Tag: Philippines

  • Nation & World

    How an authoritarian wields social media

    Filipino journalist and 2021 Nobel laureate Maria Ressa issues a warning about information warfare on social media, and what it may mean for democratic institutions such as free press and free elections.

    5 minutes
    Maria Ressa with Latanya Sweeney.
  • Nation & World

    Clinton reflects on foreign policy triumphs and challenges

    Former President Bill Clinton gave the inaugural Stephen W. Bosworth Memorial Lecture in Diplomacy in honor of the late U.S. ambassador, looking back on his international actions that still reverberate in U.S. foreign relations today.

    7 minutes
    Bill Clinton and Nick Burns on Zoom.
  • Nation & World

    A leap across the pond

    College seniors Michael George and Anna Hagen have won Marshall Scholarships for graduate work in the United Kingdom.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    ‘Our spirit is waterproof’

    News of recovery efforts left the headlines in the month after Typhoon Haiyan devastated parts of the Philippines. But Harvard College students continue to raise awareness and funds for relief. So far, they have raised $12,000 and hope to continue as the most devastated parts of the Philippines begin the slow, long process of rebuilding.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Challenges facing relief workers in Philippines

    Herman “Dutch” Leonard, the George F. Baker Jr. Professor of Public Management, talks about relief efforts in the Philippines and the challenges facing those trying to help following a major typhoon on Nov. 8 that has killed more than 2,500 people.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Student making a global difference

    The Forward has recognized the efforts of Rebecca Kantar ’14 to stop the sex trade of children into the United States.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Designs for enduring structures

    As the hurricane bears down on the village, the people do what many all over the world do: head to the local school for shelter. A place of learning in normal times becomes a place of refuge during disasters.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Women leaders talk about international security

    A panel discussion at the Harvard Kennedy School’s (HKS) John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Wednesday (Jan. 14) addressed the question “Will President-elect Obama’s Security Policy Be Inclusive?” — that is, how can women’s global leadership help to shape the new administration’s security goals?

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Ethicists, philosophers discuss selling of human organs

    In nearly every country in the world, there is a shortage of kidneys for transplantation. In the United States, around 73,000 people are on waiting lists to receive a kidney. Yet 4,000 die every year before the lifesaving organ is available.

    7 minutes