Monthly Archives: December 2010

White House unveils science integrity policy USA Today December 18, 2010 Quoted: 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 the Office … Continue reading →

An Important Report on Energy RD&D Michael Levi’s Blog, Council on Foreign Relations December 16, 2010 Featured: Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group Topic: Energy RD&D “Comparing government investment in energy RD&D is difficult to do, particularly in a … Continue reading →

How to Survive a Nuclear Attack CBS News December 16, 2010 Quoted: Matthew Bunn, co-principal investigator for the Belfer Center’s Project on Managing the Atom and a member of the Center’s board of directors Topic: Effects of a nuclear bomb … Continue reading →

California takes lead in cap-and-trade carbon market NPR’s Marketplace December 17, 2010 Quoted: Robert N. Stavins, a member of the Belfer Center’s board of directors and director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program Topic: Cap-and-trade “California wants enviro bragging rights, … Continue reading →

The Winners of the 3 Quarks Daily 2010 Politics Prize 3quarksdaily.com December 21, 2010 Featured: Stephen M. Walt, a member of the Belfer Center’s board of directors and Harvard Kennedy School’s Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs Topic: … Continue reading →

“Everybody’s worried ’bout the atomic bomb” Homeland Security Watch December 16, 2010 Commentary by: Arnold Bogis, Belfer Center fellow Topic: Nuclear terrorism “Involving the public more deeply in all facets of homeland security is a brilliant idea, and not a … Continue reading →

IAEA needs “robust” N.Korea mandate: ex-official Reuters December 21, 2010 Quoted: Olli Heinonen, Belfer Center senior fellow Topic: North Korea’s nuclear activities “Nuclear inspectors need to have a ‘robust’ mandate to carry out their work in North Korea and a … Continue reading →

Christmas on the M5 Bus in Manhattan Agence Global December 22, 2010 Op-ed by: Rami Khouri, a senior fellow with the Belfer Center’s Dubai Initiative and director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs and the … Continue reading →

Working Toward a Russia For All The Moscow Times December 22, 2010 Op-ed by: Simon Saradzhyan, Belfer Center fellow; Monica Duffy Toft, Associate Professor of Public Policy Topic: Moscow’s ultranationalist riots “The recent ultranationalist rampage in downtown Moscow was made … Continue reading →

Self-Inflicted Wounds: Debates and Divisions within al-Qa’ida and its Periphery Combating Terrorism Center at West Point December 2010 Edited by: Assaf Moghadam, Former Associate, International Security Program/Initiative on Religion in International Affairs Topic: Jihadi movement “As we approach the tenth … Continue reading →