Fellows Directory - Belfer Center for Science and International ...

Hassan Abbas
ISP/STPP—MTA
Research Focus: Nuclear proliferation
in South Asia; Islamic extremist/terrorist
groups in Southwest Asia and Central
Asia
Languages: Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi
Office: One Brattle #503 Phone: (617) 495-8995
E-Mail: hassan_abbas@ksg.harvard.edu
Gregory Aftandilian
Dubai Initiative/ISP
Research Focus: Issues related to
the U.S. democracy initiative in the
Middle East
Languages: Arabic
Office: One Brattle #518B Phone: (617) 496-6335
E-Mail: gregory_aftandilian@ksg.harvard.edu
Douglas Ahlers
Belfer Center Core
Research Focus: Cyber-terrorism;
Internet and national security; Use
of internet by extremists, dissidents,
and opposition groups; Internet as
an alternative to state-controlled media
Office: Littauer #P24 Phone: (617) 496-0518
E-Mail: doug_ahlers@ksg.harvard.edu
May Al-Dabbagh
Dubai Initiative
Research Focus: Gender and public
policy in the Middle East
Languages: Arabic
Non-resident
E-Mail: may_aldabbagh@ksg.harvard.edu
Ivan Arreguin-Toft
ISP
Research Focus: Counter-insurgency;
War crimes as strategy; Asymmetric
conflict
Languages: Russian, French, Spanish
Office: One Brattle #504 Phone: (617) 496-2580
E-Mail: arreguin_toft@harvard.edu
Boaz Atzili
ISP
Research Focus: Territories and borders
in international disputes and peace; International
relations theory and history;
Middle Eastern international politics
Languages: Hebrew
Office: One Brattle #509 Phone: (617) 384-8065
E-Mail: boaz_atzili@ksg.harvard.edu
Emily Balic
ICP/ISP
Research Focus: War and social
transformation in Bosnia and Croatia
Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Office: 124 Mount Auburn St., Suite 190
Phone: (617) 496-3475
E-Mail: emily_balic@ksg.harvard.edu
Rasmus Bertelsen
STPP
Research Focus: Soft power of and the
politics behind American Universities
in the Middle East, Caucasus, and
Central Asia
Languages: Danish, French, Icelandic, Norwegian,
Swedish, and German
Office: One Brattle #519 Phone: (617) 496-0104
E-Mail: rasmus_bertelsen@ksg.harvard.edu
Marie Besançon
ISP
Research Focus: Rape in civil war;
Governance; Fragile states; Negotiations
modeling; Sudan
Languages: French
Non-resident
E-Mail: marie_besancon@harvard.edu
Tom Bielefeld
ISP/STPP—MTA
Research Focus: Nuclear forensic science;
Safeguards research; Radioactive
sources security; Radiological attack;
Preparedness; Nuclear and missile
nonproliferation; Missile defense
Languages: German
Office: One Brattle #510 Phone: (617) 384-8064
E-Mail: tom_bielefeld@ksg.harvard.edu
Jeffrey Bielicki
ENRP/STPP—ETIP
Research Focus: Advanced energy
technologies, specifically carbon capture
and storage systems; International
scientific collaborations
Languages: French
Office: Taubman #156 Phone: (617) 495-0834
E-Mail: jeffrey_bielicki@ksg.harvard.edu
Nikolaos Biziouras
ICP/ISP
Research Focus: Ethnic conflict; International
security; International political
economy; Southern Europe, Balkans,
South Asia, East Africa
Languages: Greek
Office: One Brattle #501 Phone: (617) 384-8061
E-Mail: nikolaos_biziouras@ksg.harvard.edu
Lindsey Borg
ISP/Program on Information Resources
Policy
Research Focus: Informational center
of gravity and the effects of public
information on society, specifically during
military operations
Office: 33 Oxford Street #111 Phone: (617) 495-1744
E-Mail: lindsey_borg@ksg.harvard.edu
Ant Bozkaya
STPP
Research Focus: Early stage financing of
technology development; Public-private
partnership in venture capital financing
Languages: Turkish
Office: One Brattle #519 Phone: (617) 496-2213
E-Mail: ant_bozkaya@ksg.harvard.edu
Oliver Brighenti
ISP
Research Focus: Unilateralism and international
relations; Transatlantic relations;
Unipolarity and primacy
Languages: French, Italian
Office: One Brattle #517 Phone: (617) 384-8072
E-Mail: olivier_brighenti@ksg.harvard.edu
Andrew Brown
STPP—MTA
Research Focus: How scientists have influenced
