Belfer Center: 2014 at a Glance

During a year filled with national and international challenges and crises, the Belfer Center energetically pursued its mission to advance policy-relevant knowledge about critical issues of international security, energy and environment, and science and technology.

We are pleased to present a sampling of 2014 Belfer Center activities through photos and publications.

Bold Ideas About Big Issues

Commentary

Graham Allison: Just How Likely Is Another World War?
Nicholas Burns: Why Do Some Hostages Die, and Some Are Released?
John Deutch: Inaccurate Senate Report Endangers U.S. Security
Susan Hockfield: Closing America's Innovation Deficit
Calestous Juma: It Will Take More Than Natural Resources for Africa to Rise
Joseph S. Nye: How to Navigate the East China Sea Dispute Between Japan and China
Nawaf Obaid: The Saudis Can Crush ISIS
Meghan O'Sullivan & Robert D. Blackwill: America's Energy Edge
David H. Petraeus & Michael O'Hanlon: The Great American Comeback
Kevin Rudd: Xi and Obama Have Shown Leadership on Emissions
Robert Stavins: The Only Feasible Way of Cutting Emissions
Ariane Tabatabai: Five Myths About Iran's Nuclear Program
William H. Tobey, Matthew Bunn, & Nickolas Roth: The Russian Tie We Can't Cut
Stephen Walt: The Top 5 Foreign Policy Lessons of the Past 20 Years

Books

Nicholas Burns & Jonathon Price (eds): The Crisis with Russia
Laura Diaz Anadon, Matthew Bunn, & Venkatesh Narayanamurti: Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation
Richard Rosecrance & Steven Miller (eds): The Next Great War? The Roots of World War I and the Risk of U.S.-China Conflict.
Kelly Sims Gallagher: The Globalization of Clean Energy Technology: Lessons from China

Research Papers & Reports

Graham Allison: "Blocking All Paths to an Iranian Bomb: How the West Can Avoid a Nuclear Maginot Line"
Matthew Bunn, Martin Malin, Nickolas Roth, & William Tobey: "Advancing Nuclear Security: Evaluating Progress and Setting New Goals"
Dara Kay Cohen & Ragnhild Nordas: "Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: Introducing the SVAC Dataset, 1989–2009"
Melissa Hathaway (ed.): "Best Practices in Computer Network Defense: Incident Detection and Response"
Olli Heinonen: "The Iranian Nuclear Programme: Practical Parameters for a Credible Long-Term Agreement"
Sabrina Howell, Henry Lee, & Adam Heal: "Leapfrogging or Stalling Out? Electric Vehicles in China"
Calestous Juma: "Complexity, Innovation, and Development: Schumpeter Revisited"
Leonardo Maugeri: "Falling Short: A Reality Check for Global LNG Exports"
Nawaf Obaid: "A Saudi Arabian Defense Doctrine"

Through Photos and Publications