Monthly Archives: February 2009

PAE Corner: HKS Joins Forces With the British Consulate General The Citizen February 25 Quoted: Eric Rosenbach, Belfer Center Topic: HKS’ relationship with the British Consulate General The British Consulate General, located in Kendall Square in Cambridge, is a big … Continue reading →

U.S. gives cap and trade boost for climate treaty Reuters February 27 Quoted: Robert Stavins, Environment and Natural Resources Program Topic: President Obama’s support for a cap and trade plan to reduce carbon emissions President Barack Obama’s support on Thursday … Continue reading →

President Barack Obama announced Monday that he has nominated Dr. Ashton B. Carter to serve as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Carter’s nomination was announced in a press release along with several other key nominees. “I … Continue reading →

“While Holdren conceded that scientific opinion is not monolithic on climate change, he said policy-makers should accept the evaluation of the ‘center of gravity of scientific opinion’ which he said is that ‘climate change is real, it’s accelerating, it is … Continue reading →

“Summers acknowledges that he has responded to changing times and changed circumstances. Last spring and summer he began to see that government’s normal machinery for stabilizing the economy—the ability of the Federal Reserve to raise and lower interest rates and … Continue reading →

“Our ultimate objective is basically not allowing that part of the world to be used as a haven for people to plan attacks on the American homeland. That’s our only really vital strategic interest…I think one of the things we’re … Continue reading →

“It is rare in business that an applicant withdraws his position after accepting the job and before its start date. It is even rarer in politics for a person to accept a President’s offer to serve in the cabinet, announce … Continue reading →

“There is great danger in the gap between Israeli extremism and the more accommodating realism and pragmatism of everyone else in the Middle East — including an America that seems slowly to be coming to its senses again.” Rami Khouri, … Continue reading →

“The number of science reporters and journalists-in-training from far-flung parts of the world—the Middle East, Africa, Asia and South America, as well as Canada, the U.K., Germany, Sweden and other parts of Europe—has expanded at AAAS. At the same time, … Continue reading →

“The Gulf countries, with their massive potential liquidity, tied up in approximately $3 trillion of sovereign wealth funds, are the logical next stage towards Islamic financing of major regional projects.” Justin Dargin, a fellow with the Belfer Center’s Dubai Initiative, … Continue reading →