Belfer Center Annual Report: 2024
The Belfer Center Annual Report highlights the most impactful content and initiatives from the past year, showcasing our research, events, and thought leadership that address today’s most pressing global challenges.
I am proud of what we have done [in 2024] to advance vigorous scholarship and innovative thinking and to train young leaders to shape the future.
A foreword by Meghan L. O'Sullivan:
www.belfercenter.org/2024-directors-letter
More Ambition Is Needed On The Clean Energy Transition
From Geopolitics of Energy Project
Kyiv is absolutely aware of the risks associated with President Trump, but it believes that it can turn risks into opportunities, knowing how Trump operated during his first presidency.
Leveraging Border Carbon Adjustments for Climate Finance: Matching Carbon Tax Assets with Carbon Tax Liabilities
From Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Belfer Center Senior Fellow Eric Traupe Brings Students Together to Experience Life on the National Security Council
From Intelligence Project
Countering Foreign Interference: Weighing in on the Canadian Public Inquiry
From Intelligence Project
AI and the Decision to Go to War: Future Risks and Opportunities
From International Security Program
Beyond the "Nuclear Umbrella": Rethinking European Defense After the Russia-Ukraine War
From International Security Program
Challenging Biases and Assumptions in Analysis: Could Israel Have Averted Intelligence Failure?
From Intelligence Project
Migration at the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Challenge Decades in the Making
From Homeland Security Project
Enhancing the Intelligence Cycle: How to Leverage Feedback to Provide More Valuable Intelligence
From Intelligence Project
China vs. America: The Geopolitical Olympics
The Middle Power lens offers a fresh perspective on how countries might navigate today’s geopolitical landscape, but remains an uncharted area of research. This struck me as the best kind of question: highly relevant to policymakers around the world.
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Announces New Middle Powers Project
From Middle Powers
Carbon Abatement Costs of Green Hydrogen Across End-Use Sectors
From Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Comparing Pathways to Peace in Ukraine
The New Influencers: A Primer on the Expanding Role of Middle Powers in Africa
From Africa Futures Project
What Do Africa and the Arctic Have in Common? A Lot, It Turns Out
From Africa Futures Project
Watch: Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma on Increasing American Diplomatic Power
From Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy
Ultimately, we want to create, or enhance, a cadre of science- and technology-literate policy makers and policy-literate scientists and technologists.
Belfer Center Launches New Program on Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement, and Global Policy
From Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement, and Global Policy
Africa Insights: Dialogue, Analysis, and Research on Current African Policy Issues
From Africa Futures Project
Building Democracy in the Arab World: An Insider Perspective
From Middle East Initiative
Six disparate expert voices at the Kennedy School on the Israel-Hamas war
From Middle East Initiative
What the West Can Learn From Singapore
Reflecting on the U.S. Strategy Towards Africa: Embracing Partnership & Pragmatism
From Africa Futures Project
A Just Transition for Coal Regions: Learning from Two Coal Cities in Western China
From Environment and Natural Resources
Financing Building Decarbonization: The Roles of Government and Private Sector Investors
From Environment and Natural Resources
Opportunities for Cost-Effective Residential Heat Pump Adoption in Massachusetts
From Science, Technology, and Public Policy
MEI Study Group with Dr. Omar Razzaz: Imagining A Realizable Global Governance Structure
From Middle East Initiative
Director's Letter
Read a foreword by Belfer Center Director Meghan L. O'Sullivan
Belfer in the Forum
Explore the Conversations: Belfer Experts and Global Leaders Take the Stage at the JFK Jr. Forum