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HKS Welcomes New Belfer Center Director, Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter

03.31.17

By David Duesing, MPP 2018 On Tuesday, March 28, the Kennedy School learned of an exciting development within its Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs—the current director, Graham Allison, recently requested to step down from his position, and his position will be filled by former Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter. The Kennedy School […]

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Turkey’s Broad(band) Aspirations

03.30.17

When it comes to IT, tech-savvy Turkey has big potential and ambitions – but could be hampered by government censorship and wary investors.

Science, Technology and Data

How Immigrants Don’t Want Other Immigrants

03.26.17

We’ve been extraordinary in economic development. We can be as good at defeating xenophobia. BY ROYCE QUEK Rome wasn’t built in a day: and it also wasn’t built by the people and riches of its own lands. Instead, its armies conquered Greece, North Africa and Asia Minor through the manpower of not just Romans, but the many Roman allies: fellow Italian cities which had been subjugated by Rome and were forced to give soldiers to the Roman war machine. With this strategy of co-opting other cities into its growing dominion, Rome swept all before it. But the Italians weren’t happy …

Social Policy

Activity Fees to Rise from 2018

03.24.17

By Sasha Ramani, MPP 2018 Beginning in the 2018 academic year, student activity fees will be raised from their current level of $175 to $230/year. The decision was jointly made and endorsed by the Kennedy School Student Government (KSSG), Melissa Wojciechowski (Senior Director of Student Services) and Dean Karen Jackson-Weaver (Senior Associate Dean for Degree […]

Recycling at HKS Needs a Restart

03.24.17

By Ketilbjørn Hertz, MC/MPA 2017 Can you tell me how many different waste containers HKS employs and what each of them is for? If you cannot, when you have waste to dispose of, do you at least follow the instructions on the waste containers and place your waste in the appropriate container? Before I started […]

For Smarter Debate and Better Policy, Let’s Scrap the ‘Killer Robots’

03.23.17

By Katherine Mansted Will the rise of intelligent machines spell doom for humanity? Popular movies and news reporting on artificial intelligence (AI) would certainly have us think so. In Hollywood’s imaginings, AI is dangerous and uncontrollable. AI seduces: recall Ex Machina’s calculating femmebot. AI murders: think of the homicidal HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space […]

Science, Technology and Data

Cultural Competency the Key to Latino Health Policy

03.23.17

Despite more than three decades of empirical evidence from sociological and anthropological research that clearly shows that culture plays a significant role in the health care decision making process within Latino society, Latino cultural beliefs still remain the least understood among service providers in the American health care delivery system. This is in part due […]

Health

A Hispanic in the Democratic National Committee

03.22.17

By Astrid Pineda | This past Saturday 25th of February, Thomas E. Pérez became the first Latino to be elected as chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The DNC constitutes the governing body for the United States Democratic Party. Among the main activities of the organization are the quadrennial elaboration of a Democratic platform […]

Politics
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Why Lebanon may delay elections – for a third time

03.22.17

Lebanon’s democracy might feel the biggest sting at the ballot box if the country’s politicians fail to agree on a new electoral law.

Politics

Former Secretary of State John Kerry to Deliver 2017 Graduation Address at Harvard Kennedy School

03.21.17

CAMBRIDGE MA – Former United States Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver the Graduation Address to the Harvard Kennedy School Class of 2017 at 2 p.m. on May 24 at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), HKS Dean Douglas Elmendorf announced today. Kerry is Yale University’s Distinguished Fellow for Global Affairs where he is leading the […]

BOOK REVIEW: Lorraine K. Bannai’s “Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest For Justice”

03.21.17

UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTION AND PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES DURING THE DARKEST OF TIMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY Lessons learned from the Japanese American internment during World War II are more relevant than ever. In a recent opinion-editorial in the New York Times, Karen Korematsu, Fred Korematsu’s daughter, and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, compared President’s […]

‘Saving Iraq’: The chains of liberation

03.20.17

The dangerous assumption that Iraqis are unable to govern themselves must be challenged.

International Relations and Security

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