It is of the utmost importance now, if only in spirit, to confront the individuals and institutions responsible for the pain felt by the millions who have done nothing wrong.

BY CLAUDIA NG While many of us are worried about escalating tensions in the Korean peninsula, there is a looming national security threat right here at home: obesity. In fact, one in three Americans between the ages of 17 to 24 cannot be drafted for military service because they are overweight or obese. Why are […]

Hicham Alaoui, Visiting Fellow at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and D.Phil. Candidate at Oxford University, sat down with JMEPP Lead Editor Anna Boots to discuss current trends in North African politics, including Tunisia’s nascent democracy, North Africa’s unique position in the Middle East region, and ongoing protests in Morocco’s Rif.

By: David Duesing On Friday, December 1, the Kennedy School celebrated the official completion of its years-long campus transformation project. With the campus expansion project completed, the school now boasts many new facilities, including six new classrooms, a new student lounge, and 15 new team rooms. The Kennedy School’s expansion has over 7,510 donors from […]

Jia Hui Lin writes that rideshare drivers need better social protection. She presents her findings from 68 interviews with Singaporean Uber and Grab drivers, and argues that drivers need more flexible savings options.

By: David Duesing Photo Credit: fossbytes.com   Over the last year, the value of one Bitcoin increased over 1,250%. If you would have invested $75 in Bitcoin on December 1, 2016, you would have earned $1,000 in interest by December 1, 2017. If you would have invested $47,068 – the Kennedy School’s tuition in 2016 – […]

A panel at the Arab Conference at Harvard explored the past, present, and future of the Gaza Strip.

Thanks to all those who attended Monday’s discussion with Glen Mpani. Glen spoke on his views of the military coup in Zimbabwe, countries’ responses, and the impact on democracy. The talk was hosted by the Harvard African Law Association (HALA) and moderated by Priyanka Naidoo who serves as HALA’s Secretary and as the APJ’s Interview Editor.

On this week’s episode of the Middle East Weekly we discuss Thomas Friedman’s recent controversial column “Saudi Arabia’s Arab Spring, at Last” and the attack on al-Rawda Mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai Governorate on November 24, 2017.

The recent MRT collision has once more raised eyebrows and, as PM Lee acknowledged, “hurt public confidence a lot”. Azfer A. Khan writes that a rise in public distrust is precipitated by poor communication, which has projected an image (whether true or not) of a secretive, misleading, and bureaucratic government structure.

By: Shamil Ibragimov Photo Credit: Rodion Kutsaev on Unspalsh.com   In the early 1950s, professor Solomon Asch conducted an experiment to investigate the extent to which social pressure from a majority group could cause a person to conform. Asch found that one of the situational factors that influences conformity is the size of the opposing majority […]

BY DEVASHISH CHANDRA In Japan, video game developers recently designed a game, Rehabilium Kiritsu-kun, that motivates stroke patients to do their daily exercises. In Africa, MTV introduced a new TV soap opera, Shuga, that fuses sexual-health messaging with gripping storylines. A group of popular musicians in Mali, Troupe De Haire, recently created a music album targeting […]