Belfer Center Newsletter Spring 2013

The Spring 2013 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 edition highlights the Belfer Center’s deepening engagement with China. In January, Belfer Center Director Graham Allison traveled to Beijing along with Harvard Kennedy School Dean David Ellwood, the Belfer Center's Richard Rosecrance and Joseph Nye, and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Director Tony Saich for a conference with Chinese scholars and practitioners. Also in January, a team from the Center’s Project on Managing the Atom traveled to China to take part in workshops on nuclear energy planning and nuclear safety and security.

In this issue, we also spotlight Belfer Center affiliates holding key positions in the second Obama administration; among them are Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology John P. Holdren. This issue also highlights a number of new faces in and around the Belfer Center, including new Executive Director for Research Gary Samore and new International Security Program faculty member Dara Kay Cohen.

Belfer Center Deepens Engagement with China

• Belfer Center Intensifies Focus on China
• Belfer and Ash Centers Expand U.S.-China Bridge-Building
• Dialogue of the Deaf?
• Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and the Book
• Ensuring Nuclear Safety and Security in China

People, Projects, and Initiatives

• Kevin Ryan Heads New Defense and Intelligence Project
• Q&A: Dara Kay Cohen
• Spotlight: Gary Samore

Belfer Fellows in Focus

• Odumosu: Seeking Improved Understanding and Use of Technology
• Krache Morris: U.S. Needs to Better Define Mexico’s Drug Crisis
• Visiting Fellows Ponder What Works and What Fails

Discovery and Invention Cycle

• Breaking Down Walls Between Basic and Applied Research

Eye on Climate

• Climate Conference Moves Forward – Slowly
• Climate Reporting from the Inside

Highlights

• Hot Off the Presses
• International Security Journal Highlights

Belfer Center in Washington, D.C.

• Serving the Nation

News and Notes

• From the Director
• Newsmakers
• Center Expands Reach Through Social Media and Other Online Platforms
• Belfer in Brief

The Communications Office was assisted in production of this newsletter by Dominic Contreras, Andrew Facini, Paul Fraioli, Bryan Galcek, Krysten Hartman, Kate Hoagland, Emily Hough, Stefanie Le, Susan Lynch, and Wesley Nord.