In the News:

	January 27: Foreign Policy, “Dead Aid for Afghanistan?” Carr Center Fellow Gerard Russell looks to next steps in the daunting problem of aid to Afghanistan.
	January 26: BBC Radio's Taking a Stand, Carr Center Fellow Michael Semple talks about his work in Afghanistan including his bizarre eventual expulsion from the country on charges of spying for the Taliban.
	January 20: Time Magazine, Haiti Rescue; Saving the Man Who Saved My Life: I was in Haiti in October 2005 researching my book on modern-day slavery when I contracted a severe case of malaria.
	January 18: Time Magazine, Human Trafficking in South Africa is not a new problem but it has been brought into focus by the upcoming World Cup. Author, activist, and Carr Center Fellow E. Benjamin Skinner explains.
	January 13: Foreign Policy, Former political prisoner, now Carr Center Associate Felllow, Yang Jianli explains why Google's recent clash with Beijing should serve as a wake-up call to the international community.
	January 6: Harvard International Review - Web Edition, Former Acting Executive Director Tyler Moselle shares his thoughts on an Afghan strategy in the recent Harvard International Review editorial, “Obama's Afghanistan Troop Surge Misses the Point.”
	January 6: The New York Times, Read the latest installment by Carr Center Associate Fellow and Times contributor Razzaq al-Saiedi. His piece “Where Is the Next War Zone?” appears in the ongoing “From the Front Lines” blog.

What's New:

	February 1: U.S. Dept. of State Press Release, Underscoring the Administration's commitment to combating human trafficking, Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, U.S. Department of State, issues a National Freedom Day Announcement emphasizing those goals and repeating its commitment to “a world without modern slavery.”
	February 1: D.O.D. Quadrennial Defense Review, The QDR submitted by the Department of Defense to Congress on February 1, 2010, addresses the need to militarily plan for, “[p]reventing human suffering due to mass atrocities or large-scale natural disasters abroad.” The QDR submitted in 2006 included no such references.
	January 4: White House Press Release, President Barack Obama issues a proclamation declaring January 2010 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Find out about the Carr Center's Initiative to Stop Human Trafficking >
	December 10: European Stability Instititute Newsletter, Latest ESI Newsletter Outlines Scope of Alledged Turkish Conspiracy. Carr Center Fellow Gerald Knaus lays out recently unearthed details of the “Cage Plan.”
	December 10: T.E.D. Web site, Kara named 2009 TED Fellow: The Technology Entertainment and Design organization has named Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara one of its 2009 TED Fellows. These awards are given in recognition of "young world-changers and trailblazers who have shown unusual accomplishment and exceptional courage."
	December 9: Wilder Testifies Before House Subcommitte. Carr Center Associate Fellow Andrew Wilder testified before the House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs at a hearing investigating U.S. aid to Pakistan.
	December 3: The Economist, Carr Center Fellow Ali A. Allawi's award winning “Crisis of Islamic Civilization” takes the top spot in the Politics and Current Affairs category of the Economist's 'Books of the Year' for 2009.

Upcoming Events:

	TOPIC CHANGE - Panel Discussion: Critical Issues of the International Response to Haiti - Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 4:00 pm, Carr Center Conference Room.    TODAY!
	"Harvard Thinks Big": 10 Harvard professors, 10 minutes each, 1 thing they're most passionate about. - Thursday, February 11, 2010, 8:00 pm, Sanders Theatre.
	Forum Event: Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, “From Bondage to Freedom: The Fight to Abolish Modern Day Slavery” - Thursday, February 18, 2010, 6:00 pm, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.
	The Activist's Studio: The Art and Politics of Human Rights presents Larry Cox, Executive Director, Amnesty International - Thursday, February 18, 2010, 7:00 pm, - TBA -.
	HR&SM Study Group: James Jasper on Social Movements - Friday, February 19, 2010, 3:00 pm, Carr Center Conference Room.
	Panel Discussion, Kashmir Initiative Speaker Series: The Two Kashmirs: Present Realities of Indian and Pakistani Administered Kashmirs - Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 4:00 pm, Ortiz-Patino Classroom (L-280).
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Recent Publications:

	Magazine Feature: “Afghanistan: What Could Work,” Rory Stewart, Ryan Family Professor of the Practice of Human Rights and Carr Center Faculty Director - The New York Review of Books, January 14, 2010.
	Book Chapter: “Foreword,” in “The Impact of 9/11 on the Media, Arts, and Entertainment,” Rory Stewart, Ryan Family Professor of the Practice of Human Rights and Carr Center Faculty Director - (Palgrave Macmillan) November 24, 2009.
	Journal Article: “Breaking New Ground: The Convention on Cluster Munitions and the Evolution of International Humanitarian Law,” Bonnie Docherty, 2008-09 Carr Center Fellow - Human Rights Quarterly, November 1, 2009.
	Journal Article: “The Politics of Civil Service Reform in Pakistan,” Andrew Wilder, Associate Fellow, State Building and Human Rights Program - Journal of International Affairs, November 1, 2009.
	Magazine Feature: “Responsible Withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Tyler Moselle, Former Acting Executive Director - Homeland Security Today, October 1, 2009.
	Magazine Feature: “Do the Right Thing: A Genocide Policy That Works,” Sarah Sewall, Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of Mass Atrocity Response Operations and National Security & Human Rights Programs - Boston Review, September 15, 2009.
	Magazine Feature: “The Irresistible Illusion,” Rory Stewart, Ryan Family Professor of the Practice of Human Rights and Carr Center Faculty Director - London Review of Books, July 9, 2009.
	Book: “The National Security Court System: A Natural Evolution of Justice in an Age of Terror,” Glenn Sulmasy, 2007-08 Carr Center fellow - (Oxford University Press) July 6, 2009.
	Magazine Feature: “Flipping the Taliban,” Fotini Christia and Michael Semple - Foreign Affairs, July 1, 2009.
	Review: “The Moral High Ground in an Age of Vulnerability,” Tyler Moselle, Former Acting Executive Director - Human Rights & Human Welfare: Roundtable, June 2, 2009.