international statesmen to acquire
or reject nuclear weapons since 1946
Office: One Brattle #527 Phone: (617) 384-8166
E-Mail: andrew_brown@ksg.harvard.edu
Seyom Brown
ISP
Research Focus: The future of multilateralism;
Adapting alliances and collective
security to current threats; Components
of effective U.S. foreign policy
Office: One Brattle #516
E-Mail: seyom_brown@ksg.harvard.edu
Al Carnesale
Belfer Center Core
Research Focus: Proliferation and use of
nuclear weapons; Relationships between
universities and national security
Office: Littauer #365 Phone: (617) 496-4264
E-Mail: al_carnesale@harvard.edu
Erica Chenoweth
ISP
Research Focus: Security studies, terrorism,
homeland security, and counterterrorism;
Democracy and democratic transitions;
International norms, war and peace
Languages: German
Office: One Brattle #507 Phone: (617) 496-2569
E-Mail: erica_chenoweth@ksg.harvard.edu
Ananth Chikkatur
ENRP/STPP—ETIP
Research Focus: Coal-based power
generation and clean-coal technologies
in India; Technical, economic, and
environmental aspects of current and
emerging cleaner technologies
Languages: Hindi, Kannada
Office: Littauer #P14 Phone: (617) 496-3106
E-Mail: ananth_chikkatur@ksg.harvard.edu
Il Hyun Cho
STPP/ISP—MTA
Research Focus: Nuclear proliferation;
East Asian security; Alliance politics,
regionalism, democratization and military
modernization in East Asia
Languages: Korean, Chinese, Japanese
Office: One Brattle #523 Phone: (617) 384-4219
E-Mail: il_hyun_cho@ksg.harvard.edu
Patrick O. Cohrs
ISP (until October 1, 2006)
Research Focus: History of 19 th and 20 th
century international relations; Pax
Britannica; American hegemony;
Transatlantic relationships; Peace orders
and international legitimacy
Languages: German, French
Nonresident
E-Mail: patrick_cohrs@ksg.harvard.edu
Gustavo Collantes
ENRP/STPP—ETIP
Research Focus: Energy and climate
change policy, particularly as they relate
to transportation; Economics and politics
of low-carbon energy alternatives
Languages: Spanish
Office: One Brattle #529 Phone: (617) 496-6743
E-Mail: gustavo_collantes@ksg.harvard.edu
Erik Dahl
ISP
Research Focus: Causes of intelligence
failure to prevent major terrorist attacks;
Counterterrorism, national and homeland
security
Languages: German
Office: One Brattle #507 Phone: (617) 496-2569
E-Mail: erik_dahl@ksg.harvard.edu
Scott Delman
Belfer Center Core
Research Focus: United States management
of international economic policy
relative to national security concerns
Non-resident
E-Mail: scott_delman@ksg.harvard.edu
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Andrea Dew
ISP
Research Focus: Space policy, satellites,
remote sensing, and international security;
Political psychology, technology, and
counterterrorism
Languages: Japanese
Office: One Brattle #509 Phone: (617) 384-8065
E-Mail: andrea_dew@ksg.harvard.edu
Ehud Eiran
ISP
Research Focus: Arab-Israeli conflict;
Israeli settlements; Ethnic conflict; State
expansion through use of civilians
Languages: Hebrew
Office: One Brattle #515 Phone: (617) 496-2581
E-Mail: ehud_eiran@ksg.harvard.edu
Vanda Felbab-Brown
ICP/ISP
Research Focus: Drugs and conflict;
Narcoterrorism; Illicit economics;
Afghanistan, Peru, Columbia, Burma
insurgencies
Languages: Czech, German, French
Non-resident
E-Mail: vanda_felbab-brown@ksg.harvard.edu
Non-resident
E-Mail: fwhc@aol.com
Charles H.W. Foster
ENRP
Research Focus: Environmental regionalism;
Forestry, water resources, wetlands
in Massachusetts and New England
Chuck Freilich
ISP
Research Focus: Israeli National Security
decision-making
Languages: Hebrew
Office: One Brattle #558 Phone: (617) 384-5043
E-Mail: chuck_freilich@harvard.edu
Rachel Gisselquist
ICP/ISP
Research Focus: Ethnicity, class, and
political parties in emerging democracies
in Africa and Latin America;
Democratization; Ethnic conflict
Languages: French, Spanish
Office: 124 Mt. Auburn Suite 190 Phone: (617) 496-3475
E-Mail: rachel_gisselquist@ksg.harvard.edu
Joshua Gleis
ISP
