NEWSLETTER ARTICLES
Winter 2008-09
"International Security Spring 2008/Fall 2008"
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 the Belfer Center and published quarterly by the MIT Press. Excerpts fromthe Spring 2008 and Fall 2008 issues of International Security are included in this newsletter.
Winter 2008-09
"Hot Off the Presses"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Recently published books authored or edited by Belfer Center faculty, staff, and affiliates.
Winter 2008-09
"Belfer Center Quotes of Interest"
Belfer Center Newsletter
This section includes a sampling of quotations from opeds written by Belfer Center faculty and fellows.
Winter 2008-09
"Belfer Center Newsmakers"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Belfer Center faculty, fellows, staff, and affiliates who have been in the recent news.
GTIL
Winter 2008-09
"Biotechnology Support is Key to Africa's Economic Renewal"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
Calestous Juma, director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization project of the Belfer Center, writes that biotechnology "is emerging as a key driver of economic renewal in developing countries." However, he say, "controversies surrounding the safety of genetically-modified (GM) foods are threatening to undermine international cooperation in this emerging field."
Liz Lynch
Winter 2008-09
"Belfer Center Alums Launch Center for New American Strategy (CNAS)"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Kurt Campbell and Michèle Flournoy, both alums of the Belfer Center, founded The Center for a New American Strategy in February 2007. The organization has grown into an intellectual, nonpartisan national think tank focusing on national security and defense.
Deborah Gordon
Winter 2008-09
"Preventive Defense Project Encourages Taipei-Beijing Dialogue"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Jennifer C. Bulkeley, Research Fellow, International Security Program
Over the past decade, the Belfer Center’s Preventive Defense Project (PDP) has organized a series of “Track II” dialogues between Taiwan, mainland China, and the United States – dialogues that have contributed substantially to diffusing tensions between leaders in the U.S. and China. The off-the-record discussions offer participants an opportunity to speak candidly about issues often deemed too controversial to be discussed in official Track I bilateral discussions. At meetings in July 2008, the PDP delegation encouraged participants from Taiwan and mainland China to seize the opportunity for an improved relationship.
Belfer Center
Winter 2008-09
"Laura Diaz Anadon Leads Research in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Laura Diaz Anadon, former chemical engineer and financial consultant, was named program manager of the Center’s Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group’s Energy Research Development & Deployment Policy (ERD3) this past summer. She heads the Center's efforts to produce and promote a comprehensive set of recommendations for the next U.S. administration to accelerate the development and deployment of low-carbon energy technologies.
Aviva Krauthammer
Winter 2008-09
"Assaf Moghadam Explores Global Jihad Movement and Increase in Suicide Attacks"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Assaf Moghadam, research fellow with the Belfer Center’s International Security Program/Initiative on Religion in International Affairs and an assistant professor and senior associate at the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, has for nearly a decade examined the rise and spread of suicide attacks. He recently published The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks.
Belfer Center
Winter 2008-09
"Spotlight: Richard Clarke"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Richard Clarke, a Belfer Center faculty affiliate, grew up in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood in a home where the family read newspapers together, watched the news, and often discussed world events and the military. His father spent four years in the Pacific, and talking with his dad about his experiences and national news was part of Clarke’s life from his earliest days. His increasing interest in government intensified the day in 1960 when John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States. Clarke was 10 years old.
