Belfer Center Spring 2019 Newsletter

The Spring 2019 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features two major reports: A Vision for Nuclear Security, from the Project on Managing the Atom, and NATO in Crisis, a  70th anniversary report from former NATO Ambassadors Nicholas Burns and Douglas Lute. The newsletter also highlights Center Korea scholars' reactions to the shortened Trump-Kim Summit in Hanoi, and some takeaways from nuclear experts who recently examined samples of Iranian nuclear-related documents spirited out of Iran by a clandestine Israeli intelligence operation.

We also feature the annual New Members of Congress event sponsored by the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School, where a number of Center faculty members provided briefings on issues of importance to the policymakers.  And we include a special section highlighting the numerous and expanding ways Harvard Kennedy School students can engage with the Belfer Center as part of its mission to prepare the next generation of leaders in science and international affairs.

Professors Zoe Marks and Erica Chenoweth are highlighted in separate Q&A features - offering insights on their research and experiences as new members of the Kennedy School faculty. We also include profiles of Masahiko Haraguchi and Lihi Ben Shitrit, research fellows with the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and Middle East Initiative, respectively.  And there's much more.

See below for articles in this issue of the newsletter:

From the Director - Ash Carter

Blueprints for Tackling 2019 Challenges

•         NATO in Crisis
•        A Vision for Nuclear Security

Global Relationships and Security

•         Impacts of the Hanoi Summit
•         Iran’s Secret Nuclear Documents
•         Resetting Relations with Russia

Training and Mentoring New Leaders

•         Experts Offer Training, Mentorship to New Members of Congress
•         Preparing Students for Impact

Featured Faculty, Fellows, and Staff

•         Q&A: Erica Chenoweth
•         Q&A: Zoe Marks
•         Lihi Ben Shitrit: Preventing Self-Identity from Interfering with Research
•         Masahiko Haraguchi: The Borders of Science, Society, and Environment
•         Staff Spotlight: Sharon Wilke

Belfer in Brief

•         Belfer Center Ranked World’s Top University Think Tank
•         Students Conduct Research in Gulf Region
•         Remembering Marie Besançon

Additional Features

•         Newsmakers
•         Hot Off the Presses
•         International Security Journal Highlights

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