NUCLEAR ISSUES
July 31, 2002
The View From Baghdad
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
As preparation for war against Iraq intensifies, the time has come to pause and consider the view from Baghdad. Conclusions from such an exercise are not comforting. But to strike without thinking seriously about what Saddam Hussein could do to us would be irresponsible.
July 2002
Preventing Inadvertent War: Problems and Prospects for Sino-American Crisis Management
Paper
PDP paper on Sino-American Crisis Management Procedures, Practices, and Organization
Summer 2002
"Hawk Engagement and Preventive Defense on the Korean Peninsula"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 27
By Victor Cha
Victor Cha explains why President George W. Bush should continue U.S. engagement with North Korea, contrary to the opinion of hard-liners in his administration who contend that engagement is a failed—and potentially dangerous—policy.
Summer 2002
"South Africa's Nuclear Decisions"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 27
By Helen Purkitt and Stephen Burgess
Helen Purkitt and Stephen Burgess respond to Peter Liberman's fall 2001 IS article, "The Rise and Fall of the South African Bomb."
June 26, 2002
Roles for the White House and the New Department
Testimony
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on what intelligence needs of the new Department of Homeland Security will be.
June 25, 2002
Branscomb co-chairs NAS committee on the Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism
Press Release
June 23-27, 2002
China and Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty
Conference Paper
By Hui Zhang, Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
In this paper, I will explore China's possible position in upcoming FMCT negotiations, China’s major security concerns, the kind of verification provisions that could be accepted by China, and the factors that might facilitate China’s participation in the treaty.
June 13, 2002
Dirty Secret, 'Dirty' Bombs
Op-Ed, Philadelphia Inquirer
By James Walsh, Former Executive Director, Project on Managing the Atom/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2002-2006; Former Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 1999-2002
June 12, 2002
Throw the Net Worldwide
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Dr. Ashton B. Carter's op-ed in the Washington Post.
June 8, 2002
Counterterror's Management Style
Op-Ed, New York Times
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Dr. Ashton B. Carter's op-ed in the New York Times.
