Monthly Archives: November 2008

“At this defining moment for our nation, the old ways of thinking and acting just won’t do. They call for us to seek fresh thinking and bold new ideas from the leading minds across America. And they demand that as … Continue reading →

“Making a nuclear bomb with highly enriched uranium basically involves slamming two pieces together at high speed, that’s really all there is too it.” Matthew Bunn, co-principal investigator of the Belfer Center’s Project on Managing the Atom and associate professor … Continue reading →

“Even if officials do not want to abandon the euro, they may come to do so as a result of a strategy of trying to get other countries to agree to a policy change. A country that believes that monetary … Continue reading →

“Somali piracy has captured some international attention suddenly, because global sea-borne assets are now threatened, though the suffering and death of Somalis remain strangely invisible to the world.” Rami Khouri, a senior fellow with the Belfer Center’s Dubai Initiative and … Continue reading →

“To find a path forward, we need to go back to the origins of it all. It was Europe’s violent rejection of Jews in the past that begat modern Zionism and paradoxically contributed to its success. Once the problem, Europe … Continue reading →

Obama: ‘Soft power’ and hard reality BBC News November 24 Quoted: Joseph Nye and Stephen Walt, Belfer Center Topic: President-elect Barack Obama’s foreign policy … Joseph Nye, the Harvard academic who coined the term “soft power”, agrees that Mr Obama … Continue reading →

Can Obama orchestrate the return of American soft power? The Hankyoreh November 21 Interviewed: Joseph Nye Topic: President-elect Barack Obama’s foreign policy Joseph Nye was also quoted in an article from the National Journal Joseph S. Nye Jr., 71, is … Continue reading →

Kennedy School climate change group presents proposals for United Nations action Harvard Crimson November 24 Quoted: Robert Stavins, Environment and Natural Resources Program Topic: Proposals to address climate change The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements at the Harvard Kennedy … Continue reading →

Rubinomics Recalculated New York Times November 23 Mentioned: Lawrence Summers Topic: President-elect Barack Obama’s appointments to economic posts It is testament to former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin’s star power among many Democrats that as President-elect Barack Obama fills out … Continue reading →

Economists React to Obama’s ‘Dream Team’ Wall Street Journal Online November 24 Quoted: Jeffrey Frankel Mentioned: Prof. Lawrence Summers Topic: President-elect Barack Obama’s appointments to economic posts President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of Christina Romer to chair the Council of Economic … Continue reading →