"The liberation of Mosul and the inevitable, approaching liberation of Raqqa in Syria will not be the end of the Islamic State and its evil ideology. But they crush the group’s pretense to having an actual “state” based upon it. As its surviving leaders scurry to the corners of the desert, no longer can they claim to head a winning movement. Their defeat diminishes the inspiration for violent extremists, or simply lost souls on social media, to attack Americans and our friends. This is a necessary step forward in combating terrorism. Americans are safer for it."
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Diplomacy
Diplomacy ResearchRSS
After President Trump sat down with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 7 for a highly anticipated meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, he met with Putin a second time for a lengthy meeting, that was unattended by advisors and previously undisclosed. Nick Burns talks with PBS NewsHour on why this is significant.
Diplomacy Experts
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook
Executive Director, The Future of Diplomacy Project
Farah Pandith
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project
Jake Sullivan
Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project
Energy & Environment
Energy & Environment ResearchRSS
The paper incorporates geoengineering into an economic model of climate-change policy and finds that "Expanding the set of available climate policy interventions increases societal welfare."
Energy & Environment Experts
William Hogan
Raymond Plank Professor of Global Energy Policy
Laura Diaz Anadon
Associate, Environment and Natural Resources Program
David Keith
Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Science & Technology
Science & Technology ResearchRSS
Michael Sulmeyer unpacks the possible NSA/CyberCom split and what it would mean to elevate U.S. Cyber Command to the status of a unified command.
Science & Technology Experts
Calestous Juma
Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa; Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Matthew Bunn
Professor of Practice; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom; Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
AMB Laura S. H. Holgate
Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Former Staff Assistant to Professor Ashton Carter, 1990–1992
Security
Security ResearchRSS
The importance of the United States to Israel's national security cannot be overstated. Washington is usually the first, and often the sole, port of call for strategic consultation – almost always the foremost one, and inevitably the primary means of addressing the challenges Israel faces. America is the be-all and end-all of most policy deliberations in Israeli national-security decision-making forums. Some four decades into this 'special relationship', the price of a truly remarkable partnership has been a significant loss of Israeli independence. Indeed, Israel's dependence on the US has become so deep that it is questionable whether the country could even survive today without it.
Security Experts
Samantha Power
Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School; 2017-18 Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2013-2017)
Dara Kay Cohen
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty, International Security Program; Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Calder Walton
Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, International Security Program
