Press Releases / Advisories
Robert Stowe
January 7, 2009
Harvard Project Leadership Presents Key Lessons at Poznan Conference of the Parties
By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach
The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements leadership team traveled to Poznan, Poland, in December 2008 to present findings of their new Interim Report, which outlines several promising ideas for successors to the Kyoto Protocol.
January 6, 2009
Dr. Ashton Carter, PDP Co-Director, Invited to Join American Academy of Diplomacy
Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director of the Preventive Defense Project, was recently invited to become a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD). Carter was invited to join AAD based on his continued contributions to American diplomacy, particularly his work on denuclearization of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus; his negotiations with the North Koreans, and his chairmanship of the NATO High Level Group.
Tom FitzSimmons
December 20, 2008
Harvard Kennedy School's John P. Holdren Named Obama's Science Advisor
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications and Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach
President-elect Barack Obama announced in his radio address Saturday that he has selected Harvard's John P. Holdren to serve as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology in the new administration. The post, popularly known as "the President's science advisor," also includes directorship of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President and requires Senate confirmation.
Courtesy of OLPC
December 6, 2008
Science, Engineering, and Economic Growth in Africa: Development Cooperation Challenges and Opportunities
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
The lecture will explore the role that emerging technologies can play in fostering economic growth and improving human welfare in Africa. It will re-examine opportunities for development cooperation between the United States and Africa in light of the current global food and financial and crises. It will draw on experiences on the linkages between economic growth and technological innovation in fields such as agriculture, health, energy, education, and environmental management.
Friday, January 9, 2009
9:00am – 10:30am
The Lecture Room, National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C. (entrance on C Street)
(No prior registration required)
Special Guest:
Koji Omi
Founder and Chairman, Science and Technology in Society forum, Tokyo, Japan
Member, House of Representatives
Former Minister of Finance of Japan
December 2, 2008
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen Named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, director of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of Energy and former head of the Central Intelligence Agency's WMD and terrorism efforts, will join the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center as a senior fellow on January 19, 2009.
December 2, 2008
WMD Panel Releases Report to Congress: Belfer Center’s Graham Allison served as Commissioner
Graham Allison, director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, served on the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, which released its report today. The congressionally appointed Commission called on the President-elect and the next Congress to immediately initiate several concrete actions, unilaterally and with the international community, to address the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that pose the greatest peril: nuclear and biological weapons.
November 24, 2008
New Harvard Project Report Outlines Ideas for Successor to Kyoto Protocol
By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach
A new report from the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements outlines several promising ideas for successors to the Kyoto Protocol. The report also provides guidance on the most intractable challenges facing global climate negotiators, including participation by developing countries, how to reduce deforestation, and how to prevent a "collision" between climate policy and international trade law.
AP Photo
November 20, 2008
Fiscal Stimulus: What should be done now
Top economists affiliated with Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs weigh in on what steps the President and Congress should take to stimulate the economy. Lawrence H. Summers and Martin Feldstein are members of the Belfer Center's Board of Directors, and Jeffrey Frankel is a faculty affiliate.
November 17, 2008
"Global Nuclear Terrorism Risk Still High, Despite Progress; New Administration Must Take Immediate Steps to Reduce Dangers"
By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach and Cathy Gwin
The world still faces a "very real" risk that terrorists could get a nuclear bomb, and the Obama Administration must make reducing that risk a top priority of U.S. security policy and diplomacy, according to Securing the Bomb 2008, a report released today.
Martha Stewart
October 30, 2008
Brent Scowcroft Addresses International Issues Facing the Next President
Former national security advisor Brent Scowcroft called on the next president to engage in civilized dialogue on foreign policy during a Forum address Wednesday evening (Oct. 29) at Harvard Kennedy School.
