BCSIA Annual Report, 1977-1978: Related Professional Activities

BCSIA: 1977-1978 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 Program. Listed below are a number of courses taught, lectures given, visits made, consulting done, and conferences attended by PSIA personnel.

Carlos A. Astiz was a consultant for the Voting Rights Project, managed by the University of New Mexico for the Federal Elections Commission.

Hans Gunter Brauch attended the International Studies Association Convention in Washington, D.C., and participated in a West German study group analyzing the possibilities of strengthening the planning capacity for arms control and disarmament in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Albert Carnesale taught Social Sciences 159 ("Technology, War, and Peace") and was a member of the core faculty of the Kennedy School Executive Program with Paul Doty and Michael Nacht; directed six student research projects; acted as faculty advisor to five MPA students and three MPP students; served on the Kennedy School Second Year Committee; lectured on "Megawatts and Megatons" at the MIT Nuclear Engineering Department, on "Arms Control and Disarmament" to Social Sciences 173 (Problems in Peace, Justice, and the Processes of Change), on "Nuclear Energy Policy" at the Institute of Politics, on "Nuclear Power Issues and Choices" to the Executive Program on Environment Policy and Management, School of Public Health, on "U.S. Nuclear Energy Policy" at the American Nuclear Society Executive Conference on Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), on "Nuclear Arms Control" at Mather House, on "Nuclear Power and Nuclear Proliferation" at Duke University, on "Inter-dependence and International Security" at North Carolina State University, on "SALT" at Wellesley College, on "Policy Issues in Energy" at the Public Conference for Senior Federal Executives (Williamsburg, Virginia), on "International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation" to the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the American Nuclear Society, on "Strategic Arms Control" at the New England Student Conference on Arms Control and Disarmament (Dartmouth College), on "Nuclear Power and Nuclear Proliferation" at the Cambridge Forum, on "Issues in Nuclear Power" at the University of Pittsburgh, and on "Proliferation: Facts, if not Answers" at the American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting (San Diego); attended the following conferences: U.S.-Canada Pugwash Steering Committees (Pugwash, Nova Scotia); Aspen Arms Control Workshop (Aspen, Colorado); International Cooperation on Breeder Reactors (Rockefeller Foundation, New York); U.S.-F.R.G. Meeting on Nuclear Energy Policy (Tokyo); acted as consultant to the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, U.S. Department of Defense (Defense Science Board), U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of State (Head of U.S. delegation to the Technical Coordinating Committee of the International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation), U.S. General Accounting Office, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, and the Ford Foundation; and served as co-editor of International Security.

Steven David was head teaching fellow for "Technology, War, and Peace" (Social Sciences 159), course assistant for "Topics in International Security" (Public Policy 290), and teaching fellow for "Introduction to International Relations" (Government 40); and acted as rapporteur for the PSIA/ACDA Conference on "Economic Incentives for Arms Control."

David Deese supervised undergraduate work-study projects and advised graduate and undergraduate students on research papers; developed and administered 1) the U.S. social scientific researchers investigating the social, political, legal, institutional, and economic implications of radioactive waste disposal at sea, and 2) the parallel research efforts in other countries for the OECD''s Nuclear Energy Agency-sponsored international research and development program on radioactive waste disposal in the seabed; gave seminars at the RAND Corporation and the Hudson Institute on U.S. foreign policy, international affairs, and nuclear nonproliferation; presented lectures at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on energy and environment, and on radioactive waste management; and responded to requests from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Science and Technology Policy and Office of Technology Assessment for seminars and briefings on radioactive waste disposal and security implications; attended the annual meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of International Law and the American Nuclear Society; consulted for the states of Wisconsin and Ohio (on the international aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, especially radioactive waste management) and the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and the International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation.