Research Focus: How to effectively
withdraw from an insurgency so as to
lessen the ability of the enemy to claim
victory
Languages: Hebrew, Spanish
Office: One Brattle #508 Phone: (617) 496-7494
E-Mail: joshua_gleis@ksg.harvard.edu
Michael Glosny
ISP
Research Focus: Chinese foreign and
security policy; International relations
in East Asia; IR theory; U.S. naval
policy in East Asia
Languages: Chinese, French
Office: One Brattle #513 Phone: (617) 496-2352
E-Mail: michael_glosny@ksg.harvard.edu
Kelly M. Greenhill
ICP/ISP
Research Focus: Insurgency and
low-intensity conflict; Civil wars;
Changing nature of warfare;
Refugee/humanitarian crises
Languages: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish,
Spanish, German
Non-resident
Phone: 650-400-5528, 860-685-2499
E-Mail: kelly_greenhill@ksg.harvard.edu
Ben Heineman
Belfer Center Core
Research Focus: Global anti-corruption
movement; Corporate citizenship and
social responsibility; Corporate response
to terrorism; Corporate governance;
Corporations and public policy; China, European
Union; Dispute resolution; Ethics in the professions
Office: Littauer #362 Phone: (617) 496-7305
E-Mail: ben_heineman@harvard.edu
Ellen Roy Herzfelder
ENRP
Research Focus: Energy; Environmental
issues (primarily in the U.S.);
Coastal and ocean issues
Non-resident
E-Mail: ellen_roy_herzfelder@ksg.harvard.edu
Michael Horowitz
ISP
Research Focus: U.S. military strategy;
Religious extremism; East Asian
security; China, North Korea
Office: One Brattle #513 Phone: (617) 496-2352
E-Mail: horowitz@fas.harvard.edu
Yasar Jarrar
Dubai Initiative
Research Focus: Focusing on Middle
East public sector reform
Languages: Arabic
Non-resident
E-Mail: yasar_jarrar@ksg.harvard.edu
Jeremy Jones
Dubai Initiative/ISP
Research Focus: Islam, democracy, and
the Middle East
Languages: French, Arabic
Nonresident
Phone: +44-1865-316202
E-Mail: jeremy_jones@ksg.harvard.edu
Aleksandra Kalinowski
ENRP/STPP—ETIP
Research Focus: How U.S. storage site
mapping efforts have progressed and
compare to Australian mapping work
done on carbon capture and storage
Languages: Polish
Office: One Brattle #529 Phone: (617) 496-6743
E-Mail: aleks_kalinowski@harvard.edu
Chen Zak Kane
ISP/STPP—MTA
Research Focus: Nuclear nonproliferation;
Middle East; WMD terrorism and
safeguards; International Atomic
Energy Agency; Export controls;
U.S.-India nuclear issues
Languages: Hebrew
Office: One Brattle #511 Phone: (617) 384-7473
E-Mail: chen_zak@harvard.edu
Paul V. Kane
ISP
Research Focus: U.S. citizen sacrifice;
Support and service during wartime;
Iraq; Technology transfer to Arab countries;
Marine Corps and other militaryrelated
issues; Information technology systems; Venture
capital and business management; Irish economics
Office: One Brattle #511 Phone: (617) 384-7473
E-Mail: paul_kane@ksg.harvard.edu
Amanda Kempa
ISP
Research Focus: Transatlantic relations;
Origins of arms control; Nonproliferation
initiatives
Languages: French
Office: One Brattle #515 Phone: (617) 496-2581
E-Mail: amanda_kempa@ksg.harvard.edu
Paul MacDonald
ISP
Research Focus: Focusing on imperial
rule; Determinants of successful military
occupation; Comparative patterns of
overseas military basing
Office: One Brattle #513 Phone: (617) 496-2352
E-Mail: paul_macdonald@ksg.harvard.edu
Abbas Maleki
STPP
Research Focus: Iran’s nuclear
program; Nuclear energy; Middle East
Languages: Farsi
Office: One Brattle #505 Phone: (617) 495-8898
E-Mail: abbas_maleki@ksg.harvard.edu

William S. Marshall
ISP
Research Focus: Military space policy
and capabilities; Technical capabilities
of space weapons; European space
policy
Languages: French
Non-resident
E-Mail: william_marshall@ksg.harvard.edu
Omar S. McDoom
ICP/ISP
Research Focus: Civil wars; Ethnic
conflict; Genocide; Regional security in
the Great Lakes of Africa (specifically
Eastern Congo, Uganda, and Rwanda);
Human rights; International criminal justice; Radicalization
of Muslims in the West and how they are recruited
into Islamist groups
