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- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center Newsletter

Secretary of Defense Carter Returns Home

| Spring 2016

Contribution and consequence. That’s how Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter described the “magic” of Harvard Kennedy School’s spirit of public service during a JFK Jr. Forum here in December. Carter, a former Kennedy School professor and Belfer Center director, joined Graham Allison and a forum full of students, faculty, and service members for a homecoming conversation on topics ranging from ISIS and the South China Sea to cyber threats and innovation at the Department of Defense.

- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center Newsletter

Conference Participation Highlights Center’s Climate Change Focus

Spring 2016

The Paris Climate Conference in December was the point of convergence for a number of current and former Belfer Center climate and environment experts who played significant roles in the planning and presentations at the UN Conference of the Parties (COP-21) in Paris.

At the Summit: President Barack Obama with then U.S. Nuclear Security Summit planning team member Laura Holgate at The Hague, March 2014.

(White House Photo)

- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center Newsletter

Laura Holgate Nominated for UN Vienna Ambassador

| Fall/Winter 2015-2016

In August, Belfer Center alumna Laura Holgate was nominated by President Obama for the position of Ambassador and U.S. Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center Newsletter

New Fellows Pandith and Ramesh Enrich Dialogue on Critical Issues from Extremism to Climate Change

| Fall/Winter 2014 - 2015

Farah Pandith, America’s first special representative to Muslim communities, joined the Belfer Center this fall as a Fisher Family Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project and as a senior fellow with the Middle East Initiative. Jairam Ramesh, a member of Parliament from Andhra Pradesh, India, and a leader in international climate negotiations, joined the Belfer Center this fall as a 2014 Fisher Family Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project.

President Barack Obama outside the White House after announcing his nomination of Samantha Power (right) as UN ambassador. Also pictured: Tom Donilon and Susan Rice.

AP

- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center Newsletter

Viewpoint: Samantha Power

Spring 2014

Samantha Power is the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and a member of President Obama’s Cabinet. Prior to being named UN ambassador, Power served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights on the National Security Staff at the White House. Before joining the government, Ambassador Power was the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. She came to the Kennedy School via the Belfer Center, where, in 1998, she was hired as project director for the Center’s then-new Human Rights Initiative. That initiative morphed into the Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, where she was the founding executive director.

We are pleased to highlight Samantha Power’s views on some critical issues she confronts as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center Newsletter

James Baker Honored as 2012 Great Negotiator

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  • Stefanie Le
| Summer 2012

In late March, Harvard’s Program on Negotiation (PON) and the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project (FDP) jointly honored former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III with the 2012 Great Negotiator Award. Created twelve years ago, the Award rewards those "“individuals whose lifetime achievements in the field of negotiation and dispute resolution have had a significant and lasting impact.”

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (3rd from left) following his presentation at opening of Crown-Belfer Middle East Seminar Series. Left to right:Nicholas Burns, Lester Crown, Davutoglu, Robert Belfer, Namik Tan, and Shai Feldman.

Martha Stewart

- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center Newsletter

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Opens Crown-Belfer Middle East Series

| Winter 2010-11

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu opened the inaugural event of the Crown-Belfer Middle East Seminar Series in September.  The series is a joint venture between the Belfer Center and Brandeis' Crown Center for Middle East Studies.

Seeking Solutions: A participant (left) gets information at the interactive climate wall during the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen.

AP Photo

- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center Newsletter

Scholars' Views Vary on Copenhagen Successes

"Belfer Center participants in the 2009 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (UNFCCC) agreed that while the summit did not produce the treaty most wanted, it did make some significant progress. They disagree, however, on how much. Professors JeffreyFrankelKelly Sims Gallagher, and Robert Stavins, all members of the Belfer Center Board of Directors, offer their takeaways from the event."