BCSIA Annual Report, 1978-1979: Related Professional Activities

BCSIA: 1978-1979 ANNUAL REPORT
6. Related Professional Activities

RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Members of the staff were involved in a broad spectrum of professional activities related to their work at the Center. Listed below are a number of courses taught, lectures gives, visits made, consulting done, and conferences attended by CSIA personnel.

Albert Carnesale taught "Technology, War, and Peace" (Soc Sci 159/Public Policy 286) with Michael Nacht, taught in the Executive Program in National and International Security in the summer of 1978, and supervised a senior thesis. In addition to serving as Associate Director of the Center for Science and International Affairs, he was on ten Kennedy School of Government (KSG) faculty committees, chairing four of them, consulted for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Department of State. He continued as co-editor of International Security, served on Senator Paul Tsongas'' Advisory Committee on Energy, and chaired Senator Tsongas'' Advisory Committee on SALT. He lectured on "U.S.Japan Nuclear Issues" (East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School), "U.S. Nonproliferation Policy (Nuclear Engineering Department, MIT), "Nuclear Power Issues and Choices" (Executive Program in Environmental Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health), "Prospects for SALT" (WGBH-TV, Boston), "Status of INFCE" (Annual Meeting of the Atomic Industrial Forum, Washington), "American Strategic Doctrine" (George Washington Society, Harvard University), "Megawatts and Megatons" (KSG Faculty Seminar), "Nuclear Arms Control" (Department of Biochemistry, MIT), "Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Weapons" (Annual Meeting of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, Houston), "Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Arms Control" (Harvard Associated Alumni), "Nuclear Arms Control" (North Carolina State University), "Nuclear Energy Issues" (Mather House, Harvard), "Approaches to SALT III" (Department of Defense Conference on SALT, Arlington, VA), "Verification and SALT II" (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy), "The Progressive Case" (American Society of Newspaper Editors, New York), "Security in the Western Pacific" (Asia and the World Forum, Taiwan), "INFCE" (International Society of Energy Economists, Washington), and attended the following conferences: Aspen Institute Conference on Secrecy, Aspen, CO; Aspen Institute Summer Workshop on Arms Control, Aspen, CO; Conference on the International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation (INFCE), Aspen, CO; Conference on INFCE, University of Chicago; U.S.-Japan Meeting on Nuclear Energy Policy, Reston, VA; Conference on INFCE, Belmont, MD; X-th Biennial American-German Conference, American Council on Germany, Hamburg; Conference on "The Progressive Case," Alicia Patterson Foundation, New York; and Conference on INFCE, Lake Tahoe, CA.

E. William Colglazier served as Administrator and Associate-Director of the Aspen Institute''s Program in Science, Technology, and Humanism, and in conjunction with Paul Doty organized the following conferences: "Planning the Role of Science and Technology for Development," held in Aspen, CO in August 1978; "Scientific Credibility after the Three Mile Island Accident," held at CSIA in June 1979; and "Resolving the Social, Political, and Institutional Conflicts over the Permanent Siting of Nuclear Wastes," held in Aspen, CO in August 1979. Additionally, he was a participant in the CSIA Working Group on Energy and Security, served as Secretary-Treasurer and Assistant to the Chairman of the Panel on Public Affairs (POPA) of the American Physical Society, and was a guest speaker at a conference on "Disarmament and Development" organized by the Quaker UN Mission (March 30-April 1, 1979).

Steven David was Assistant Head Tutor in the Department of Government and head teaching fellow for "Technology, War, and Peace" (Soc Sci 159/Public Policy 286). He acted as teaching fellow in "Introduction to American Government (Gov 30), and course assistant for "Topics in International Security" (Public Policy 275). He presented lectures in three courses, and participated in the CSIA Minuteman Vulnerability Study Group.

David Deese worked with the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency on issues raised by the International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation, and along with four other steering committee members designed, proposed, and managed the Keystone Discussion Group on Radioactive Waste Management. He also counseled several student projects, supervised research papers, worked on course developments, and administered four research projects. In the past year he attended the following conferences: The International Studies Association 1979 Convention in Toronto, the Annual Conference of the International Association of Energy Economists (IAEE), the Conference on International Energy Issues (sponsored by Resources for the Future of the IAEE) in Washington, and the Conference on Energy and International Development (sponsored by the Royal Institute of International Affairs) in London.