Paul Doty taught "Technology, War, and Peace" (Social. Sciences 159) with Albert Carnesale and Michael Nacht; directed a research laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (as Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry); was a member of the Executive Committee of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; co-chaired the Soviet Military Doctrine Seminar; was Director of the Program for Science, Technology, and Humanism, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies; was Chairman of the Editorial Board of International Security; lectured on the "Neutron Bomb" at the Boston College Graduate Student Association lecture series; on "American Foreign Policy in the Age of Detente" in Government 285; gave the opening speech at the Institute of Politics dinner and chaired a panel; participated in a two-hour television taping of the Cambridge Forum on "Nuclear Weapons and the Year 2000"; was a member of the MITRE Corporation''s Board of Trustees, the Presidential General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; visited the People''s Republic of China; and attended the following conferences and meetings: Aspen Board Meeting (Aspen, Colorado); Dartmouth XI Conference (Riga, Lattvia); MITRE Board of Trustees meeting (Bedford); Office of Technology Assessment meeting (Aspen, Colorado); Aspen Arms Control Workshop (Aspen, Colorado); 19th Annual International Institute for Strategic Studies Conference (Bruges, Belgium); Pugwash Committee Meeting (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Aspen Institute Berlin Meeting (Berlin, Germany); Aspen Statesman Humanist Award (New York), Pugwash Meeting (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); U.S./USSR Non-Official Policy Discussion (New York); MITRE Army TAC Meeting (Washington); Aspen Program Council Meeting (New York); Aspen Energy Committee Meeting (New York); U.S. German Conference on Nuclear Energy Policy Issues (Airlie House, Virginia); Aspen Energy Committee Meeting (New York); The Future of Dartmouth Conference (Washington); MITRE Board Meeting (Houston, Texas); AAAS Annual Meeting (Washington); Conference on National Science and Technology Policy (Amman, Jordan); Aspen Energy Committee Meeting (New York); Technology Trends Colloquium (Annapolis, Maryland); Aspen Berlin Meeting (Berlin, Germany); Nuclear Technology Conference (Ditchley Foundation, London); Aspen Energy Steering Committee Meeting (New York); Aspen Energy Committee Meeting (New York); GAC Meeting (Washington); Meeting with Chinese Legation (Washington); and Aspen Arms Control Consortium Meeting (Berlin).

Stephen J. Flanagan was a teaching fellow for "Technology, War, and Peace" (Social Sciences 159); lectured to the U.S. Youth Council in Washington, D.C. on "The CSCE and East-West Relations: A Post-Belgrade Assessment": and presented a paper at the International Studies Association meeting on "Congress and the Carter Administration''s Policy in SALT: The New Politics of Arms Control."

Randall Forsberg was a teaching fellow for "Technology, War, and Peace" (Social Sciences 159), a teaching assistant for "Technology and Politics of Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control" (MIT political science graduate/undergraduate course), and instructor for "Military Force and Disarmament" (Boston University political science course, summer school 1978); lectured on "Peace Conversion: Which Forces to Cut?" at a Mobilization for Survival teach-in; on "U.S. Military Forces: Costs and opportunities for Restraint" at the Harvard School of Education; on "U.S. Military Forces, Arms Reductions and Security" at the National Women''s Conference; on "Controlling Military Research and Development" at the Preparatory Conference on the Special Session for NGOs, sponsored by the UN Office of Public Information; on "U.S. Military Policy and Arms Reductions" at the annual luncheon of Women Strike for Peace (New York); on "Military Policy and Arms Control" at Emmanuel College; on "Budget Cutting as a Tool of Disarmament" at the Quaker UN Office Special Session luncheon series for UN delegations, on "Is Disarmament Feasible?" at the UN Association annual dinner (Albany, New York); on "U.S. Nuclear Weapons" to Women for a Non-Nuclear Future (Boston); on "A New Look at Disarmament Options" at the Plowshare Coffeehouse and Discussion Center (New York); on "Special Session Watching: Is Disarmament Possible?" at the Women''s International League for Peace and Freedom Midwest Region biennial meeting (Des Moines, Iowa); and on "A New Disarmament Strategy" to the Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy (Washington); participated in the PSIA/ACDA conference on "The Economic Impact of Arms Control Agreements"; and was interviewed on four Boston area radio and television stations, by radio and press in Albany, New York, and by press in Des Moines, Iowa on U.S. military policy questions.

Robert Gallucci lectured on "U.S. Nonproliferation Policy and the Europeans" at Brandeis University.

