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The Off-Shoring, Out-Sourcing Debate is Out of Date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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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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Nationalist Insurgencies and the al-Qaeda Narrative
By Francisco Martin-Rayo The Obama administration’s heavy-handed approach to drone strikes in Yemen has blurred the distinction between terrorist and innocent civilian. As administration officials continue to identify nearly all military-aged males in strike zones as possible combatants, media outlets … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, drones, Francisco Martin-Rayo, Hammami, Harvard Kennedy School, predator, Shabaab, somalia, Yemen
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The Syrian Uprising: The View from Tehran
By Annie Tracy Samuel, A longer version of this post appeared first at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University. The violent confrontation between Bashar Assad’s regime and opposition forces, now fifteen months … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Tracy Samuel, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Iran, Israel, Moshe Dayan Center
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Sanger book: Obama order sped up cyberattacks against Iran
By David E. Sanger (This is an excerpt from a New York Times front-page article today, which is adapted from David Sanger’s new book, “Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power,” being published by Crown … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, cyberattacks, Harvard Kennedy School, Iran, Sanger, Stuxnet
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Lessons learned from the protracted Iranian nuclear file
By Mansour Salsabili
Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
(This commentary appeared first on GlobalPost.com)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Continuing to insist on sanctions against Iran will produce a bad deal for America.
Why? Because this week Iran is putting on the table in Baghdad a number of concrete and tension-reducing offers in response to the earlier requests of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
These offers will have the strong support of Russia and China, and may attract positive votes from other European delegations as well. This will leave the US administration, which cannot force Congress to end sanctions, in the corner and in a passive position in any future talks.
In the second round of the current negotiation — between Iran and the five members of the UN Security Council plus Germany — any forward looking plan will need to be comprehensive, including all aspects of a final deal. However a comprehensive approach cannot be implemented in a single shot or in haste, but rather in a step-by-step process that produces concrete results for each step in turn. The final deal may commence from particular unresolved issues involving the Iranian nuclear program and then extend to more general questions of regional cooperation and even peace in the Middle East. Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, Catherine Ashton, Harvard Kennedy School, Iran, Saeed Jalili, Salsabiili
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Russia and Putin Redux: Prospects for Change
By Simon Saradzhyan and Nabi Abdullaev (Updated Monday, March 5, 2012) There was little doubt that Vladimir Putin would be elected president of Russia on Sunday and return to the Kremlin for a third term. The Central Elections Committee announced … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Medvedev, Nabi Abdullaev, Putin, Russia, Simon Saradzhayan
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Scholars reflect on Afghan Koran burnings, rioting
Several Harvard Kennedy School scholars who have worked in Afghanistan were asked to comment on how the United States should respond to the accidental burning of Korans by the U.S. military, and the subsequent deadly rioting in the country. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Aisha Ahmad, Bagram, Belfer Center, Chiara Ruffa, Harvard Kennedy School, Koran burning, Michael Semple
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Fighting for Food?
By Halvard Buhaug, Helge Holtermann, and Ole Magnus Theisen The globe keeps warming and a global food crisis is looming, but evidence suggests that, contrary to the opinion of many observers, tensions over scarce food and water will not increase … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, Buhaug, global warming, Harvard Kennedy School, Holtermann, hunger, Peace Research Institute Oslo, PRIO, Theisen
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India disappoints U.S. friends with its Iran policy
By Nicholas Burns The Indian government’s ill-advised statement last week that it will continue to purchase oil from Iran is a major setback for the U.S. attempt to isolate the Iranian government over the nuclear issue. The New York Times … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, India, Iran, Nicholas Burns
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