Tag: Rolf Mowatt-Larssen

  • Nation & World

    One year later: How does Ukraine war end?

    Analysts look back at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one year later.

    5 minutes
    Ukrainian soldiers with a tank.
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    Russian attack, takeover of Ukraine plant ramps up nuclear threat

    Former U.S. intelligence officer and nuclear counterterrorism expert provides an intelligence view of Russia’s attack and seizure of Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant last Friday.

    8 minutes
    Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant on fire.
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    Intelligence matters

    Former intelligence officers, lawmakers, national security analysts, and top journalists discussed some of the ethical and moral issues in intelligence work and looked at the current challenges facing those in the field during a conference this week hosted by the Intelligence Project, a program of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the…

    5 minutes
    two people speaking on a panel
  • Nation & World

    Journalist, whistleblower, or dangerous security leak?

    Legal, intelligence, and news analysts discuss the arrest in London of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces conspiracy charges by U.S. federal prosecutors for the disclosure of classified national security documents stolen by Pfc. Chelsea Manning

    9 minutes
    Julian Assange in a police van.
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    U.S. and Russia, behind the curtains

    A high-level intelligence group gathered at Harvard Kennedy School to analyze current relations between the U.S. and Russia, and gauge future goals of each.

    4 minutes
    Douglas Lute (from left), Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Kevin Ryan, and Daniel Hoffman
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    New questions in Russia probe

    Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, director of the Belfer Center’s Intelligence and Defense Project, assesses revelations that in June 2016 top Trump campaign officials met with Russians who claimed they could deliver damaging information on Hillary Clinton.

    7 minutes
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    U.S. intelligence: A ‘truth-devoted’ culture

    Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, a former CIA officer and now a senior fellow at the Belfer Center, discusses the intelligence community’s investigation into Russian hacking of the 2016 election and the ongoing friction between these agencies and the administration of President Trump.

    13 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The threat of nuclear terror

    Joint U.S.-Russian assessment, produced in part through Harvard Kennedy School, warns of ongoing threat from nuclear terror, and says quick action is needed to avoid attack.

    5 minutes
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    Focus on Pakistan

    What did Pakistani officials know about the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and when did they know it? Were they complicit — or dumb? Or smart at playing dumb? Those questions were analyzed by a panel of foreign policy experts on Wednesday (May 4) at Harvard Kennedy School.

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    Nuclear weapons, primal fears

    With 23,000 nuclear weapons in the world, analysts gathered at Harvard with a message: Just say none — but prepare for the worst.

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