EUROPE
November 26, 2002
"Russia's Struggle with Chechnya: Implications for the War on International Terrorism"
Event Report
By Jessica Stern, Former Lecturer in Public Policy; Former Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program, 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 and Miriam Lanskoy
A discussion about recent events in the Russian-Chechen conflict and possible connections between Chechen fighters and international Islamist organizations.
October 2002
"Tunnel at the End of the Light: A Critique of US Counter-terrorist Grand Strategy"
Journal Article, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, issue 3, volume 15
By Ivan Arreguin-Toft, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2002-2009
"This essay introduces a theoretically grounded critique of US counterterrorist grand strategy in reaction to the destruction of the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York and a portion of the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on September 11th 2001."
September 3, 2002
"Keeping Nukes Out of Terrorist Hands"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Anthony Wier, Former Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2002-2007 and Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
"...There is no one person anywhere in the government with the full-time job of leading and coordinating efforts to keep nuclear weapons — or other weapons of mass destruction — out of terrorist hands. With no single leader, there is also no integrated plan or overarching strategy that would allow these programs to work together efficiently, close the gaps in our nation's response, and eliminate overlap and duplication. We have a great fleet, but no admiral steering its course...."
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.
August 1, 2002
Arms Control and Nuclear Terrorism: A Global Coalition Against Catastrophic Terrorism
Testimony
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Strategic Offensive Reductions (SORT).
July 26, 2002
One Conflict that Can Be Solved
Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal Europe
By Brenda Shaffer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1999–2007; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Program, 2000–2005; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Project, 2005–2007
July 2002
Borders and Brethren: Iran and the Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity
Book
By Brenda Shaffer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1999–2007; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Program, 2000–2005; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Project, 2005–2007
The Azerbaijani people have been divided between Iran and the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan for more than 150 years, yet they have retained their ethnic identity. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of an independent Azerbaijan have only served to reinforce their collective identity.
Summer 2002
The New Nature of Nation-State Failure
Journal Article, Washington Quarterly, issue 3, volume 25
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Nation-states fail because they can no longer deliver positive political goods to their people.
2002
"Keeping the World "Off-Balance": Self-Restraint and U.S. Foreign Policy"
Book Chapter
By Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
"...the United States still has an interest in retaining the good wishes of most other countries, if only because its ability to accomplish positive ends will decline if other states are resentful or fearful...."
Spring 2002
"Sources of Humanitarian Intervention: Beliefs, Information, and Advocacy in the U.S. Decisions on Somalia and Bosnia"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 4, volume 26
By Jon Western
nstead, increasing concern that the success of presidential candidate Bill Clinton and his liberal humanitarian advisers in portraying the Bush administration as uncaring and the assessment that Somalia would be a less difficult operation than Bosnia drove U.S. decisionmaking.
