In the News:

	November 19: The Los Angeles Times, Insisting that the Afghan government must take responsibility for its own survival, Carr Center Fellow Gerard Russell explains why, "To succeed in Afghanistan, we must fail."
	November 11: The New York Times, Carr Center Associate Fellow Razzaq al-Saiedi continues his first-hand reporting from Iraq with, “The Iraqi Elections: Same Names, Different Teams.”
	November 6: NPR's Morning Edition, NPR's Rennee Montagne and Andrew Wilder, research director at Tufts University's Feinstein International Center and associate fellow with the Carr Center's Afghanistan & Pakistan program, discuss problems associated with distributing aid in Afganistan. Download Audio >
	November 5: The Huffington Post, President Karzai has promised to rule inclusively after his contested victory but, as Carr Center Fellow Gerard Russell points out, this must mean more than just how he forms his government. Read why in “ Karzai Must Heal Afghanistan's Divisions.”
	November 5: Middle East Online, Carr center fellow Rima Merhi discusses why Washington needs a different lens to see Lebanon and Hezbollah in “US should Make a U-turn on its Approach to Hezbollah.”
	November 4: Foreign Policy, Carr Center Fellow Gerard Russell notes that recent Afgan elections could be the country's undoing or a good start for much-needed reform. See “The Avoidable Death of Afghan Democracy.”
	October 27: Time Magazine, As Carr Center Fellow E. Benjamin Skinner notes in “Pakistan's Forgotten Plight: Modern-Day Slavery,” humanitarian issues in the region go well beyond what we see in the headlines.
	October 27: The Financial Times, In “Afghans Need to Find Model of Democracy,” Carr Center Fellow Paul Fishstein points out just how unclear the word 'Democracy' is for many in Afghanistan.

What's New:

	November 20: Jasteena Dhillon, Carr Center Associate Fellow, will discuss Afghanistan's flawed election, President Hamid Karzai's prospects for regaining authority, and the challenges facing the U.S.-led military strategy and state-building efforts.
	November 9: Carr Center Web Site, Middle East Lecture Series Continues. The series of lectures by Carr Center Fellow Dr. Ali A. Allawi examining issues at the intersection of law, religion and society, continues on November 18.
	November 3: Jasteena Dhillon, Fellow, State-Building and Human Rights, Afghanistan & Pakistan Program, discusses her views on the next steps for the Obama administration on rule of law, counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency on a panel with Andrew Bacevich at Boston University Law School. (4 pm)
	October 23: Students host inaugural meeting of the “Afghan Student Initiative.”
	October 22: Congressional Record, Matt Waldman, Fellow in the Center's State Building and Human Rights Program, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
	October 21: Carr Center sponsors 2 Interactive Immersion Activities in the upcoming January Session: "Human Rights Advocacy Using Video" and "Human Rights, Development, and International Politics." Click here to find out more.
	October 21: HKS Institute of Politics Video Archive, Complete video coverage of the Carr Center's 10th Anniversary Forum conversation, “Why Human Rights Matter: Human Rights as Public Service” is now available. See the Video >
	October 20: Carr Center Web Site, The Carr Center 2008-2009 Annual Report is now availble. It can be found online, by clicking on this post, as well as in hard-copy form, upon request.

Upcoming Events:

	LATAM Honduras Conference 2009: The Carr Center, in collaboration with DRCLAS at Harvard, will be pursuing a one day conference to explore in greater depth the nature and implications of the crisis in Honduras. - Monday, November 23, 2009, 4:00 pm, Malkin Penthouse.
	Anti-trafficking career panel - Monday, November 23, 2009, 6:00 pm, Fainsod Room.
	Dr. Ali Allawi and Razzaq al-Saiedi discuss Iraq's much anticipated election scheduled January 2010 as well as the election process since 2003. - Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:45 am, Malkin Penthouse.
	Discussion Series: Innovative Strategies in the Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery-Facilitated by Katherine Chon(HKS students only) - Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 6:00 pm, Carr Center Conference Room.
	LATAM Speaker Series: Prof. Cavallaro will be speaking about human rights from a legal perspective - Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 2:00 pm, Carr Center Conference Room.
	Jasteena Dhillon will discuss the history of judicial developments and the widespread use of informal mechanisms for dispute resolution in Afghanistan. - Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 4:00 pm, Carr Center Conference Room.
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Recent Publications:

	Magazine Feature: “Responsible Withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Tyler Moselle, Research & Program Asssociate - 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, Research & Program Asssociate - Human Rights & Human Welfare: Roundtable, June 2, 2009.
	Journal Article: “Finding His Roots: Barack Obama and the 1960s,” Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of the Human Rights & Social Movements Program - The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture, June 1, 2009.
	Journal Article: “The Fight to End Global Slavery,” E. Benjamin Skinner, 2008-09 Carr Center Fellow - MIT: World Policy Journal, June 1, 2009.
	Book: “Persuasive Prevention: Implementation of the AU Right to Intervention,” Dan Kuwali, 2008-09 Carr Center Fellow - (Unpublished Thesis: In Fulfilment of Requirements for Dr. Juris, Lund University, Faculty of Law) May 1, 2009.
	Book: “The Crisis of Islamic Civilization,” Ali Allawi, Carr Center Fellow, 2009-10 - (Yale University Press) April 28, 2009.