Rolf Mowatt-Larssen spent more than two dozen years in intelligence, both in the CIA and U.S. Department of Energy. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he led the U.S. government’s efforts to determine whether al Qaeda had WMD capabilities and to prevent a nuclear terrorist attack on the United States. Mowatt-Larssen, a senior fellow at […]
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A.Q. Khan, Nuclear Proliferation and the US Response
Aki Peritz, a former Fellow with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, examines A.Q. Khan’s role in spreading Pakistan’s nuclear weapons technology to some of the most unstable countries in the world and the US response to that proliferation network. I had a lot of fun […]
A Pillar’s Progress
“A Pillar’s Progress: How Development’s History Shapes U.S. Options in the Present”, by David Ekbladh, former research fellow, International Security Program, 2009–2010, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. With the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the “War on Terror” that followed, development aid was shoved back into the spotlight. Many […]
Congress and the Intelligence Community
Confrontation or Collaboration? Congress and the Intelligence Community, by Eric Rosenbach, Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Aki J. Peritz Should the CIA have briefed Congress on secret intelligence programs? What is the legal basis for the President’s electronic surveillance program? Is the DNI actually in charge of the Intelligence Community? The […]
Analysis of Transportation Sector Policies
Analysis of Policies to Reduce Oil Consumption and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the US Transportation Sector This study examined a number of important transportation sector specific policy options to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and the United States’ dependence on imported oil under economy-wide CO² prices. This cover and this project in general remains one of my favorites. […]
ikeeps
ikeeps, inc. specializes in the design, manufacture, and selling of unique custom contact lens storage cases, glass cases, and other functional and unique storage cases. The company was approaching retailers and wanted to have some mock-ups done of new packaging to present at their meetings.
Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education
The Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of Jewish day schools. PEJE first came to me when they needed help preparing for their 2008 Assembly (a biennial PEJE event). After the event I was fortunate enough that they kept coming to me for help with various […]
Visiting Nurse Associations of America
The Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA) is a national association that supports, promotes and advocates for community-based, nonprofit home health and hospice providers that care for all, regardless of condition or ability to pay. My work for the VNAA focused on the connections that the non-profit helped to foster throughout VNAA’s many member organizations. […]
The Chronic Care Clearinghouse
The Chronic Care Clearinghouse website provides homecare clinicians with the ability to access a single source of information about chronic care management models and best practices designed specifically for homecare patients. The site utilizes a custom content management system created for the Visiting Nurse Associations of America by Edgewater Technology. I worked with the developers […]
The Dubai Initiative
The Dubai Initiative is a joint venture between the Dubai School of Government (DSG) and the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), supporting the development of DSG as a leading academic, research and outreach institution in public policy, administration and management in the Middle East. The Dubai Initiative offered a conference on progress and conflict in the […]