International Security & Defense

"Belfer Center Newsmakers" highlights members of the Belfer Center community who have been featured recently in the news.

The Winter 2010/11 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 issue highlights a major Belfer Center conference on technology and governance, the Center's involvement in the nuclear threat documentary Countdown to Zero, and a celebration of Belfer Center founder Paul Doty.

By 2030, China will have to import 77 percent of its crude oil in order to meet its rapidly increasing energy demands. Where China will get the 10.9 billion barrels it requires and how it negotiates the global oil market is the subject of a new paper by Henry Lee, director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program at the Belfer Center, and Dan Shalmon, research associate at the Center. "Searching for Oil: China's Oil Initiatives in the Middle East" explores China's relationships with oil-producing countries and the possible geopolitical implications of its widening market reach.

The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.