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Book Review: Pakistan's pathway to the bomb: ambitions, politics, and rivalries
May 2, 2023Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme has largely remained shrouded in mystery, despite numerous scholars’ efforts to uncover various aspects of the country's nuclear odyssey. In the absence...
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25 Years Since South Asia's Nuclear Tests
May 23, 2023Ruhee NeogAssuming that nuclear weapons are going to be around for the foreseeable future, I hope to see more focus on managing India and Pakistan’s growing risk environment, particularly...
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Center Nuclear Experts Highlight Escalating Risks at Munich Security Conference
May 31, 2023The Project on Managing the Atom co-hosted a side event at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in partnership with the Center for International Security of Berlin’s Hertie School. The...
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Assessing Nuclear Security Risks in Pakistan
Jun 1, 2023Pakistan’s nuclear program and perceived nuclear security concerns have attracted global attention. The varying concerns range from the potential theft of nuclear weapons or materials to the...
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Solving the Mystery of Henry Kissinger's Reputation
Jun 9, 2023Stephen Walt critiques Henry Kissinger's professional life by dividing it into three parts: as an academic at Harvard; as national security advisor and secretary of state; and as an author,...
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Elements of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy
Jun 9, 2023This primer provides a concise background of three major elements of the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: the Quad, a non-traditional multilateral grouping of India, Japan,...
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Did Pakistan Just Overhaul Its Nuclear Doctrine?
Jun 19, 2023As Pakistan celebrated the 25th anniversary of its first nuclear tests last month, it also appeared to share more details than usual about its current nuclear posture. Speaking at a seminar...
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India and the Global Balance of Power
Jun 30, 2023Joseph Nye argues that official statements about India and America's "shared values" do not make an alliance. Following the basic logic of balance-of-power politics, India and the United...
View ArticleISP Research Fellow Apekshya Prasai Selected as a 2023 HFG Emerging Scholar
Jul 17, 2023Apekshya Prasai, a political science doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was recently named a 2023 Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Emerging Scholar. The...
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Should the United States Normalize Relations with the Taliban?
Aug 21, 2023Foreign Affairs has recently published a number of articles on how the United States should engage with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, extremist forces within the regime, how the...
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'China Marching with India': India's Cold War Advocacy for the People's...
Sep 21, 2023Recent scholarship on Sino-Indian relations in the 1950s has emphasized cooperation, revising previous narratives of an inexorable march towards the 1962 border war. This article reassesses...
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Navigating China’s Opportunistic Approach to Overseas Naval Base Acquisition
Nov 16, 2023This report, by Maxwell Simon (MPP '23) and Jayaram Ravi (MPP '23), explores the drivers of setback and success that China has encountered in the process of developing dual-use and...
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When do militaries undermine democratization?
Nov 3, 2023The recent coup in Niger is but the latest reminder of the importance of militaries in processes of democratization. Historically, soldiers have been the leading cause of democratic...
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Judging Henry Kissinger
Nov 30, 2023Joseph S. Nye writes that evaluating ethics in international relations is difficult, and Kissinger's legacy is particularly complex. Over his long tenure in government, he had many great...
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For the Common Defense Study Group: Key Themes from the Fall 2023 Seminar Series
Dec 14, 2023The Belfer Center's National Security Fellows (NSFs), as part of the Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy (DETS) program, developed and taught the "For the Common Defense" study group...
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Stephen Walt Looks Ahead to 2024
Jan 1, 2024Stephen Walt elaborates on what he is expecting for 2024: the Israel-Gaza conflict widening, the 75th anniversary of NATO, the possible re-election of Donald Trump, and the election results...
View ArticleH-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable 15-26 on Hazelton, Bullets not Ballots
Feb 2, 2024Jacqueline L. Hazelton's Bullets not Ballots: Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare (Cornell University Press, 2021)is the subject of a Roundtable Review.
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Harvard Project Contributes to Major Initiative on Methane
Feb 14, 2024The Harvard Project participates in a major Harvard initiative aimed at reducing emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Posted here is a description of the initiative and its nine...
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Is Nuclear Proliferation Back?
Mar 5, 2024Joseph Nye considers lessons from his own work on preventing the spread of nuclear technology in the 1970s.
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India - The New Global Green Hydrogen Powerhouse?
Mar 26, 2024India aims to become a leading producer of green hydrogen by the next decade as part of its broader industrial and decarbonization strategies. This brief provides an overview of India's...
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