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Bailout "Distasteful" but Necessary

October 14, 2008

Paul Volcker, speaking at a lecture in Singapore, said the U.S. economy faces a "considerable recession."

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October 9, 2008

"Nonproliferation"

International Herald Tribune

By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School

"North Korea's decision to expel nuclear inspectors and restart production of nuclear weapons-grade plutonium at its Yongbyon reactor is a stark reminder of what the Bush administration is leaving its successor," says Belfer Center Director Graham Allison. The nuclear activities in North Korea and Iran are warning signs that the Nonproliferation Treaty is eroding to the point of "irreversibility," Allison argues, beyond which there could be a "cascade of proliferation." Unlike the economic crisis, he warns that there is "no feasible bailout" of the catastrophic collapse of the nonproliferation regime.

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October 7, 2008

"A Working Relationship"

Baltimore Sun

By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom and Andrew Newman, Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom

"Today, the United States and Europe must respond to Russia's military behavior in Georgia and elsewhere in its former empire. But they must also maintain a working relationship with Russia to continue vital cooperation between Russian and U.S. experts to reduce nuclear weapons and keep them out of terrorists' hands....Preventing nuclear terrorism must be a top priority of U.S. national security policy, and securing global stockpiles of nuclear weapons and materials is the most effective way to achieve this."

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October 4, 2008

"The Problem Is Still Falling House Prices"

Wall Street Journal

By Martin Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University

Martin Felstein discusses the falling prices of housing in the current economic crisis, and the negative impact on individuals with mortgages and financial institutions and individuals currently paying off a mortgage, and the implications of the new legislation on this issue.

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October 6, 2008

"Demeaning Democracy"

Agence Global

By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative

As the consequences and costs of the Iraq war, the global war on terror, and the economic mismanagement unfold, so does the 2008 US presidential election. Now, even the latter appears to disgrace the once admired ideal of America's democracy in the eyes of the world.

October 6, 2008

Strengthening African Governance: Results and Rankings 2008

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution and Rachel Gisselquist, Research Director, Ibrahim Index of African Governance

All citizens of all countries desire to be governed well. That is what citizens want from the nation-states in which they live. Thus, nation-states in the modern world are responsible for the delivery of essential political goods to their inhabitants.

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September 29, 2008

"Trouble In Paradise – The Widening Gulf Gas Deficit"

Middle East Economic Survey

By Justin Dargin, Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative

DI Fellow Justin Dargin addresses the gas shortage in the Gulf in this op-ed.