NUCLEAR ISSUES
July 10, 2005
"Tortured Arguments: The Rules Are for Us, Not the Terrorists"
Op-Ed, Washington Post, Sunday Outlook
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
Like every other country, the United States has, in the name of security, made mistakes that we admit only later. What separates us from those regimes we abhor isn't that we never act cruelly. It's that we reject, rather than defend, our departures from our ideals and we actively seek to prevent such abuses from happening again.
June 27, 2005
Worst People and Worst Weapons
Testimony
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the 9/11 Public Discourse Project's hearings on "The 9/11 Commission Report: The Unfinished Agenda."
June 9. 2005
Die Mullahs mit einem Moratorium Locken: Zum Atomkonflikt mit Iran ( ?Lock the Mullahs up with a Moratorium? Regarding the Atomic Conflict with Iran)
Op-Ed, Die Zeit
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
International Atomic Energy Agency director Mohammed ElBaradei has called for a “five-year moratorium” on all new uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing capabilities. His proposal should become a rallying point for everyone committed to preserving the non-proliferation regime. Though rejected initially by both Iran and the United States, this proposal should be resurrected by Germany and others.
April - June 2005
"Terrifying Thoughts: Power, Order, and Terror after 9/11"
Journal Article, Global Governance, issue 2, volume 11
By Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
This review essay examines a set of books and documents that illuminate the dominant American threat perceptions in the post–September 11 environment and analyse both the strategies and the new directions that have emerged in U.S. policy in response to the new threat perceptions.
April 13, 2005
Research Worth Fighting For
Op-Ed, New York Times
By Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project and John M. Deutch, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Research and development activities, known as the "technology base" program, are a vital part of the United States defense program and must be adequately funded.
April 5, 2005
A Failure of Policy, Not Spying
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
The fallacy in the Bush administration's appointment of a commission to study intelligence failures is that there is almost never such a thing as a pure intelligence failure. Intelligence failure is usually linked to policy failure.
March 31, 2005
Iraq Lessons Can Avoid Disaster in Iran
Op-Ed, Financial Times
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
February / March 2005
"In the National Interest: A New Grand Strategy for American Foreign Policy"
Journal Article, Boston Review, issue 1, volume 30
By Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
"...how can the United States maximize the benefits that primacy brings and minimize the resistance that its power sometimes provokes?"
December 20, 2004
"Iran's Nuclear Program May Trigger the Young Turks to Think Nuclear"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Proliferation News and Resources, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
By Mustafa Kibaroglu, Former Joint Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and International Security Program, 2004–2005
The nuclear program of the Islamic Republic of Iran is becoming an increasingly large issue in Turkey. Even though there were abundant publications worldwide about Iran’s alleged efforts to develop nuclear weapons for more than two decades, Turkish security elite, with few exceptions, have only recently started to raise an eyebrow and express concerns about the subject. To date, their stance vis-à-vis Iran’s nuclear program would be categorized as one of negligence, to say the least. One particular reason for such an attitude was the widespread belief among the Turks that Iran would not be able to materialize its nuclear weapons ambitions anyway because of the adamant opposition of the United States and Israel. In addition, Iran’s obligations under the terms of the NPT and its comprehensive safeguards agreement with the IAEA were also thought to be real impediments. Moreover, Turkey’s NATO membership and the considerable might of the Turkish Armed Forces were believed to be powerful deterrents against Iran, if need be.
December 17, 2004
A Cascade of Nuclear Proliferation
Op-Ed, International Herald Tribune
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
The recent report on global security released by a high-level UN panel identified seven principal threats, from terrorism and poverty to environmental degradation. Among these, though, the panel gives primacy of place to nuclear Armageddon.
