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José Manuel Barroso to Deliver the 18th Paul-Henri Spaak Lecture
by Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Publication Type: Press Release
The President of the Commission of the European Union, José Manuel Barroso, will speak at the Weatherhead Center's 18th Paul-Henri Spaak Lecture on September 24. Created in 1981 thanks to the...
Published Date: September 2008 More
Farmers' Perceptions of Benefits and Risks from Wastewater Irrigation in Accra, Ghana
by Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Kafui
Publisher: Urban Agriculture Magazine
Publication Type: Magazine Article
As safe water sources become scarcer and more polluted, the use of wastewater in urban agriculture may produce many benefits but may also lead to crop and soil contamination and endanger farmers and...
Published Date: September 2008 More
Bush's doomed Mideast peace efforts
by Sheehan, Edward R. F.
Publisher: Boston Globe
Publication Type: Op-ed
President Bush does not seem to know it yet, but his peace plan for the Middle East is moribund. That is my chief impression from a recent three-month journey through the troubled region. A viable...
Published Date: August 2008 More
Russia can play a vital role in the west’s security
by Massari, Maurizio
Publisher: Financial Times
Publication Type: Op-ed
The enlargement of NATO to include Georgia and Ukraine could become the most dangerous spoiler in relations between Russia and the west next year. It would also set the new US president off to a bad...
Published Date: August 2008 More
Negotiating a principled peace based on historic compromise
by Kelman, Herbert C.
Publisher: Meretz USA
Publication Type: Magazine Article
There are good reasons to be skeptical—even cynical—about the outcome of the Annapolis Conference and pessimistic about the prospects of achieving a negotiated agreement by the end of this year....
Published Date: August 2008 More
India's Global Ambition and the Nuclear Deal
by Miller, Manjari
Publisher: Christian Science Monitor
Publication Type: Op-ed
Unlike China, India doesn't have a clear vision for its role in the world. For three decades, India has craved a nuclear energy deal that would bring prestige and advanced technology. Yet when the...
Published Date: July 2008 More
Sitting Down at the Nuclear Table with Iran
by Allison, Graham T., Jr.
Publisher: Boston Globe
Publication Type: Op-ed
IN A SPEECH this week, Iran's supreme leader found himself in rare agreement with President Bush. Echoing Bush's judgment that nuclear terrorism is "the single most serious threat to American...
Published Date: June 2008 More
Why Islam Lies at the Heart of Iraq's Civil War
by Toft, Monica Duffy
Publisher: Christian Science Monitor
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
It matters what we call things. It took too long for the Bush administration to admit that its intended liberation of Iraq had become an occupation, that US forces faced a home-grown insurgency...
Published Date: June 2008 More
The Rich Get Hungrier
by Sen, Amartya
Publisher: New York Times
Publication Type: Op-ed
Will the food crisis that is menacing the lives of millions ease up—or grow worse over time? The answer may be both. The recent rise in food prices has largely been caused by temporary problems...
Published Date: May 2008 More
Weatherhead Center Awards Doctoral Candidates with Research Grants
by Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Publication Type: Press Release
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs has selected eleven Harvard doctoral candidates to receive pre- and mid-dissertation grants to conduct research on a project related to the core...
Published Date: May 2008 More