Tag: Harvard Kennedy School
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Nation & World
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.
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Nation & World
Rwanda’s women as leaders, not victims
Swanee Hunt, a lecturer at the Kennedy School and former U.S. ambassador to Austria, has written a book about the role of women in leading post-genocide Rwanda.
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Science & Tech
Scholars greet Paris exit as multifaceted mistake
Harvard experts look at different aspects of President Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement.
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Nation & World
The troubling U.S.-China face-off
In a new book, the Harvard Kennedy School’s Graham Allison looks at how the power struggle between Athens and Sparta in classical Greece offers important insights into the looming complexities as China’s meteoric rise threatens to displace the U.S. as the dominant world power.
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Campus & Community
7,066 degrees and certificates awarded at Harvard’s 366th Commencement
Today the University awarded a total of 7,066 degrees and certificates.
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Campus & Community
Apathy not an option, Biden says
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden tells College seniors to avoid apathy and help shape their nation, during Class Day speech in Harvard Yard.
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Campus & Community
A Ugandan border official, redefined
Agnes Igoye brought her fight to end human trafficking from Uganda to Harvard’s Kennedy School.
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Campus & Community
Moving the needle
Will Butler of the indie rock band Arcade Fire will graduate from Harvard Kennedy School’s midcareer master’s program with a goal of helping others.
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Campus & Community
‘There were just so many things that I was curious about’
Interview with Professor Joseph Nye as part of the Experience series.
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Nation & World
The lessons on Russian intelligence
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Mike Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, discuss Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
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Nation & World
Kasich: Be open to ideas
In a visit to Harvard Kennedy School, Ohio Gov. Kasich urged that cooperation replace rancor in American political life.
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Nation & World
Thoughts on JFK at 100
Harvard Kennedy School pays tribute to the enduring ideals and principles of President John F. Kennedy on the anniversary of his 100th birthday
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Campus & Community
Lewis receives Gleitsman Award
Congressman and Civil Rights leader John Lewis receives award and urges his listeners to act against injustice.
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Nation & World
The worry over North Korea
Kennedy School analyst Gary Samore discusses North Korea’s latest nuclear provocation and what it means for U.S. policy under the Trump administration.
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Nation & World
John Lewis urges: Back ‘the beloved community’
Civil Rights icon and Congressman John Lewis, coming to Harvard to receive an award for citizen activism, talks about his how far the country has come in taking care of all, despite recent setbacks, and why he remains hopeful for the future.
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Arts & Culture
A film to ‘unpack’ Vietnam
In visit to Harvard, Ken Burns previews part of his film designed to “unpack” the Vietnam War.
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Campus & Community
Samantha Power returns to Harvard
The 28th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations has been named to a joint faculty appointment at the Law School and Kennedy School.
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Nation & World
Behind the Gorsuch nomination
Just a day after Neil Gorsuch survived a political firestorm and was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Kelly Ayotte, the former senator from New Hampshire, talked about her experience guiding him through the confirmation process.
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Nation & World
On Russia, watch the ball
Although the news spotlight is shining on questions about possible collusion between Russia and President Trump’s campaign organization, Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen cautions against making that issue the key focus of national attention.
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Campus & Community
Ash Carter to head Belfer Center
Ash Carter, former U.S. secretary of defense, has been named to head the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and lead a new initiative on technology and global affairs. He succeeds Graham Allison, who will continue to teach at the School.
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Nation & World
For the rural right, the key’s what ‘feels true’
Noted sociologist and author Arlie Hochschild discussed her research into the emotional life of “red state” conservatives and the “deep story” that informs their worldview.
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Nation & World
The hollow threat of nukes
As President Trump signals that he wants to expand the nation’s nuclear arsenal, two experts at a Harvard forum argued that some of the touted advantages of being a nuclear power have been overstated.
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Science & Tech
Robots, exoskeletons, and invisible planes
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is the rare government agency that is all about change, in this case endlessly improving technology that has military applications.
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Campus & Community
A day of Hillary at Harvard
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Harvard Friday for several private sessions with students and faculty to discuss some of the challenges she faced as the nation’s top foreign policy representative from 2009-13.
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Work & Economy
A closer look at the post-election stock rally
A new Kennedy School paper looks at early investor reaction to Donald Trump’s presidency.
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Nation & World
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.
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Science & Tech
What to expect from Pruitt’s EPA
The Gazette speaks to Robert Stavins, director of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements and a past member of the EPA’s Science Advisory Board, about the future of the EPA under the leadership of Scott Pruitt.
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Nation & World
Khizr Khan, reluctant activist
Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father who offered to lend Donald Trump his pocket Constitution in a rebuke of a proposed Muslim ban during the Democratic National Convention, urged Harvard students to “remain standing” for democratic values and principles during this “dark chapter” in American history.
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Nation & World
The problem with U.S. secrets
A Harvard Kennedy School panel sees a major threat to good governance when U.S. presidents decide to keep sweeping secrets.