MIDDLE EAST
December 1, 2006
"Bundling the Contracts: TA-Energy"
Paper
By William Kerr and Ant Bozkaya, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2008–2009; Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2005–2009; Dubai Initiative, 2007–2008
Stimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning to their home countries to start businesses with global technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local family-dominated conglomerates. Addresses new venture financing in an asset-intensive business through the assembly of strategic contracts. More broadly, highlights the opportunities and challenges for returnee entrepreneurs. Designed for entrepreneurial and international business courses.
November 22, 2006
Negotiating Change: The New Politics of the Middle East
Book
By Jeremy Jones, Former Joint Research Fellow, International Security Program/The Dubai Initiative, 2004–2007
As the US demand for Western-style democracy in the Middle East grows ever more strained, Harvard Middle East expert Jeremy Jones travels through the region evaluating the prospects for change. He engages with diverse political cultures, from traditional assemblies in the Persian Gulf, to sophisticated multiconfessional politics in the Levant.
November 13, 2006
"Iraq is Gone. Now What?"
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By 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
"...the stability and prosperity of a post-civil-war state depends in large measure on how the war ends."
November 13, 2006
Spionen Efterf?lger Bulldozeren (The Spy Replacing the Bulldozer).
Op-Ed, Nyhedsavisen, (Denmark)
By Rasmus Bertelsen, Former Research Fellow, Dubai Initiative, 2008–2009; Former Research Fellow, Science, Technology, and Public Policy, 2006–2008.
November 12, 2006
"Democrats Have Two Years to Show Americans They Mean Business on War, Health and Reform"
Op-Ed, Newsday
By Elaine Kamarck, Lecturer in Public Policy
"Americans gave George W. Bush six years in which to match his actions to his words. He didn't. They won't be so patient next time around."
November 7, 2006
No Closure in Iraq
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
Iraqis may have been free to blame the atrocities of the last 30 years on one man and his entourage, without ever fully coming to terms with the legacy of their own past. But, that has not been the case. Whether the sectarian violence is a civil war or not, no solace will be gained for a nation suffering under an entirely different form of hatred — not from one man, but from their own people.
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.
November 2006
"The Inadvertent Effects of Democracy on Terrorist Group Emergence"
Discussion Paper
By Erica Chenoweth, Former Associate, International Security Program, 2006–2008; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2008–2010
Why are terrorist groups prevalent in democracies?
November 2006
Will the Oil Boom Solve the Middle East Unemployment Crisis
Policy Brief
During the recent oil boom the MENA region has seen job creation accelerate' given favorable economic prospects going forward, the region could see unemployment decline to nearly 7 percent by 2010
October 19, 2006
US Silence Is Deadly
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
WASHINGTON needs to learn to talk, listen, and engage more and condemn less.