Paul Doty served as a member of the President''s General Advisory Committee on Arms Control, the Executive Committee of the Center for International Affairs, the Executive Committee of the Dartmouth Conferences, the American Academy Committee on Pugwash Conferences, the Council of the Inter national Institute for Strategic Studies, and the Board of Directors of the Aspen Institute, Berlin; served as director of the Aspen Institute Program in Science, Technology, and Humanism; was a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He gave presentations at the Study Group on the Utility of Military Force (Washington, DC), the American Jewish Congress (Cambridge, MA), and the Hartford World Affairs Center (Hartford, CT), and attended the following meetings: Council on Science and Technology for Development Executive Council (Cambridge, MA), Colombo Plan (Cambridge, MA), Pugwash Steering Committee (Cambridge, MA), U.S.-Japan Conference (Reston, VA), American Association for the Advancement of Science (Houston, TX), Aspen Program Council (Cambridge, MA), Ford Foundation Meeting of Directors and Associates of the Ford-supported Research and Training Centers in International Security and Arms Control (New York), Aspen-Cairo Workshop (Cairo, Egypt), U.S. SALT Delegation (Geneva, Switzerland), International Institute for Strategic Studies (London, England), National Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting (Washington, DC), Aspen Energy Committee (New York City), and the Dartmouth XII Conference (Williamsburg, VA).

Francis Fukuyama continued work on his doctoral dissertation and from April 1 to June 30 was on leave from CSIA to work on an estimate of Soviet policy in the Middle East at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, CA.

Richard Garwin attended various arms control conferences, including two at Aspen, CO, July-August 1978: "Naval Arms Control," and "SALT III." He was one of the organizers of an Aspen Physics Center Workshop on "Public Policy Aspects of High Capacity Electric Power Transmission," and consulted for the National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, office of Science and Technology Policy, Senate Intelligence Committee, Office of Technology Assessment, the Ford Foundation, EXXON Nuclear, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Defense Department, and Committee for Economic Development (CED), and completed a three-year term on the Research Advisory Board of the CED. He served on various report review panels of the National Academy of Sciences and from September to February was Chairman of the Panel of Public Affairs. His lectures included: "Science, Economics, and Public Policy— Some Examples" (Cornell University), "A Cruise Missile System for Europe— Costs and Capabilities" (Cornell University), "Nuclear Weapons in Their Proper Place" (General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament, U.S. Department of State), and "The Role of the Breeder Reactor" (IEEE Energy Seminar, Arlington, VA) .

Thane Gustafson taught an introductory course and an advanced graduate seminar on Soviet politics, an experimental undergraduate seminar on political power in the American and Soviet systems, a graduate seminar on the politics of American science and technology, and as visiting associate professor at MIT taught a course on the politics of science and technology. He supervised the writing of two senior theses (one on the Soviet response to Eurocommunism and the other on recent developments in the French Communist Party), and continued his activity in the Joint Working Group on Science Policy of the U.S.-Soviet Agreement on Science and Technology, under the auspices of the National Science Foundation. As part of his'' participation in that program, he attended a meeting in Moscow at the State Committee on Science and Technology.

James Katz consulted for the Center for Educational Research, National Institute of Education, University of Humanistic Studies, and Societat fur Empirische Rechtswissenschaft und Gesellschaftsarchitektur. He organized an unofficial luncheon with Samuel Robbins on "Myths and Realities of Southern Africa," and was the American organizer for the International Sociological Association''s Research Committee on Socio-Technics. He attended several conferences and presented the following papers: "Science at the White House" (University Bielefeld, Germany) and "Policy Aspects of the Energy Crisis" (Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago). He chaired the "Ad Hoc Working Group on Energy and Society" of the American Sociological Association and was symposium organizer and moderator for: "Dollars and Scholars: the Future of Academic Science" (Society for the Social Study of Science, Washington) and "Science Advice and Federal Policy" (American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, CA).

Derek Leebaert served as managing editor for International Security, participated in the CSIA Domestic Politics and Security Working Group, consulted for Stephen Winchell Associates (fund-raising, Republican National Committee), was a Dudley House Associate, and attended the Current Strategy Forum, Naval War College Senior Conference, West Point; Atlantic Institute Conference on NATO (Paris); and under the auspices of the Council on Foreign Relations visited several NATO countries in Europe.

