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February 2009
"Exporting the Bomb: Why States Provide Sensitive Nuclear Assistance"
Journal Article, American Political Science Review, issue 1, volume 103
By Matthew Kroenig, Affiliate, Project on Managing the Atom
Why do states provide sensitive nuclear assistance to nonnuclear weapon states, contributing to the international spread of nuclear weapons? Using a new dataset on sensitive nuclear transfers, this paper analyzes the determinants of sensitive nuclear assistance. Dr. Kroenig first describes a simple logic of the differential effects of nuclear proliferation, which is used to generate hypotheses about the conditions under which states provide sensitive nuclear assistance. He then shows that the strategic characteristics of the potential nuclear suppliers are the most important determinants of sensitive nuclear assistance. Explanations that emphasize the importance of economic motivations do not find support in the data. This paper presents a new approach to the study of the spread of nuclear weapons, focusing on the supply side of nuclear proliferation.
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January 8, 2008
"We Have Military to be Proud of — So Give Them Money They Need"
Op-Ed, The Scotsman
By Azeem Ibrahim, Research Fellow, International Security Program
"As a country, we must face the fact our armed forces have reached the limit of what they can afford to do. Aside from Afghanistan and Iraq, we have troops deployed in large numbers in Germany and defence and peacekeeping duties in Bosnia, Kosovo, Cyprus, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands. As a country, we claim to be proud of the dedication and professionalism of ourarmed forces, but we spend half as much on them per head as the Americans do."
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January 7, 2009
"Gaza's Impact on the Arab World"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"As governments in existing Arab states effectively ignore what is happening in Gaza -- to judge by their political immobility -- we will continue to witness the weakening impact, control and even the legitimacy of many of those regimes. We will also continue to see the rise of non-state actors who become so strong and credible that they should be called parallel states."
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January 7, 2008
"South Asia at War"
Op-Ed, Guatemala Times
By Hassan Abbas, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
"Last month's terrorist assault in Mumbai targeted not only India's economy and sense of security. Its broader goal was to smash the India-Pakistan détente that has been taking shape since 2004. The attackers did not hide their faces or blow themselves up with suicide jackets. Anonymity was not their goal. They wanted to be identified as defenders of a cause. Unless this cause is fully understood, and its roots revealed across the region, this attack may prove to be the beginning of the unmaking of South Asia."
Robert C. Stowe
January 7, 2009
Harvard Project Leadership Presents Key Lessons at Poznan Conference of the Parties
News
By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach
The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements leadership team traveled to Poznan, Poland, in December 2008 to present findings of their new Interim Report, which outlines several promising ideas for successors to the Kyoto Protocol.
January 6, 2009
Dr. Ashton Carter, PDP Co-Director, Invited to Join American Academy of Diplomacy
Press Release
Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director of the Preventive Defense Project, was recently invited to become a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD). Carter was invited to join AAD based on his continued contributions to American diplomacy, particularly his work on denuclearization of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus; his negotiations with the North Koreans, and his chairmanship of the NATO High Level Group.
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January 5, 2009
"Why Hamas (and Hizbullah) Will be Difficult to Defeat"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Hamas and Hizbullah are the ideological step-children of the Likud Party and Ariel Sharon, and they are movements which fill the vacuum created by failed secular governing entities that have been inept, often corrupt, and sometimes Israeli puppets.
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December 31, 2008
"Hanukkah and Hamas"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
The correct context in which to understand and analyze the current situation is that it is a war -- an active, bilateral Palestinian-Israeli war -- not unilateral Hamas rocketry. Imperial power and indigenous nationalism can go on fighting for decades, to no avail.
AP Photo
December 30, 2008
"A Marginalized Region"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
A year-end analysis of the global status of the Arab world -- its problems and trends.
AP Photo
December 30, 2008
"Lessons Learned from the 2006 War Being Implemented in Gaza"
Op-Ed, The Huffington Post
By Joshua Gleis, Associate, International Security Program
"While many have spoken about the lessons Hamas has learned from Hezbollah over the years, it appears the Israeli political and military establishment has learned one or two of its own. When the 2006 war began, for instance, Olmert vowed to fight on until Israel's two kidnapped soldiers were released, the katyusha rockets being fired from Lebanon were stopped, and Hezbollah was pushed back from the Israeli-Lebanese border. These unrealistic goals were never achieved, and his comments made it all too easy for Hezbollah to claim victory when the fighting ceased."