Thane Gustafson taught "Introduction to Soviet Politics and Government" (Government 115), "Advanced Topics in Soviet Government and Politics" (Government 221), "Politics of Science and Technology in the United States and the USSR" (Government 263), "Science, Technology, and Public Policy" (Public Policy 282a and b) with Harvey Brooks, Bernard Cohen and Don K. Price; taught a course on Soviet politics in the Harvard Extension Program, supervised three senior theses and was a non-resident tutor for Leverett House; served on the Government Department''s Committee on Adminissions; administered a luncheon seminar series for the Program on Science and Public Policy; gave papers on "Organizational vs. Regional Forces in Soviet Politics" at the American Political Science Association''s annual meeting, at the annual convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies on Soviet and American science, on "The Role of OMB in Policy Making for R & D" at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ("AAAS"); "Is the Soviet Political System Evolving?" at the Russian Research Center, and on "Who Will Succeed Brezhnev?" at Leverett House; served as a panelist for a AAAS forum on natural-resource policies in the Soviet Union; organized and chaired a panel at the AAAS; consulted for the National Academy of Sciences Joint U.S.-Soviet Working Group on Science Policy and for the RAND Corporation for a DOD/ARPA contract entitled "Unexpected Effects of Technology Transfer," for the Office of Water Planning of the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration; been a member of the Committee on Science, Technology, and Public Policy of the AAAS, consulted for Abt Associates and the office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress, and participated in a panel on scientific instrumentation organized by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

F. Stephen Larrabee attended the International Institute for Strategic Studies Annual Conference (Bruges, Belgium); the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Annual Conference (Washington); and made an oral presentation on Yugoslavia and the security problems for the Atlantic Alliance at a Conference on "Southern Europe and the Atlantic Alliance" organized by the International Inst-itute for Strategic Studies and the Italian Institute for International Affairs (Rome); and visited Turkey (once) and Greece (twice) on research trips.

Derek Leebaert served as managing editor of International Security; taught an undergraduate tutorial in conflict studies; acted as rapporteur of the 1977 Aspen Arms Control Workshop; was a Dudley House associate; participated in the 1978 Naval War College National Strategy Forum; organized and/or chaired seminars for visitors, including Ashraf Ghorbal, John Keegan, Jean Klein, Shimon Peres, and Carl Walske; participated as a discussant in "American Political Parties and Electoral Behavior," Harvard Government Department, and the 1978 Atomic Industrial Forum Fuel Cycle Conference (New York); lectured on "Nuclear Deterrence and Strategic Parity" at the Royal Military Academy (Sandhurst); and attended the National Security Education Seminar in Colorado Springs.

Michael Mandelbaum taught "National Security in Comparative Perspective" (Government 172), "Introduction to International Politics" (Government 40), "Current Issues in International Politics" (Government 98), and supervised four senior theses; lectured on "The Future of Nuclear Weapons" at the Council on Foreign Relations (later aired on National Public Radio), "The New Internationalisms" at the Lehrman Institute (New York City) and at the Research Institute on International Change at Columbia University, and on "The Soviet Challenge" at the Council on Foreign Relations; attended the American Political Science Association annual meeting, and the Conference on Contemporary Issues in American Foreign Policy at the University of California Institute of International Studies (Berkeley); and served as a member of the editorial board of Political Science Quarterly.

Onkar Marwah lectured on "India''s New Politics" at Wellesley College; contributed papers to the following conferences: "The Indian ocean and Persian Gulf in World Politics," Western Michigan University, Asia Society Conference "India 1977," (Seven Springs, New York); Workshop on "Naval Arms Control" Aspen Consortium Workshop (Aspen, Colorado), discussed papers at the following conferences: "Managing a Proliferation-Prone World," World Peace Foundation Conference (Endicott House, Massachusetts), and the 1978 Conference of the Section on Military Studies of the International Studies Association (Kiawah Island, South Carolina); consulted for the United Services Institution of India (New Delhi) and the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (New Delhi), and received the Merit Award for his thesis from the Indian Council for Social Science Research.

Robert Metzger presented a paper at a panel at the International Studies Association annual convention entitled "Legislating David Into Goliath: Arms Control Impact Statements" (co-authored with Paul Walker); participated in the Aspen Berlin Workshop on Strategic Arms Control and West European Interests; consulted for the House International Relations Committee, the Senate.Foreign Relations Committee, and the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress; and helped to coordinate the efforts of a group from the arms control and "technical" communities, preparing a series of papers on issues expected to be important in the forthcoming SALT II debate.

Linda B. Miller spent a month as Scholar-in-Residence at the Rockefeller Study Center, Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy; continued as full-time Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College, taught "World Politics," "The United States in World Politics,." "Studies in Political Leadership," and "The Superpowers," acted as a panelist for "What Next in the middle East?" (Harvard Hillel Society) and "The Politics and Economics of Oil" (American Professors for Peace, Harvard Symposium), and participated in the annual meeting of the International Peace Academy (QueneWuence, Quebec).