Languages: French, Spanish, German, Swahili, Arabic
Non-resident
E-Mail: omar_mcdoom@ksg.harvard.edu
Elias Mudzuri
ICP/Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Research Focus: Leadership,
governance, democracy, and
democratic change in Zimbabwe
Non-resident
E-Mail: elias_mudzuri@ksg.harvard.edu
Jacqueline A. Newmyer
ISP
Research Focus: Chinese security
policy; American grand strategy
Languages: French, Latin
Non-resident
E-Mail: jnewmyer@gov.harvard.edu
Vali Nasr
Dubai Initiative
Research Focus: Dynamics of change
in Iranian politics; Implications of
sectarian politics for Middle East
region; Comparative study of politics
of Muslim democratic parties
Languages: Arabic
Non-resident
E-Mail: vali_nasr@ksg.harvard.edu
Hongyan He Oliver
ENRP/STPP—ETIP
Research Focus: Energy and environmental
technologies and policies concerning
transportation sector (specifically
in China); Environmentally sound
technology transfer; Environmental policies in China
Languages: Chinese
Office: Littauer #P16 Phone: (617) 496-1565
E-Mail: hongyan_he_oliver@harvard.edu
Robert Paarlberg
STPP—STG
Research Focus: Contrasting political
response to medical versus agricultural
biotechnology in rich countries and the
adverse consequences in Africa
Languages: French
Non-resident
Phone: (781) 283-2193
E-Mail: robert_paarlberg@ksg.harvard.edu
Philip Potter
ISP
Research Focus: The use of network
analysis to explore whether
globalization and the international
integration that it implies moderate
interstate conflict
Office: One Brattle #501 Phone: (617) 384-8061
E-Mail: philip_potter@ksg.harvard.edu
Scott Radnitz
ICP/ISP
Research Focus: Mobilization, ethnicity,
and nationalism; Democratization and
politics in Central Asia and the former
Soviet Union
Languages: Russian, Uzbek
Office: One Brattle #506 Phone: (617) 496-0461
E-Mail: scott_radnitz@ksg.harvard.edu
J. Martín Ramírez
ISP
Research Focus: Aggression and defense
at the individual and social level
Languages: Spanish, Italian, German,
French
Office: 26 Trowbridge St. Phone: (617) 495-3536
E-Mail: martin_ramirez@ksg.harvard.edu
Yu Rong
ISP/STPP—MTA
Research Focus: China’s nuclear
weapons policy; American politics
and public management
Languages: Chinese, French
Office: One Brattle #510 Phone: (617) 384-8064
E-Mail: rong_yu@ksg.harvard.edu
Richard Rosecrance
ISP
Research Focus: Globalization; National
self-determination; Terrorism; International
relations theory; Transatlantic
relationships; International mergers
Languages: French
Office: Littauer #325 Phone: (617) 495-2715
E-Mail: richard_rosecrance@ksg.harvard.edu
William Rosenberg
ENRP/STPP—ETIP
Research Focus: Gasification as a
strategic energy and environmental
option
Office: Taubman #156 Phone: (617) 495-0834
E-Mail: william_rosenberg@ksg.harvard.edu
Stephanie Rupp
ICP/ISP
Research Focus: How the institutional
appropriation and manipulation of social
categories may either exacerbate or
attenuate conflict
Languages: French, German, Bangando
Non-resident
E-Mail: stephanie_rupp@ksg.harvard.edu
Cristine Russell
ENRP
Research Focus: Science writing;
Improving news media coverage of
controversial science policy issues
Office: One Brattle #559 Phone: (617) 496-4140
E-Mail: cristine_russell@ksg.harvard.edu
Kevin Ryan
Belfer Center Core
Research Focus: Military transformation
with focus on manpower and media issues;
U.S.-Russian security issues; Nuclear
proliferation
Languages: Russian
Office: Belfer #301 Phone: (617) 496-6131
E-Mail: kevin_ryan@ksg.harvard.edu
John Schuessler
ISP
Research Focus: Democratic leaders and
the use of deception in reference to the
use of force
Office: One Brattle #517 Phone: (617) 384-8072
E-Mail: : john_schuessler@ksg.harvard.edu
Brenda Shaffer
ISP
Research Focus: Iran (including its nuclear
program); Central Asia; Caucasus; Islam;
Caspian issues; Energy security; Russia and
the Middle East; Culture and foreign policy
Languages: Hebrew, Turkish, Russian
Non-resident
E-Mail: brenda_shaffer@harvard.edu
Margaret Sloane
