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"If...children at risk for entering the child sex trade in the United States are just 13, why hasn't anyone ever told us about this issue?"

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    John Park, a senior research associate at the U.S. Institute of Peace and currently a visiting fellow with the Belfer Center’s International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, recently sat down with for a one-on-one interview where he talked about his work with the Center and his contributions to the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Read More…

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  • Spotlight: William Tobey

    William H. Tobey, spotlighted in the Summer 2012 Belfer Center newsletter, is a senior fellow in the Belfer Center, and is director of the Center’s U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism. He joined the Belfer Center in 2009 after serving in senior counterproliferation roles in the George W. Bush Administration. Read More…

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    A small sampling of Belfer Center perspectives on the future of North Korean politics. Read More…

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    A small sampling of Belfer Center perspectives on Iran and the country's nuclear program. Read More…

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    A year after the sparks of revolution began in the Arab World, the Middle East Initiative (MEI) focused its spring events on the implications of the region’s tumultuous transition. Read More…

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    “It’s important we focus on the future, not the past,” warned Richard Gingras, head of news products for Google. “We can’t reverse time.” Gingras came to the Nieman Journalism Lab Friday not as doomsayer from Silicon Valley to predict the demise of the news business, but rather to foresee a bright future. Read More…

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    Professor Burns discusses President-elect Francois Hollande's dramatic electoral victory and the effects it might have on some of the most important international challenges — the euro zone crisis, Afghanistan, Iran, and Syria. Read More…

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