NUCLEAR ISSUES
May 2012
"Perceptions and Narratives of Security: The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Iran-Iraq War"
Discussion Paper
By Annie Tracy Samuel, Research Fellow, International Security Program
This paper explores the importance of the Iran-Iraq War for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) by analyzing how the Guards have used the war to present their positions on Iran's national security.
Summer 2012
Belfer Center Newsletter Summer 2012
Newsletter
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
The Summer 2012 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features recent and upcoming activities, research, and analysis by members of the Center community on critical global issues. This edition highlights Belfer Center involvement with the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit and other activities to help shape debate on national and global security. We also spotlight Henry Kissinger’s return to Harvard and his remarks about power and politics, James Baker’s acceptance of the 2012 Great Negotiator Award, and Graham Allison’s cover story in TIME magazine describing decisions behind the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. And more....
Summer 2012
Center Helps Influence Debate on National and Global Security
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
Belfer Center scholars traveled to South Korea this spring to help influence the Second Nuclear Security Summit. They joined an overflow public forum in Cambridge with Henry Kissinger to reflect on past American foreign policy choices. And they brainstormed with Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on how the United States should face future security challenges....With these events and many others packed into just a few weeks this spring, the Belfer Center seemed to be at the heart of an intense election-year debate on the right strategies for national and global security.
Summer 2012
Q&A: John S. Park
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By John S. Park, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
John Park, a senior research associate at the U.S. Institute of Peace and currently a visiting fellow with the Belfer Center's International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, recently sat down with for a one-on-one interview where he talked about his work with the Center and his contributions to the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.
Summer 2012
Spotlight: William Tobey
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
William H. Tobey, spotlighted in the Summer 2012 Belfer Center newsletter, is a senior fellow in the Belfer Center, and is director of the Center’s U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism. He joined the Belfer Center in 2009 after serving in senior counterproliferation roles in the George W. Bush Administration. In March, Tobey was named chairman of the board of directors of the World Institute for Nuclear Security.
Summer 2012
Fellows Enrich Belfer Center and Harvard Kennedy School with Vital Research, Dialogue
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
Several times each week, the Belfer Center library is filled with students, faculty, and fellows eager to listen, challenge, and exchange information and ideas triggered by the day’s presentation. Many of these talks are by one of the Center’s more than 70 research and senior fellows. This article features a few of the talented women and men who are current and former faculty, fellows, staff and associates of the Belfer Center whose work is making significant contributions in public and private sectors around the world.
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Summer 2012
Commentary and Critique: North Korea
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
A small sampling of Belfer Center perspectives on the future of North Korean politics.
Summer 2012
Insight and Analysis: Iran
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
A small sampling of Belfer Center perspectives on Iran and the country's nuclear program.
Summer 2012
Hot Off the Presses
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Susan M. Lynch, Program Assistant, International Security Program; Web Manager, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
A brief survey of recent publications by Belfer Center affiliates.
Summer 2012
International Security: Vol. 36. No. 4.
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
International Security is America’s leading journal of security affairs. It provides sophisticated analyses of contemporary security issues and discusses their conceptual and historical foundations. The journal is edited at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center and published quarterly by the MIT Press. Questions may be directed to IS@Harvard.edu.