ISP
Research Focus: Weapons inspections
in Iraq
Languages: Spanish
Non-resident
E-Mail: margaret_sloane@harvard.edu
Tammy Ann Smith
ISP/Women and Public Policy Program
Research Focus: Trafficking of women
in conflict and post-conflict zones
Languages: Italian, Serbian, Croatian,
Bosnian
Office: One Brattle #506 Phone: (617) 496-0461
E-Mail: tammy_ann_smith@ksg.harvard.edu
Marcial A. Garcia Suarez
ISP
Research Focus: Terrorism, terrorist
groups, tactics, strategies, profiles and
the problems of conceptualization of
terrorism as a political concept
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English
Office: One Brattle #508 Phone: (617) 496-7494
E-Mail: marcial_suarez@ksg.harvard.edu
Alexander Vuving
ISP
Research Focus: East Asian security; Great
powers; China; Vietnamese foreign policy
Languages: Vietnamese, German
Office: One Brattle #503 Phone: (617) 495-8995
E-Mail: : alexander_vuving@ksg.harvard.edu
Stephen Watts
ICP/ISP
Research Focus: Military interventions;
Multilateralism; National differences
on intervention strategies; Relationship
between military enforcement and
political inclusion
Languages: German, Russian
Office: One Brattle #504 Phone: (617) 496-2580
E-Mail: stephen_watts@ksg.harvard.edu
Rebecca Ulam Weiner
ISP
Research Focus: Private military
companies and the implications of
corporate law on military policy; U.S.
constitutional law and international law
Languages: French
Non-resident
E-Mail: rebecca_weiner@ksg.harvard.edu
Alexander Weisiger
ICP/ISP
Research Focus: Politics of war, specifically
interstate war duration and severity
Languages: French, German, Russian
Office: 124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 190
Phone: (617) 496-3475
E-Mail: alexander_weisiger@ksg.harvard.edu
Thomas Wright
ISP
Research Focus: U.S. foreign policy;
Transatlantic relations; International
relations theory
Non-resident
E-Mail: thomas_wright@harvard.edu
Xiaohui (Anne) Wu
ISP/STPP—MTA
Research Focus: North Korea; Six-party
talks; Chinese foreign policy; Taiwan;
Nonproliferation; Counterterrorism;
United Nations; East Asia
Languages: Chinese
Office: One Brattle #503 Phone: (617) 495-8995
E-Mail: xiaohui_wu@harvard.edu
Tarik M. Yousef
Dubai Initiative
Research Focus: Political economy
of the Middle East
Languages: Arabic
Non-resident
E-Mail: tarik_yousef@ksg.harvard.edu
Lifeng Zhao
ENRP/STPP—ETIP
Research Focus: Advanced energy
technologies for China that burn coal
more cleanly and efficiently
Languages: Chinese
Office: Littauer #P14 Phone: (617) 384-9244
E-Mail: lifeng_zhao@ksg.harvard.edu
Tally Zingher
Dubai Initiative
Research Focus: Assessment of the
impact of Dubai’s current (real estate
and capital) market boom and labor
trends on Dubai and Middle East
Economic development
Languages: French, Romanian
Office: One Brattle #518A Phone: (617) 496-8587
E-Mail: tally_zingher@ksg.harvard.edu
Belfer Center
for Science and International Affairs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Fellows Directory
2006–2007
The Robert and Renée Belfer Center for Science
and International Affairs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 495-1400
www.belfercenter.org
Belfer Center Programs:
• International Security Program (ISP)
Managing the Atom Project (MTA)
Preventive Defense Project (PDP)
• Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP)
Energy Technology Innovation Project (ETIP)
Managing the Atom Project (MTA)
Science, Technology, and Globalization Project (STG)
• Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP)
Energy Technology Innovation Project (ETIP)
• Intrastate Conflict Program (ICP)
For additional information, contact:
Communications Officer: Sharon Wilke
(617) 495-9858
sharon_wilke@ksg.harvard.edu
Belfer Center Mission:
To provide leadership in advancing policy-relevant
knowledge about the most important challenges
of international security and other critical issues
where science, technology, environmental policy,
and international affairs intersect.