Fall/Winter 2017-18 Belfer Center Newsletter

In this issue, new Belfer Center Director Ash Carter and Co-Director Eric Rosenbach describe their vision for the Center’s next chapter: sustaining its core mission while enhancing its unique ability to leverage science and technology to meet global challenges and priming the next generation of leaders in both scholarship and policymaking.

We highlight two new initiatives: the Defending Digital Democracy (D3P) Project and the Arctic Initiative. D3P is a bipartisan effort led by Rosenbach along with former Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook and former Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades to help safeguard our democratic processes and elections from cyber and information attacks. The Arctic Initiative focuses on impacts of rapid climate change on the Arctic region. 

Ash Carter gives a definitive history of the campaign to defeat ISIS, and Center experts offer insight into the North Korean nuclear threat and the Iran nuclear agreement. We welcome 12 new senior fellows, including Susan Rice, Debora Plunkett, and Jeh Johnson, and feature three of our outstanding research fellows - Torrey Taussig, Payam Galehdar, and Elizabeth Philipp.

Transition and Vision

• Carter and Rosenbach Envision the Belfer Center’s Future
• Carter: From the Director

New Center Initiatives

• Arctic Initiative Focuses on Impacts of Rapid Climate Change
• Defending Digital Democracy Project Aims to Protect Election Integrity

Highlighting New Senior Fellows

• Welcome, New Senior Fellows
• Q&A with Jeh Johnson: Tracking Evolving Threats
• Spotlight on Debora Plunkett: Protecting America’s Most Important Information

Security and Global Affairs

• North Korea: Expert Analysis on Nuclear Tests and Threats
• Iran: Insight and Thoughts on the Iran Nuclear Agreement
• Women in Combat: Carter Explains his decision to open all military positions to women
• Crafting “A Lasting Defeat” of ISIS
• International Security Journal Highlights

Advancing Knowledge Through Research

• Using Market Mechanisms to Advance Paris Agreement
• Fellows Enrich Center Through Research and Diversity of Perspectives
• Torrey Taussig: Democracy is Retreating, Authoritarianism is Rising
• Payam Ghalehdar: The Role of Emotions in Decision-making
• Elizabeth Philipp: Field Experience in Pursuit of a Richer Understanding

Additional Features

• Hot off the Presses
• Newsmakers
• Remembering John White

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