Steven Miller was a teaching fellow for "Technology, War, and Peace" (Social Sciences 159) and teaching assistant for "United State:3 Foreign and Mlilitary Policy" (Tufts University Political Science 135); acted as staff assistant and participant at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy International Security Studies Conference on Security and Development in the Indo-Pacific Arena (Boston); prepared a summary of the Johnson Foundation Conference on Soviet Experts; acted as rapporteur for the Soviet Military Doctrine Seminar; served as editor and then articles editor of the Fletcher-Forum.

Michael Nacht taught "Technology, War, and Peace" (Social Sciences 159) with Albert Carnesale and Paul Doty; "Topics in International Security I and II" (Kennedy School of Government), "International Conflict and Arms Control" and "Seminar on the Vietnam War" (Harvard Commission on Extension Courses); delivered papers on "Global Trends in Nuclear Proliferation" (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia), "The Carter Administration''s Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy: Summary and Preliminary Assessment" (World Peace Foundation Conference on Managing in a Proliferation-Prone World, Endicott House, Massachusetts); lectured on International Relations in Southeast Asia (Harvard East Asia Conference on Southeast Asia: Problems and Prospects, Honolulu, Hawaii), on the Soviet-American Strategic Balance (Boston College), on Nuclear Sabotage and Terrorism (Harvard School of Public Health), on SALT and Nuclear Nonproliferation (American Specialists Program, U.S. International Communications Agency, Tokyo, Japan), on International Defense Trade (Workshop on the Politics of the World Economy (Harvard Center for International Affairs); participated in the Aspen Arms Control Workshop (Aspen, Colorado), coordinated PSIA/State Department Conference on Conventional Arms Transfer Policy, participated in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Panel (International Studies Association annual meeting, Washington), coordinated the PSIA/ACDA Conference on Economic Consequences of Arms Control Agreements, participated in the conference on "Confidence-Building Measures: A New Approach to Arms Control?" (International Institute for Strategic Studies, Cumberland Lodge, England), consulted for the Ford Foundation in international security and arms control and for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; served as co-editor of International Security; acted as leader of the PSIA Regional Security Working Group; and was a member of the Board of Visitors, University of Pittsburgh Center for Arms Control and International Security Studies and the Executive Committee of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

Jonathan Pollack taught "Problems of National Security" (Politics 174, Brandeis University), delivered a presentation on "Chinese Military Policy in Transition" at the Columbia-Harvard Seminar on Northeast Asian Security and a talk on "China in the Post-Mao Era" at the Harvard University Institute for Learning in Retirement; delivered a paper on "China''s Changing Policy: New Directions in Peking''s Military and Foreign Policy" (Aspen Institute Workshop on the Prospects for Security and Arms Control in the Pacific and Asian Area, Hawaii), on "China and Korea: The Dilemmas of Commitment" (Annual Convention of the Association for Asian studies, Chicago), and on "Chinese Security Strategies and Northeast Asia" (Conference on Security Arrangements in Northeast Asia, 1945-1980, Harvard University); was a member of the Columbia- Harvard Seminar on Northeast Asian Security, of the Editorial Board of Contemporary China, of the Domestic Politics and National Security Working Group, PSIA; and was awarded an International Affairs Fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations.

Steven Sestanovich was a teaching assistant for "Soviet Foreign Policy" (Government 197); a tutor at Dunster House; and a graduate student fellow of the Russian Research Center.

Gene Sharp taught full-time at Southeastern Massachusetts University as Professor of Sociology and Political Science University (Courses: "The Nature and Origin of the State," "Basic Concepts in the Study of Society and Politics," and an experimental course entitled "Thinking and Expressing in the Social Sciences"), and lectured on "Nonviolent Social Change" (Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change, Atlanta), and on "Facing War, Genocide, Dictatorship, and Systems of Social Oppression" (Salve Regina— -The Newport College, Newport, Rhode island); and lectured also at Boston College, Harvard University, Colgate University, Emory University, the Clamshell Alliance, the University District Rotary Club of Seattle, Amesbury High School, the World Without War Council of Seattle, and Phillips Academy.

