer 2004
Weak and Failing States: Critical new Security Issues
Journal Article, Turkish Policy Quarterly, issue 2, volume 3
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Rotberg argues that failing states are a particular worry to the security of the twenty-first century.
June 30, 2004
Russian and American Nonproliferation Policy: Success, Failure, and the Role of Cooperation
Occasional Paper
By James Walsh, Former Executive Director, Project on Managing the Atom/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2002-2006; Former Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 1999-2002
June 16, 2004
Questioning Bush's Foreign Policy
Op-Ed, Moscow Times
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
In the past week, Russia celebrated the 14th anniversary of its declaration of state sovereignty, and a state funeral in Washington marked the death of Ronald Reagan, the United States' 40th president. Both events remind us how much has changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
June 2004
"Technological Change in the Indian Passenger Car Industry"
Discussion Paper
By Ambuj D. Sagar, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and Pankaj Chandra
The last decade has seen a major transformation of the Indian car industry.
May 2004
"Joint Workshop on the Cooperation in Clean-Coal Technologies Between the United States and China"
Event Report
By Guodong Sun, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Project/ Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program/Environment and Natural Resources Program, 2002-2006, Wenhua Li, Former Visiting Scholar , Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group/Science,Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2003-2004 and Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
The United States and China are both heavily dependent on coal for their energy systems, and in particular for electricity generation.
May 2004
Joint Workshop on the Cooperation in Clean-Coal Technologies Between the United States and China
Report
By Guodong Sun, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Project/ Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program/Environment and Natural Resources Program, 2002-2006, Wenhua Li, Former Visiting Scholar , Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group/Science,Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2003-2004 and Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
The purpose of this workshop was to discuss the economic, national security, and environmental challenges and opportunities associated with coal production and consumption, and to identify promising clean-coal technologies that might meet these challenges.
May 14, 2004
North Korean Crisis: China Shows the Way to Pyongyang
Op-Ed, International Herald Tribune
By John S. Park, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
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