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The Cost of Saving Lives in Bangladesh
By Ben W. Heineman, Jr. (This article first appeared on TheAtlantic.com, where Ben Heineman is a frequent contributor) The horrific death of more than 900 Bangladesh garment workers in the collapse of a building, following the death of 112 garment … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangladesh, Belfer Center, Ben Heineman, Labor, South Asia
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Name the Trade Rep, Mr. President
By Ben W. Heineman, Jr. (This article first appeared in Harvard Business Review Blog Network, where Ben Heineman is a frequent contributor) In President Obama’s second term, the United States has an ambitious and challenging Atlantic and Pacific trade agenda … Continue reading
The Off-Shoring, Out-Sourcing Debate is Out of Date
By Ben W. Heineman, Jr. (This article first appeared on TheAtlantic.com, where Ben Heineman is a frequent contributor) Labor markets have for the past quarter century been at the center of the globalization disputes under the “off-shoring and out-sourcing” rubric. … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, China, de-verticalizing, Harvard Kennedy School, India, manufacturing, offshoring, outsourcing
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Israel’s Missing Naval Strategy
By Ehud Eiran Former Associate and Research Fellow, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs In a March 19 piece on Foreign Affairs. com, Retired Admiral Yual Zur and I argued for the development of a comprehensive … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, Ehud Eiran, Israeli, maritime strategy, Middle East, Yual Zur
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ASEAN’s Great Power Dilemma
By Kei Koga. (This article first appeared in Asia Times Online) Since the end of the Cold War, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has engaged the outside world to play an active security role within greater East Asia. … Continue reading
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Tagged ASEAN, Asia, Belfer Center, International Security, ISP, Kei Koga, Southeast Asia
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North Korea’s third nuclear test: plutonium or highly enriched uranium?
By Hui Zhang Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School On February 12, 2013, North Korea conducted its third nuclear test, and a number of seismic stations around the … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, Managing the Atom Project, North Korea, nuclear test, radioxenonstst
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Why a Global Carbon Market is Coming Sooner Than You Think
By Justin Dargin (This article first appeared in Fair Observer) Global carbon trading could potentially be the most effective economic tool to regulate industrial CO2 emissions in the fight against climate change. As concern about global climate change and carbon … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, Cap-and-trade, Carbon market, Climate change, global warming, Justin Dargin
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The IEA’s Poor Performance and the Risks of Oil Abundance
By Leonardo Maugeri Roy Family Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Although quite late, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has noticed that American crude oil production is increasing at an unprecedented rate, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, IEA, International Energy Agency, Maugeri
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The Arab Spring and the Balance of Power in the Middle East
By Kayhan Barzegar The Arab Spring can be seen as a turning point in the regional balance of power of the Middle East. Previously, the “balance of power” was determined at the level of classic players—the states—and therefore was easier. … Continue reading
Posted in Fellows' Forum, Guest Post
Tagged Arab spring, Belfer Center, IMESS, Iran, Islamic Azad University, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
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In Russia, Putin is Tightening the Screws
By Simon Saradzhyan Half a year since Vladimir Putin’s election for a third presidential team, it is crystal clear that the expectations of a “Putin 2.0” raised by his aides during the campaign are plain unrealistic (unless, of course, “2” … Continue reading
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Tagged Aleksei Navalny, Belfer Center, Pussy Riot, Putin, Simon Saradzhyan, Vladimir Lukin
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