Michael Mandelbaum taught "National Security in Comparative Perspective" (Gov 172), "Introduction to International Politics" (Gov 40), for which he served as head section person, and advised senior honor theses dealing with the history of airpower, American nonproliferation policy, and the Korean War. He was coordinator of the CSIA Domestic Politics and Security Working Group, served on the Study Group on the Use of Force (CFIA, Harvard), the Study Group on Soviet Politics after Brezhnev (The Lehrman Institute), Senator Tsongas'' Advisory Panel on SALT, and participated in the symposium on SALT sponsored by TIME-LTFE (New York). lie also served on the Council on Foreign Relations Membership Selection Committee, the editorial board of the Political Science Quarterly, and as an Honors Examiner at Swarthmore College.

Onkar S. Marwah led the CSTA Energy and Security Working Group and as keynote speaker at the Columbia University Conference on New Tnternational Economic order (New York) spoke on "Energy Technology Choices in LDCs." He also lectured on "Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation" (Bradford College), led a panel discussion "The Nuclear Issue in Indo-U.S. Relations" (Asia Society, New York), participated in a seminar on arms expenditures in the Third World under the auspices of MIT''s Technology and Culture Seminar series (Cambridge, MA), and attended the conference "Reconciling Nonproliferation and Energy Needs" (Bonn, Germany).

Stephen Meyer attended the International Studies Association Annual Convention (Toronto), consulted for Harold Rosenbaum Associates on questions pertaining to SALT III, and reviewed book manuscripts for MIT Press and articles for International Security.

Linda Miller continued as full-time professor of political science at Wellesley College, teaching five courses in international relations and comparative politics. She served on the Advisory Committee of the International Relations Fellowship Program for the Rockefeller Foundation, delivered a lecture on "An Energy Policy for the European Community?" for the European Study Group, Center for European Studies, and prepared a working paper on "Energy Considerations in International Security: The U.S. Perspective" for the CSIA Energy and Security Working Group.

Steven Miller was a teaching assistant for "Technology, War, and Peace" (Social Sciences 159/Public Policy 286), continued as rapporteur for the CSIA Arms Control Seminar series, prepared a working paper on "The Quest for Invulnerability: Counterforce Surprise Attack and U.S. Strategic Policy, 19451961" for the CSTA Strategic Arms Policy Working Group, and was Articles Editor for the Fletcher Forum. He also delivered lectures on: "The Soviet World View" (Tufts University), "Conventional Arms Transfers" (University of Geneva), served as discussant for the California Arms Control and Foreign Policy Seminar session on the Soviet navy (Los Angeles), and attended the following conferences: American Political Science Association Conference (New York), International Studies Association Conference (Toronto), Arms Control Association/International Institute for Strategic Studies Conference on Conventional Arms Transfers (Bellagio, Italy).

Michael Nacht taught "Technology, War, and Peace" (Social Sciences 159/Public Policy 286) with A. Carnesale, "Topics in International Security" (Public Policy 275), "Introduction to International Relations" (Government Extension 180c), and "Seminar on Topics in American Foreign Policy" (Government Extension 171). He consulted for the Ford Foundation (Office of European and International Affairs), the Rockefeller Foundation (International Relations Program), the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and the U.S. International Communication Agency. He also coedited International Security, led the CSIA Working Group on Strategic Arms Control, served on Senator Paul Tsongas'' Advisory Committee on SALT, and was a member of the Board of Visitors, University of Pittsburgh Center for Arms Control and International Security Studies. He attended the following conferences: Conference on U.S.Japanese Nuclear Energy Policy (Reston, VA), Aspen Arms Control Workshop on "Security in the 1980s" (Aspen, CO), and authored the following solicited papers: "on Memories, Interests, and Foreign Policy: The Case of Vietnam" (Conferences on Images and Reality in International Politics, Jerusalem, Hebrew University), "In the Absence of SALT" (Aspen Arms Control Workshop, Aspen, CO), "Arms and Arms Control" (National Defense University, Washington), and "Strategic Deterrence in the 1980s" (Conference on LongRange Nuclear Weapons in Europe: The Choices, IISS, Cumberland Lodge, England). He also participated in a press conference on U.S. ICBM Multiple Aim Point System sponsored by the Arms Control Association (Washington, D.C.), and in a seminar on U.S.-Japanese Defense Relations (Columbia University, N.Y.), and debated on SALT II at the Boston World Affairs Council. He also lectured on SALT and European Security, American Specialists Program, U.S. International Communication Agency (Berlin, Bonn, Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart, WEST GERMANY), and on Nuclear Sabotage and Terrorism (Harvard School of Public Health).

