NUCLEAR ISSUES
November 2002
"Is There a Muslim Foreign Policy?"
Journal Article, Current History
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
"If Islam is the defining force in a Muslim-populated state, then . . . these states should be willing to make significant material sacrifices and take security risks to promote their religious beliefs. That has not been the case in the Muslim dominated nations in the Caspian region."
November, 2002
Defense Leadership in Russia: The General Staff and Strategic Management in a Comparative Perspective
Discussion Paper
By Michelle Von Euw, Former Editorial Assistant, International Security Program, 2001-2003; Former Faculty Assistant to Stephen Walt, Edward Parson, and Monica Toft, 1999-2001
October 31, 2002
Is Iraq like the Cuba Crisis? It's Worth Bush Considering
Op-Ed, Christian Science Monitor
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Making the case for action against Iraq, President Bush has quoted what President John F. Kennedy said in October of 1962: "We no longer live in a world where only the actual firing of weapons represents a sufficient challenge to a nation's security to constitute maximum peril."In thinking about Iraq, one of the president's closest advisers told The New York Times,"The example he refers to is the Cuban missile crisis." Says Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: "It is not a perfect, on all fours, analogy, but it is certainly as similar as anything in recent years that one can find."
As a longtime student of the missile crisis, I agree with Mr. Bush that the similarities between it and the current face-off with Iraq are more salient than the differences. What's uncertain in the current crisis, however, is whether Bush will grasp and apply what Kennedy judged the most significant lesson of the missile crisis.
October 22, 2002
"Energy, Environment, the Human Condition, and the Future of Nuclear Energy"
Presentation
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Opening lecture for the Symposium on Energy and the Environment: The Role of Nuclear Power, College of Engineering, University of Michigan.
October 21, 2002
Why Stop With Iraq?
Op-Ed, Christian Science Monitor
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
If the US persists in enforcing regime change in Iraq, why not do so in every country where the ruler is odious and grossly mistreats his or her people?
October 21, 2002
BCSIA Offers Comprehensive Resources for Understanding the Cuban Missile Crisis
Press Release
October 21, 2002
Owls are Wiser About Iraq Than Hawks
Op-Ed, Financial Times
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
October 20, 2002
Nuclear over North Korea: Back to the Brink
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project
Carter & Perry call for determination and patience in responding to the North Koreans' recent revelation of their nuclear program.
Fall 2002
"Preventing Nuclear Entrepreneurship in Russia's Nuclear Cities"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 2, volume 27
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, concern that Russian nuclear weapons scientists could sell their expertise to the highest bidder or steal nuclear weapons or their components has risen dramatically. Sharon Weiner considers several ways to discourage these potential “nuclear entrepreneurs” from undertaking such efforts.
