Tag: Russia
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Nation & World
No panic in Furman’s reaction to inflation data, but plenty of uncertainty
Jason Furman explains the state of the economy and what consumers can expect during the next few months.
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Surprised by corporate reaction against Russia?
Oliver Hart discusses the swift response from corporations to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Putin’s iron fist vs. Zelensky’s moral clarity
Historian Nancy Koehn, author of “Forged in Crisis,” compares wartime presidents and broader messages their leadership styles send.
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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.
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Will China’s support for Russia hold as condemnation over Ukraine grows?
In talk Thursday, HKS China expert Anthony Saich and Alexandra Vacroux, executive director of the Davis Center for Russian and East Asian Studies, assess the ways Russia’s war on Ukraine could shape China’s ambitions for Taiwan.
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It’s going to get worse before it gets better in Ukraine
A panel of scholars offered their military, historical, and intelligence perspectives on the rapidly evolving Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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For students with loved ones in war zone, frayed nerves and proud hearts
Inspired and informed by friends and family members, Harvard students with ties to Ukraine have rallied campus support for communities under attack.
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Why peace in Ukraine isn’t likely soon
At a Harvard panel, experts examined the historical roots of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and assessed where the situation stands.
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Ukraine stands firm, but so does Putin’s inner circle
Russia expert assesses the unfolding conflict, including nuclear tensions, step toward negotiations, and influence of oligarchs.
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What happens next in Ukraine?
Harvard experts say it’s difficult to predict what Putin will do next and sort through various scenarios.
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Wide range of possible targets for Russian cyber strikes, from infrastructure to smartphones
Analyst sees range of possible targets for cyber strikes, from infrastructure to smartphones.
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How invasion may hit U.S., global economies
Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff sees possible fallout in stock, energy markets, worsening of inflation, increase in military spending
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Upending Putin’s Russia-Ukraine myth
Yale historian and author Timothy Snyder discussed how the past, both real and imaginary, is driving the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine.
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What’s Putin’s next move?
U.S. intelligence and defense analysts assesses the likelihood of a land invasion of Ukraine by Russia as the U.S and NATO forces send troops to the region.
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Is Putin going to invade Ukraine?
Harvard Lecturer Alexandra Vacroux discusses Russia’s massive military buildup on Ukraine’s border.
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Haiti assassination revives concerns over ‘private armies’
After authorities say Haiti’s president was assassinated by a hired hit squad, a former senior CIA career official talks about the world of private armies.
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Revelations of cyberattacks on U.S. likely just ‘tip of the iceberg’
A major cyberattack by what appears to be Russia targeted the U.S. government and top corporations.
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How might the election change the nation’s place on world stage?
Analysts assess how a Biden presidency could reshape U.S. relations, impact the nation’s intelligence community, and prompt a nuclear recalibration by North Korea, Iran, and Russia.
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The rise of Vladimir Putin
Analysts look back at the unexpected rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin, now 20 years in power.
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American foreign policy in flux
Former career Ambassador Victoria Nuland, a top State Department expert on Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasian affairs, discusses the chaos in Syria, Putin’s biggest fear, and what it was like to be “Patient Zero” of Russia’s phone-hacking attacks.
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Parsing the Mueller report
Hours after the release of the Mueller report, the Gazette asks Harvard professor and former prosecutor Alex Whiting what it all means.
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A spirited defense of NATO as bulwark
As NATO approaches its 70th anniversary, a new report from Harvard Kennedy School affiliates says the stalwart military alliance is in “crisis,” facing challenges from outside and within like never before.
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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.
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Debating markets and morals in Moscow
About 1,500 Russian students recently packed a historic building adjacent to the Kremlin for a lecture and public discussion led by Harvard Professor Michael Sandel on ethics, markets, and democracy.
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Focus on Russia, inside and out
Simon Saradzhyan, founder of the Russia Matters project at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the upcoming election, in which President Vladimir Putin should coast to victory despite harsh criticism from abroad.
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An American in Moscow
Sebastian Reyes ’19 took a course in Soviet film and ran with it — all the way to Russia.
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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.
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What Comey’s testimony means
Retired judge and Harvard lecturer Nancy Gertner weighs in on legal issues surrounding former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony about President Trump.