Tag: Ukraine
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Lessons for today’s Cold War 2.0 with Russia, China
Intelligence expert says both seek to topple U.S. from atop world stage, with Beijing’s blend of money, influence, all-hands-on-deck approach posing bigger threat.
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Takeaway from summit: NATO is back
Former U.S. envoy to alliance notes addition of Finland, with Sweden close behind, Ukraine on expedited path, renewed unity in face of Russian aggression.
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Preparing to rebuild even as war with Russia rages
Konstantin Usov struggled with the decision to attend the Kennedy School, but others urged him not to pass up the opportunity to acquire knowledge to bring back and share when Kyiv and Ukraine begin rebuilding.
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From Kyiv to Harvard and back
Harvard Scholars at Risk program allows physicians to continue their education during wartime.
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It started the summer he first hunted Nazis
Eli Rosenbaum, who has spent four decades investigating and prosecuting Nazis and war crimes at the Department of Justice, talks about leading DOJ’s new team dedicated to prosecuting war crimes committed in Ukraine.
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Russia seems vulnerable. Is Putin?
Russian historians, political and cultural analysts assess the strength of President Vladimir Putin’s regime since the war in Ukraine began, and lay out what could be in store in 2023.
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Ukraine sees victory ahead, shift to West
Dmytro Kuleba spoke about Ukraine’s push for support from Western powers, mistakes that set the stage for the Russian invasion, and prospects for a Ukrainian victory.
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One year later: How does Ukraine war end?
Analysts look back at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one year later.
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Don’t give Russia an inch, former U.S. diplomat says
Marie Yovanovitch makes a case for standing by Ukraine as the war drags on, warning that defeat would embolden Putin and other dictators.
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Send cash, not goods, and other suggestions for giving
There is no shortage of global suffering and need, says the director of Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, but you can still help.
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Rushing to save her homeland — or at least its story
Harvard bibliographer Olha Aleksic rushes to save her homeland — or at least its story.
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60 years after Cuban Missile Crisis, nuclear threat feels chillingly immediate
Graham Allison looks at how Kennedy and Khrushchev stepped back from the point of no return and the challenges facing the West in preventing Putin from crossing it.
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‘Be unstoppable, be true to yourself, but be just’
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky talks Russia strategy, nuclear threat, Ukrainian unity, leadership lessons at Kennedy School talk.
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Surveying global damage rippling off Ukraine war
Croatian prime minister details spread of economic, political, humanitarian crises, continuing authoritarian threats.
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Is war in Ukraine at turning point?
Putin expert Philip Short discusses escalations of the war by Putin, and says negotiations will be tricky and fraught
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Memories of air-raid sirens, bombed-out tanks near Kyiv
Ukrainian physicians from Mass. General and Brigham & Women’s are leveraging what they see as their most effective asset — knowledge — to help those back home.
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Will rare U.S. unity on Ukraine lift Democrats?
Gerald Seib, executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal and an Institute of Politics Fellow this spring, discusses the political implications of U.S. support for Ukraine in the 2022 midterms.
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Lessons on diplomacy, sustainability of International Space Station
Soyeon Yi, the first Korean astronaut, details her experiences with Americans and Russians while on a mission on the International Space Station.
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Ukraine war testing Irish neutrality
Foreign minister expects more openness to defense pacts, military spending, cites brutality of invasion in Gunzburg Center event.
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How war in Ukraine is reshaping global order
Douglas Lute, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO from 2013 to 2017, discusses how the conflict in Ukraine has begun reshaping the global order.
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Power of photography
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist gave the Houghton Library’s Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture on the Art of the Book.
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Way forward on climate change
The panel of experts looked at success and failures since the first Earth Day in 1970.
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Would Russia have invaded if it wasn’t just one man making call? Possibly
Josh Kertzer looks at Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine and asks would it have happened if a group had made the call instead of just one man?
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Viewing Ukraine’s war-torn health care through a personal lens
Ukrainian American physicians from Harvard Medical School and affiliated hospitals gathered virtually Tuesday to share experiences with the war.
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Rebuilding Ukraine after ‘great de-developer’
Worse than chemical and nuclear weapons may be the utter and widespread destruction of conventional arms, a Harvard humanitarian expert said.
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Russian actions speak louder than withdrawal promises, analyst says
Amid hopeful signs of progress in the war in Ukraine, a Harvard expert on the region takes an “actions speak louder than words” approach to Russian promises.
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Bearing witness to Ukraine war through eyes of refugees
Documentary photographer and alum travels world to raise awareness of plight of those fleeing violence, persecution.
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Russia’s remaining weapons are horrific and confounding
Matthew Bunn of the Kennedy School discusses the threat and possible fallout of an attack in Ukraine, including the excruciating choices Biden and NATO would face.
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Dangers of journalism leave Nieman Fellows grief-stricken
The Nieman Class of 2022 honored Brent Renaud, a 2019 Nieman Fellow who was killed in Ukraine while working on a documentary about the global refugee crisis.