JAPAN
January 1, 2008
"Correspondence: Do Small Arsenals Deter?"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 32
By Ward Wilson, Rajesh M. Basrur and Michael D. Cohen
Rajesh Basrur and Michael Cohen respond to Ward Wilson's Spring 2007 International Security article, "The Winning Weapon? Rethinking Nuclear Weapons in Light of Hiroshima."
November 2007
Linking Tradable Permit Systems for Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Opportunities, Implications, and Challenges
Report
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board and Judson Jaffe
"With tradable permit systems for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in place in some parts of the world and actively being considered in others, increasing attention has been given to the opportunity to link these systems. Linking occurs when the government that maintains one system allows regulated entities to use allowances or credits from another system to meet domestic compliance obligations."
August 2007
Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: Competition, Congruence, and Transformation
Book
By Amitav Acharya and Evelyn Goh
Since the 1990s, Asia-Pacific countries have changed their approaches to security cooperation and regional order. The end of the Cold War, the resurgence of China, the Asian economic crisis, and the events of September 11, 2001, have all contributed to important changes in the Asia-Pacific security architecture.
August 23, 2007
"Fuelling a Sustainable Economy"
Op-Ed, Business Daily, (Africa)
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
"In response to long periods of neglect, African countries are starting to invest in new energy production facilities...."
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July 19, 2007
Growing Links for US and India
Op-Ed, The Boston Globe
By Xenia Dormandy, Director of the Belfer Center's Project on India and the Subcontinent
As the centerpiece of the transformed relationship, there is enormous political will to complete the deal, but the devil is in the details.
June 14, 2007
"Japan's Valued Role in Promoting Public Goods"
Op-Ed, The Asahi Shimbun
By Joseph S. Nye, Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations
This commentary comprises excerpts from a keynote speech Joseph S. Nye delivered May 26 in Tokyo at an Asahi Shimbun symposium on its 21 "Proposals for Japan's New Strategies" that ran in May 3 editions of The Asahi Shimbun and on May 23 in IHT/Asahi.
Spring 2007
"The Winning Weapon? Rethinking Nuclear Weapons in Light of Hiroshima"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 4, volume 31
By Ward Wilson
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 , and the Japanese surrender that followed, have been crucial in shaping scholars' and decisionmakers' views of the influence of nuclear weapons on policymaking. New research from Japanese, Soviet, and U.S. archives, suggests, however, that Hiroshima may have played virtually no role in ending the war in the Pacific. Rather, the Soviet Union 's declaration of war against Japan on August 9 and subsequent invasion of Manchuria convinced the Japanese leadership of the need to surrender. This reappraisal could have a profound impact on how nuclear weapons will be perceived in the future.
Spring 2007
"Why Japan Will Not Go Nuclear (Yet): International and Domestic Constraints on the Nuclearization of Japan"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 4, volume 31
Japan's experience in 1945 led it to declare that it will never become a nuclear weapons state. But changes in the regional and international security environments (i.e., a nuclear North Korea and an erosion of multilateral regimes) indicate at least some potential benefit in rethinking this policy. In fact, neither public opinion nor the actions of policymakers support the development of an independent nuclear deterrent. Japan's leaders remain more interested both in strengthening their country's existing "insurance policies" against the threat of a nuclear attack (in particular, the U.S. nuclear deterrent), and in developing their civilian nuclear program to guarantee energy security. At least for the time being, the costs of Japan becoming a nuclear state outweigh the benefits.
February 25, 2007
"Changes Afoot on the Diplomatic Stage"
Op-Ed, The Boston Globe
By Seyom Brown, Senior Fellow, International Security Program
"POLICY ANALYSTS in Cambridge and policy wonks in Washington are all astir , trying to ascertain whether the anti-US rhetoric by President Vladimir Putin of Russia at a conference in Munich was mainly for his home audience or signaled a resurgent rivalry with the United States...."
November 6, 2006
Ashton Carter appointed to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s International Security Advisory Board
Press Release
At a November 6, 2006 swearing-in at the State Department, Preventive Defense Project Co-Director and Kennedy School of Government professor Ashton B. Carter became a member of Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) which is charged with providing advice on a wide range of issues affecting national security.
