Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation was a report released after a three year research project by the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group at the Harvard Kennedy School. The study was released on Nov. 22, 2011 at a Washington, D.C. event for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The United States and the world […]
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Russia and U.S. National Interests
Russia and U.S. National Interests: Why Should Americans Care? a report by the Task Force on Russia and U.S. National Interests. The report offers dozens of specific policy prescriptions on key issues that shape the relationship between Russia and the United States: nuclear weapons and proliferation, arms control, energy security, fighting terrorism, trade and investment, […]
Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic
The Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic (EELPC) offers students an opportunity to do environmental legal and policy work. I was referred to the law and policy clinic after their director saw some of my work for the Kennedy School and noted how professional everything looked. She called me in to look at what they […]
An Introduction to Pakistan’s Military
An Introduction to Pakistan’s Military, a report authored by Aki Peritz, Francisco Aguilar, Randy Bell, Sayce Falk, Natalie Black and Sasha Rogers on the Pakistan Military. The Pakistani military remains an opaque entity, both inside and outside of the country. Few publicly available reports exist for those seeking a basic understanding of its leaders, functions, […]
The U.S.-Russia Joint Threat Assessment on Nuclear Terrorism
Researchers from the United States and Russia issued a joint assessment of the global threat of nuclear terrorism, warning of a persistent danger that terrorists could obtain or make a nuclear device and use it with catastrophic consequences. This study makes the case that it is plausible that a technically sophisticated group could make, deliver, […]
Islam and the Bomb: Religious Justification For and Against Nuclear Weapons
Islam and the Bomb: Religious Justification for and Against Nuclear Weapons, a report written by Rolf Mowatt-Larssen a former senior CIA officer and now a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. Mowatt-Larssen’s report examines the debate within Muslim societies on the use of weapons of mass destruction. Following a […]
The Case of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi
Interrogations, Intelligence and War: The Case of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, by Eric Rosenbach and Jessica Reitz. The case study includes a chronological account of the last ten years of al-Libi’s life, as well as many details of the post-9/11 political context surrounding his detention. This juxtaposition illuminates not only the external factors that drove al-Libi’s […]
Engaging Israel
Engaging Israel is a project of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Kogod Center for Contemporary Jewry. It aims to reposition Israel as a source of moral and religious significance for Jews around the world. The Shalom Hartman Institute is where leading thinkers, educators and agents of change in the Jewish world gather to study, create, and […]
Trials by Fire
Trials By Fire, by Eric Rosenbach and Aki Peritz. In the decade following the attacks of 11 September 2001, the United States has attempted to better combat the threat of terrorism through two general mechanisms—by unleashing its fearsome military and intelligence might upon foreign and domestic enemies; and by building upon preexisting legal infrastructure to […]
PEJE Guide to Coaching
The Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of Jewish day schools. PEJE created a guide to provide Jewish day school leaders with clear and concise information about coaching. Coaching is a powerful tool that can yield personal and school-wide benefits for administrators, boards, families and ultimately […]