Governance

Harvard Kennedy School’s National Security Fellows Program made the official transition in June from its base within the School’s Executive Education division to the Belfer Center.

Managing the Atom and International Security Program Fellow Reid Pauly discusses his research at the Belfer Center.

Inspired by her Lebanese heritage and childhood visits to family in Lebanon during a tense occupation period in the 1980s and 90s, Amanda Rizkallah has devoted her dissertation research to unravelling the complications of a post-war Lebanon.

A sampling of Belfer Center members who have been featured in the news

The Summer 2013 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features recent and upcoming activities, research, and analysis by members of the Center community on critical global issues. This edition highlights the Belfer Center’s expanding work on complex cybersecurity issues and Middle East challenges, offers reflections on the role of the U.S. in Iraq, and spotlights work being done by the Center and its affiliates on environment and energy issues.

Several Belfer Center affiliates have been tapped by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for their expertise and advice on areas and issues ranging from the Asia-Pacific and Middle East to counterterrorism and intelligence, proliferation, and impact of international organizations.

The Winter 2011-2012 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features news, analysis and insight by Belfer Center scholars on issues that include increasingly important info-tech policy challenges and the first U.S.-Russian joint threat assessment on nuclear terrorism. The Center’s deepening impact on defense policy is highlighted with an article about the recent appointments of Ashton B. Carter and Eric Rosenbach to senior Pentagon posts and a Q&A with Carter, the new deputy secretary of defense. Additional articles focus on issues ranging from the Palestinian bid for statehood to Calestous Juma’s role in Lagos’ launch of the first innovation advisory council in Africa.

The turmoil engulfing the Middle East dominated the two-day gathering of the Belfer Center’s International Council on April 12-13. One panel after another discussed the wide-ranging implications of the Arab Spring, debating potential outcomes and ramifications of the dramatic uprisings as well as the Obama administration’s handling of the serial crises.

Kennedy School students who focus on issues taught by Belfer Center faculty contribute to the Center's mission not only by conducting research projects and carrying Center findings and goals into the larger world, but also by bringing to the Center a wealth of viewpoints, ideas, and past experiences. Current students are no exception.