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Editor's Note: This brief was originally prepared for and presented at the Harvard/DHS Workshop on Impacts and Policy Challenges from Rapid Climate Change in Alaska, co-hosted by Harvard Kennedy School’s Arctic Initiative and the Science…
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Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out?A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a…
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Editor's Note: This brief was originally prepared for and presented at the Harvard/DHS Workshop on Impacts and Policy Challenges from Rapid Climate Change in Alaska, co-hosted by Harvard Kennedy School’s Arctic Initiative and the Science…
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Introduction At the foot of the Eqi Glacier in Greenland in June, I watched ice formed thousands of years ago drop into the warming ocean. With this vivid depiction of climate change in my mind, I was disappointed that…
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President John F. Kennedy’s speech came at a critical juncture in Cold War history when tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union had reached an alarming level. Months prior to the speech, the Cuban Missile Crisis of…
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John F. Kennedy’s legacy speech on nuclear disarmament is unlikely to reverse the current dangerous trend. The war in Ukraine demonstrates the powerful deterrent effect of nuclear weapons, as Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling has proven to…
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Sixty years ago, in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy gave probably the greatest speech on nuclear arms ever given by an American President.  Speaking only months after the crisis, Kennedy could have…
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Sixty years ago at American University, President Kennedy delivered what is believed to be one of his finest speeches, where he laid out his “Strategy of Peace.” The message was exceptional and could only be delivered from a position of…
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President Kennedy’s “Strategy of Peace” speech, given at American University sixty years ago, is a reminder of an important reality of his era and ours: nuclear weapons had an earlier and more complete influence on military and strategic…
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In “A Strategy of Peace,” President Kennedy outlined a gradual evolution toward genuine peace, a dynamic process to bridge the evident divide between the two major nuclear powers of the day. Over fifty years later, President Obama’s…
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This first article in a series considers whether or not the legacy national security system of the United States organized around geographic regions is well-suited for strategic competition.The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant…
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AbstractAlthough security concerns and military-technical capabilities remain highly influential components of the often-complex, multi-faceted nuclear decision-making processes undertaken by governments, the interaction of these…
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