Monthly Archives: July 2010

“Market-based approaches to environmental protection — including cap-and-trade — should be lauded, not condemned, by political leaders, no matter what their party affiliation. Demonizing cap-and-trade in the short term will turn out to be a mistake with serious long-term consequences … Continue reading →

“Hayward’s tenure as chief executive officer is ending for obvious reasons. He mishandled events in the Gulf of Mexico after the explosion at Deepwater Horizon and committed gaffes that inflamed U.S. public opinion. If BP is to regain its business … Continue reading →

“Much of the case against Iran’s alleged desire to obtain nuclear weapons is based on fragmentary and inconclusive bits of information and a great deal of speculation and ideological distemper, coupled with the hysteria that is common in Washington when … Continue reading →

“While the total amount of material that has been recovered and publicly disclosed is not sufficient to make a nuclear weapon, the matter is deadly serious. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, none of the recovered nuclear material was … Continue reading →

“The likelihood of a single nuclear bomb exploding in a single city somewhere, maybe even Boston, has increased.” Belfer Center Director Graham Allison discussed his views of the nuclear dangers facing the world in “Clear and Present Nuclear Threats,” a … Continue reading →

“With the terrorism stuff, I didn’t want to exaggerate any threats. I felt like there’s been such an inflationary spiral in political use of the fear of terrorism to justify any old policy. I wanted to parse that out. And … Continue reading →

Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University distinguished service professor and a member of the Belfer Center’s board of directors, discussed the idea of soft power in a lecture at TED Global on July 13, 2010 in Oxford, UK. For more information, … Continue reading →

“U.S.-Egyptian relations have been characterized by discordance no less than harmony. Mr. Mubarak has differed with American policy on Iraq, Iran, the peace process, Libya, domestic reform and more. Fundamentally, however, the relationship has held, and Egypt has played a … Continue reading →

“The common assumption that greater activity by civil society and more robust NGOs would spur a more democratic culture, including greater accountability of the powerful governments that define most of the Middle East, remains frustratingly unproven. Civil society continues to … Continue reading →