Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - Latest Publications

Apr 29, 2024 Cambridge, MA – April 29, 2024 – The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School is proud to announce that  DR. EZINNE UZO-OKORO, former Assis...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/ezinne-uzo-okoro-joins-belfer-center

Apr 17, 2024 From climate science to healthcare to waste management, read on for key takeaways from our team’s activities at Arctic Encounter Symposium 2024 in Anchorage, Alaska.

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/arctic-initiative-highlights-arctic-encounter-symposium-2024

Apr 16, 2024 The Arctic Initiative team helped kick off discussions for the International Conference on Arctic Research Planning Process 2022-2026 (ICARP IV) research priority teams at the Arcti...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/arctic-initiative-arctic-science-summit-week

Apr 4, 2024 Michael Mann, renowned climate scientist, says global warming can be stopped - as long as climate advocates can avoid succumbing to despair.

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/climate-science-doesnt-support-doomers-says-scientist-michael-mann

Apr 2, 2024 Cambridge, MA – April 02, 2024 — The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School proudly announces several new Senior Fellows joining in Spring ...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/belfer-center-science-and-international-affairs-announces-spring-2024-senior-fellows

Mar 22, 2024 The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School is proud to announce the appointment of Barham A. Salih, esteemed Iraqi Kurdish leader and former P...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/barham-salih-joins-belfer-center-science-and-international-affairs-and-middle-east

Mar 18, 2024 The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Spence as Project Director of the Center’s Arc...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/jennifer-spence-named-project-director-arctic-initiative-harvard-kennedy-schools-belfer

Mar 18, 2024 The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce the appointment of Brittany Janis as Associate Director of the Center’s En...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/brittany-janis-named-associate-director-belfer-centers-environment-and-natural

Mar 14, 2024 MEI Senior Fellow Edward Djerejian discusses Sen. Schumer’s call for Israeli elections, what a ground operation in Rafah could mean for US policy, and whether a two-state solution...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/amb-djerejian-analyzes-sen-schumers-comments-netanyahu

Feb 14, 2024 The Harvard Project participates in a major Harvard initiative aimed at reducing emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Participating researchers represent a range of acad...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/harvard-project-contributes-major-initiative-methane

Feb 13, 2024 Belfer Center Fellow Syra Madad, Senior Director of the System-wide Special Pathogens Program at NYC Health + Hospitals and Belfer Center Fellow, has been named to the World Health ...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/syra-madad-named-world-health-organization-technical-advisory-group

Jan 30, 2024 Join Middle East Initiative Faculty Chair and Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance, TAREK MASOUD, in a series of frank, open, and probing encounters with vital and...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/announcing-middle-east-dialogues

Jan 25, 2024 The Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment of Sara Olsvig to its International Ad...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/sara-olsvig-joins-arctic-initiatives-international-advisory-board

Dec 21, 2023 HPCA and Director Robert Stavins played an active role at COP 28 in Dubai, which concluded on December 12 with an historic agreement calling for “transitioning away” from fossil...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/hpca-cop-28

Dec 19, 2023 The Biden Administration and automotive industry have announced ambitious targets for the number of electric vehicles they hope to deploy by 2030, but automakers are not yet on trac...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/automakers-must-double-investment-meet-bidens-proposed-electric-vehicle-targets-says

Dec 14, 2023 The Belfer Center's National Security Fellows (NSFs), as part of the Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy (DETS) program, developed and taught the "For the Common Defense" stu...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/common-defense-study-group-key-themes-fall-2023-seminar-series

Dec 13, 2023 The Harvard Project on Climate Agreements (HPCA) assembled a panel of leading academics and government officials to discuss strategies for achieving significant methane emissions re...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/hpca-hosts-cop-28-side-event-challenges-and-opportunities-reducing-global-methane

Nov 19, 2023 As war continues in Gaza, and as questions linger re: the enclave’s postwar future, what role can Egypt and other Arab countries play? MEI Faculty Chair Tarek Masoud discusses w...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/professor-tarek-masoud-analyzes-role-egypt-ongoing-conflict-gaza

Nov 15, 2023 Efforts around and impacts of global methane-emissions abatement will be the focus at an official side event on December 6 co-sponsored by the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements ...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/harvard-project-conduct-panel-methane-emissions-abatement-cop-28

Nov 8, 2023 The Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program (DETS) is pleased to announce that David McCord, MPA Candidate and DETS Research Assistant, has been awarded the Business and S...

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/david-mccord-dets-program-research-assistant-receives-award-american-astronautical