MIDDLE EAST
September 6, 2006
Round by Round: Winners and Losers in the Post-9/11 Era
Op-Ed, Daily Star
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
August 29, 2006
Share the Evidence on Iran
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Micah Zenko, Former Research Assistant to Graham Allison, 2003–2006; Former Research Associate, Project on Managing The Atom, 2006–2008
How long until Iran becomes a nuclear weapons state? The current best guess of American intelligence agencies is found in a classified National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) completed last summer: "Left to its own devices, Iran is determined to build nuclear weapons," it says, yet it is unlikely that Iran could produce enough highly enriched uranium for a bomb before "early to mid-next decade."
August 23, 2006
"Iran's Diplomacy in Action"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program and Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
In this insider's assessment of Iran's long-awaited response to the incentive package offered by the United States and other world powers, Abbas Maleki and Kaveh Afrasiabi argue that this is an opportunity for diplomacy that could actually halt Iran's nuclear enrichment and address the concerns of the West.
August 20, 2006
"Religion's Flame Burns Brighter Than Ever"
Op-Ed, Baltimore Sun
By Timothy Samuel Shah and 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
What happened to the world's transition to secularism?
August 19, 2006
In Mideast, the Goal is 'Smart Power'
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
August 13, 2006
Engage 'Them'
Op-Ed, Philadelphia Inquirer
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
The "war on terror" has always been a misnomer. It assumes that the terrorist threat can somehow be "eradicated" through the mechanism of war — through military action using bombs, guns and bullets. War may be the short-term answer to an immediate threat; it is not the answer to the long-term crises.
August 11, 2006
Assessing our Adversaries
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
As the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks become a more distant memory, many Americans comfort themselves with the thought that 9/11 was a freak accident or a 100-year flood.
August 1, 2006
Jihad -- A Global Fad
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Jessica Stern, Former Lecturer in Public Policy; Former Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
July 29, 2006
A Lebanon My Mother Never Saw
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
The Lebanon we see is the Lebanon we remember, the one we don't visit.
July 7, 2006
Synchronising Policies towards Pyongyang and Teheran
Op-Ed, The Bangkok Post
By Xiaohui (Anne) Wu, Former Associate, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2007–2010; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2004–2007
