Monthly Archives: December 2009

“In contrast to the very harsh and very difficult relations between Iran and Iraq in the past during Saddam’s day, there’s been a substantial improvement.” –Steven Miller, director of the Belfer Center’s International Security Program http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=17123589

“Thrift in the long run is a very good thing, but increasing thrift as you come out of a recession is going to be a drag.” Martin Feldstein, a member of the White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board and the … Continue reading →

“The current global nuclear order is extremely fragile, and the three most urgent challenges to it are North Korea, Iran, and Pakistan. If North Korea and Iran become established nuclear weapons states over the next several years, the nonproliferation regime … Continue reading →

“For a time, [Chimerica] was a symbiotic relationship that seemed like a marriage made in heaven. Put simply, one half did the saving, the other half the spending. Comparing net national savings as a proportion of Gross National Income, American … Continue reading →

“… [I]n the near future, there will be that smiling signing ceremony at the White House to celebrate serious treatment of the access illness in the health care system. But the shadow falling over the room is the knowledge that … Continue reading →

“Holding the United States and Israel accountable — like everyone else — to a single, equitable standard of justice and behavior is the best way these two countries can spread democratic values.” Rami Khouri, a senior fellow with the Belfer … Continue reading →

“While many understand the opportunities created through this shared global infrastructure, known as cyberspace, few Americans understand the threats presented in cyberspace, which regularly arise at individual, organizational and state (or societal) levels. And these are not small threats: a … Continue reading →

Battlefield robot had security hole Boston Globe December 19 Quoted: Eric Rosenbach, Belfer Center Topic: Security weaknesses in battlefield robots The same security weakness that allowed Iraqi insurgents to record video from unmanned US surveillance aircraft might also have let … Continue reading →

What Happened at Copenhagen? ProgressiveFix.com December 21 Quoted: Robert Stavins, Harvard Environmental Economics Program Topic: International climate talks in Copenhagen Robert Stavins was also quoted in The Atlantic. Robert Stavins, who wrote us a dispatch from Copenhagen upon President Obama’s … Continue reading →

U.S.-Brokered Climate Deal May Give Obama More Sway in Senate Bloomberg December 21 Quoted: Robert Stavins, Harvard Environmental Economics Program Topic: Potential climate deal in the U.S. Robert Stavins was also quoted in Newsweek, the Financial Times, The Christian Science … Continue reading →