Monthly Archives: November 2009

Belfer Center Director Graham Allison and Nicholas Burns, a member of the Belfer Center’s board of directors and Harvard Kennedy School professor of the practice of diplomacy and international politics, participated in the one-day “The Presidency and the Nuclear Age” … Continue reading →

“The new members of NATO were so grateful for the U.S. role in getting them into that organization that they would do anything the U.S. asked for during that period.” –Richard Clarke, Belfer Center faculty affiliate http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/19/report-cia-black-site-lithuania/?test=latestnews

“I think both the government and Lockheed Martin should be prepared to share in that investment.” Ashton Carter, on leave from the Belfer Center’s board of directors to serve as under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics, was … Continue reading →

“There should have been more direct federal spending that would have added to aggregate demand.” Martin Feldstein, a member of the White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board and the Belfer Center’s board of directors, was quoted in “New Consensus Sees … Continue reading →

“The different sectors are responding to the president’s call for all hands on deck.” John P. Holdren, on leave from the Belfer Center’s board of directors to serve as assistant to the president for science and technology and director of … Continue reading →

“‘Many experts,’ [Summers] warned, ‘believe that unemployment could reach 10 percent by the end of next year.’ In the face of that prospect, he continued, ‘doing too little poses a greater threat than doing too much.’” Lawrence Summers, on leave … Continue reading →

“I would like to address some of the major areas identified by GAO as needing improvement–human capital, finance, and contract guard oversight–as well as review some of the actions and initiatives taken by FPS to make these changes.” Rand Beers, … Continue reading →

“The Obama administration is right to focus on fixing a faltering war in Afghanistan and shoring up a weak and unstable Pakistan. But it has been less attentive to one of the most important bipartisan achievements of the Clinton and … Continue reading →

“…[A]fter previous big financial crises, insecure governments have been tempted to rattle sabres for the sake of promoting their own domestic legitimacy. My prime suspect here is Russia, which of all the big powers stands to gain the most from … Continue reading →

“Conditions are now ripe for all parties to make serious advances on this issue because both the Lebanese and Palestinian authorities have publicly and officially (and, I would say, courageously) signaled their desire to go beyond past disputes and sensitivities, … Continue reading →