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July 26: The Telegraph (UK), Regarding the recent WikiLeaks revelations, Carr Center Fellow Michael Semple advises that probably the most important first response is simply to retain perpective.
July 20: CNN, Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara begins a ten-week investigative series for CNN. Kara will travel to urban and rural regions in several south asian countries, investigating issues of human trafficking and child labor.
July 15: The New York Times, Panelist and participant in several Carr Center events, recent Kennedy School graduate Ashley Judd talks about her connection to the Carr Center, what brought her to Harvard, and the significance of public service.
June 17: European Stability Instititute (online), An op-ed by Carr Center Fellow Gerald Knaus concerning the dispute between Greece and Macedonia went on to become front-page news in most Macedonian daily papers. See “A Proposal for breaking the Macedonian deadlock: A matter of trust.”
June 14: The Times (UK), A report by Carr Center Fellow Matt Waldman for the London School of Economics makes a strong case that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, the ISI, may be directly supporting the Taliban.
June 4: BalkanInsight.com, “High Noon in Slovenia - A Referendum and the Future of Balkan Enlargement,” co-authored by Carr center Fellow Gerald Knaus. Slovenian citizens vote on a question with huge implications for their nation's future foreign policy and beyond.
June 3: The Irish Times, After theatre of Afghan peace conference, a real process to engage the insurgents must begin, writes Carr Center Fellow Michael Semple in “Taliban Ghosts Haunt Peace Forum.”
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What's New:

July 1: International Affairs, Mass Atrocity Response Operations: A Military Planning Handbook was reviewed in the July issue of the journal International Affairs (The Royal Institute of International Relations). Reviewer Paul Williams said, “The [MARO Handbook] needs to be exported to other governments. Only when an international critical mass develops will the excuses for passivity in the face of genocide really dry up.”

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June 25: Gebran Tueni fellow Rima Merhi invited to participate in a panel on the Middle East at the Peace and Security Summit taking place in New York. The summit, organized by the International Center for the Study of Radicalization and National Defense University, will bring together 400 leading policymakers, diplomats, senior officials and experts from across the globe.
June 14: U.S. Dept. of State Press Release, U.S. State Department releases the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, the most comprehensive worldwide report on the efforts of governments to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the release at a press event in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State.
May 28: European Council on Foreign Relations Policy Brief, On the eve of an important EU-Balkan summit in Sarajevo, Carr Center Fellow Gerald Knaus, in collaboration with other researchers, traveled to Brussels to present a policy brief to European foreign ministers and other EU officials.
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About the Carr Center:

The mission of the Carr Center, like the Harvard Kennedy School, is to train future leaders for careers in public service and to apply first-class research to the solution of public policy problems. Our research, teaching and writing are guided by a commitment to make human rights principles central to the formulation of good public policy in United States and throughout the world.

Upcoming Events:

Human Rights and Social Movements Bi-Weekly Study Group - Friday, September 10, 2010, 3:00 pm, Carr Center Conference Room.
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Recent Publications:

Research Report: “'NATO and Complex Operations: The Challenge of Responding to Mass Atrocity' in NATO Defense College's Forum Paper 14, 'Complex Operations: NATO at War and On the Margins of War',” Sarah Sewall, Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of Mass Atrocity Response Operations and National Security & Human Rights Programs - July 1, 2010.
Book Review: “Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam by Akbar Ahmed,” Gerard Russell, Carr Center Fellow, 2009-10 - Foreign Policy, June 3, 2010.
Book: “Protest Nation: Words That Inspired A Century of American Radicalism,” Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of the Human Rights & Social Movements Program - (The New Press) May 11, 2010.
Book: “Mass Atrocity Response Operations: A Military Planning Handbook,” Sarah Sewall, Dwight Raymond, and Sally Chin - (published in-house) May 5, 2010.
Carr Working Papers Series: “Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Assessing the Sustainability of Current Reductions in Opium Production in Afghanistan,” David Mansfield, 2009-10 Carr Center Fellow - May 1, 2010.
Carr Working Papers Series: “Golden Surrender? The Risks, Challenges, and Implications of Reintegration in Afghanistan,” Matt Waldman, 2009-10 Carr Center Fellow - April 1, 2010.
Journal Article: “The 'Hope' Stage is Over,” Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of the Human Rights & Social Movements Program - Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide, March 1, 2010.
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.
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