Jane Sharp chaired the PSIA Theater Nuclear Weapons Working Group; was a teaching fellow for "Technology, War, and Peace" (Social Sciences 159); acted as rapporteur for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Arms Control Association International Conference to Preview the 1978 United Nations Special Session on Disarmament (Talloires, France); participated in the International Institute for Strategic Studies Annual Conference (Bruaes, Belgium), the Stanley Foundation Strategy for Peace Conference, Workshop on the UN Special Session on Disarmament (Airlie House, Virginia), the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies/Institute for World order Project on the UN Special Session on Disarmament (Johnson Foundation, Wisconsin); was a panelist for "Taking the Initiative: Proposals for United States Action at the United Nations Special Session on Disarmament" and "National Security Policymaking in the Carter Administration" International Studies Association Annual Conference (Washington); was a discussant at the International Workshop on Disarmament (New Delhi, India) organized by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses and The Ghandi Institute); spoke on "National Initiatives in Disarmament," Quaker United Nations office Seminars for UN Delegates to the 1978 Special Session on Disarmament; consulted for the Quaker United Nations office (New York) giving seminars on Disarmament for UN delegates to the Special Session; and was a witness before the House Committee on International Relations Hearings of the UN Special Session on Disarmament.

David W. Tarr visited the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories; lectured on "American Security in the Year 2000" (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Political Science Faculty Seminar); was a Fellow of the InterUniversity Seminar on Armed Forces and Society; and belonged to the Core Group, Center for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies, University of Chicago.

Alexander Vardamis lectured on U.S.-F.R.G. military affairs at Winthrop House; participated in the preparation of a one-hour broadcast for Voice of America on the neutron bomb debate; attended the National Security Conference, U.S. Army War College; served as advisor for a senior thesis; prepared a 1979 military history calendar to be published by the George Little Press (Burlington, Vermont); held discussions with U.S. Army officers in Greece, NATO agencies in Greece, and with Bundeswehr officers stationed in Washington.

Paul Walker advised (informally) MIT students; presented a paper on "Legislating David into Goliath: Arms Control Impact Statements" (with R. Metzger) at the International Studies Association convention in Washington; chaired a panel on "Through the Backdoor: Unorthodox Inputs to National Security Policymaking."

Marilyn Wellons researched C3, TNWs, and current debates about the strategic balance; presented a paper on the interplay of doctrine operations and technology in World War II at the panel on Force and Diplomacy at the American Political Science Association convention in Washington; attended seminars on Soviet Military Doctrine.

Frederick Williams headed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Working Group; participated in a panel on "Nuclear Nonproliferation" at the International Studies Association annual meeting; was an invited participant in the U.S.-German Nuclear Energy Policy Conference (Airlie House, Virginia); and acted as a consultant to the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (February-June).

Dorothy Zinberg was Director of Seminars and Special Projects; organized the annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, October, 1977; lectured on "Science in a Liberal Arts College" (Hampshire College); "Circulation of the Elite: Value Elements in European United States Scientific Interactions"(Society for Social Studies of Science); "Nuclear Energy: Public Understanding and the Role of Scientists" (Science Policy 282b (Brooks)); "Education as a Belief" (Harvard Chapel); "Non-traditional Careers in Science, Social Science, and Public Policy" (Dunster House, Harvard University); was proposal review panelist for Ethics and Values in Science and Technology, National Science Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities; was consultant for The National Science Foundation/MIT project on the history of the recombinant DNA controversy; advised a National Science Foundation/Abt Associates project on a support-staff proposal for Science, Technology, and International Affairs; was advisor to the Office of Technology Assessment in a Workshop on Public Attitudes Toward Technology; acted as advisor for the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies; traveled for research visits to Great Britain (Royal Society, Sussex University, Nuffield Foundation, University Grants Committee), Belgium (NATO, European Community Nuclear Energy Research and Development), Germany (Berlin: Institute for Environmental Research, Technological University; Bonn: Research and Development in Nuclear Energy, Government Divisions); Paris: Delegation Generale a la Recherche Scientifique et Technique and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; U.S.A. (Washington, DC: AAAS Meetings); also member of the Commission on International Relations, National Academy of Sciences, and the Council on International Relations (Fulbright Commission); served as Editorial Advisor for the 4S Newsletter; Society for Social Studies of Science; participated in the Fast Breeder Conference, Ditchley Foundation; elected to Council, 4S Society; named chairperson of the Advisory Committee to the International Division of the National Science Foundation.

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