Stephen Ritterbush conducted a seminar on the "Development of Ocean Resources" for the U.S. Agency for International Development Administrators'' Seminar in Harper''s Ferry, W VA, and acted as a consultant for the Rockefeller Foundation''s Commission on Southern Africa and for Arthur D. Little on international management problems related to the development of energy resources. He attended the conference "Development Needs and Opportunities for Cooperation in Southern Africa" (State Department, Washington, D.C.) and the eighth annual Conference of the International Security Studies Program of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Boston, MA).

Ron Ronen gave seminars on the subject of the Middle East conflict at CSIA, MIT, RAND, and UCLA. He was a member of the CSIA Working Group on Strategic Arms Control and participated in the "Intelligence: Deception and Surprise" conference organized by the Fletcher School and consulted with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy concerning advanced weapons systems and the new generation airplanes (F-15, F-16, F-18). General Ronen visited RAND and the Brookings Institute as well as various military bases of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy.

Jane M. O. Sharp advised several Harvard undergraduates and KSG students on European security topics and was a member of the CSIA Working Group on Domestic Politics and Security Policy and the CES/CFIA seminar on "NATO AT 30." She lectured on "The Vienna Negotiations" at the InterUniversity Centre Postgraduate Course on European Security (Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia), presented a paper on the Soviet Military Threat at the 20th annual convention of the International Studies Convention (Toronto) and attended the following conferences: Annual Canadian-American Pugwash Meeting (Pugwash, Nova Scotia), 28th Annual Pugwash Conference (Varna, Bulgaria), Annual International Institute for Strategic Studies Conference (Oxford, England). She was elected to the Board of Directors, Council for a Livable World.

Paul Walker tutored for the Government Department (Gov 98) "International Relations and American Foreign Policy" during both semesters. He served on Senator Tsongas'' SALT Advisory Committee and with David Deese developed and proposed a course entitled "Public Policy for the Ocean Regime" for the Kennedy School of Government. He was a speaker and panelist at the Conference on World Affairs (Boulder, CO), chairperson for the panel "The Soviet Threat: Issues in International Security" at the International Studies Association Convention (Toronto), speaker at the Texas Philosophical Society annual meeting (Houston) and gave the following lectures and papers: "Reductions of Military Budgets: A New Strategy," a UN diplomat seminar sponsored by the United Nations Quaker office (Lake Mohonk, NY), "The Future of Arms Control" (Anisius College, Buffalo, NY), "The Price of Defense" (Central College, Pella, Iowa), "The Federal Budget and National Defense," Congressional seminar presentation sponsored by Public Interest Economics Center (Washington, DC), "The Price of Defense: Special Topics," series of presentations at Conference on World Affairs (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO), "U.S. Defense Spending," seminar presentation (Haverford College, Haverford, PA), "Soviet Military Objectives and SALT," paper presented at the International Studies Association convention (Toronto), "The Future of National Security," presentation before the Essex County Democratic Coalition (Newark, NJ), "Military Spending— old Patterns or a New Strategy?" Congressional Seminar series sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (Washington, DC), "The Arms Race," presentation at Fordham University (NYC), "Science, Technology, and National Defense" (Texas Philosophical Society, Houston), "Technological Innovation and National Security," panel discussant at Riverside Church (NYC), "Nuclear Power and Proliferation," Justice and Peace Commission (Boston Archdiocese, Boston College), and testified before a subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on "Arms Control and the Fiscal 1980 Defense Budget."

Dorothy Zinberg taught Public Policy 282b with Professor Harvey Brooks and I. Bernard Cohen, consulted for Abt Associates, and participated in the Keystone Radioactive Waste Management Discussion Group (Keystone, CO), the Workshop on Planning for Science and Technology in Development (Aspen, CO), Joint Consultative Committee Meeting, Applied Science and Technology Program (National Research Center, Cairo, EGYPT). She chaired a panel "Can Conflicting Values be Reconciled? The Case of Nuclear Waste Management" at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Houston), "International Education: The Global Context, the U.S. Role," 1979 Conference on International Education of the Institute for International Education (Washington, DC), "Science Manpower in Developing Countries," Society for Social Studies of Science panel (University of Indiana). She conducted site visits of the University of Cairo Medical School and Egyptian Academy of Sciences for the National Science Foundation, and was chairperson for the National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for International Programs. She was a member of the Commission on International Relations, National Academy of Sciences, of the Council of International Exchange of Scholars, and of the council of the Society for Social Studies of Science, and she acted as special advisor for the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies.

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