INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY
Velo Steve
May 19, 2008
National Security Challenges and Competition: US Defense and Space R&D in a Strategic Context
Journal Article, Technology in Society, issue 3, volume 30
By Dr. Robert J. Hermann, Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project
PDP Senior Advisor Robert J. Hermann examines the evolution of the role of science and technology as a strategic national security advantage.
September 20, 2007
"Africa Losing Faith in Conference Diplomacy"
Op-Ed, Business Daily, (Nairobi)
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
"Time has come for Africa to rethink its investment in multilateral diplomacy and redirect its efforts to new activities such as technology cooperation through bilateral partnerships.
Part of the resources used to maintain UN missions could be used to support new science and innovation consulates."
September 13, 2007
"Africa Needs Development Armies"
Op-Ed, Business Daily, (Africa)
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
"Africa could learn from other countries. The US Army Corps of Engineers has been instrumental in the construction and maintenance of critical infrastructure since its creation in the 1930s. Similarly, the Corps of Royal Engineers has a long record spanning 900 years of contributing to civilian infrastructure ."
August 30, 2007
"Putting Remittances to Good Use"
Op-Ed, Business Daily, (Africa)
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
"For decades India bemoaned the migration of its skilled expertise to industrialised countries. Today it is benefiting from their knowledge and connections, largely because it has over the years built a strong intellectual and commercial infrastructure through which émigrés are operating."
August 23, 2007
"Fuelling a Sustainable Economy"
Op-Ed, Business Daily, (Africa)
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
"In response to long periods of neglect, African countries are starting to invest in new energy production facilities...."
July 23, 2007
"China's Delicate Role on Darfur"
Op-Ed, The Boston Globe
By Jason Qian and Xiaohui (Anne) Wu, Associate, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
SOME IN the West have recently begun referring to the 2008 Beijing Olympics as the "Genocide Olympics" because of China's continued business ties with Sudan and its reluctance to intervene decisively in the Darfur conflict....
July 18, 2007
"Food Security, Agriculture, and Economic Growth: Opportunities for Cooperation between the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa"
Testimony
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
Testimony of Calestous Juma before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, Hearing on Food Security in Africa: The Impact of Agricultural Development
July 9, 2007
Ensuring Privacy in the Broadband Era
Op-Ed, The Boston Globe
By Nolan Bowie, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
July 6, 2007
"Build Africa's Economic Foundations First"
Op-Ed, Business Daily, (Nairobi)
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
"African presidents have now returned home from Accra, Ghana, after discussing a critical issue for the future of Africa: the creation of a United States of Africa at the urging of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi....Col Gaddafi has the right vision, but can correct his faulty strategy by helping to support the effective functioning of regional integration bodies, starting with northern and western Africa."
July 4, 2007
Power to People: The Inside Story of AES and the Globalization of Electricity
Book
By Peter Grose, Associate, International Security Program
Power to People is the story of electricity privatization, expanding global markets, and the transformation of an industry. It is also proof of the electrifying combination of innovation and good citizenship.
