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Cybersecurity doesn’t win votes, but it saves lives

12.24.20

Times are tough for Americans right now. The immediacy of the chaos and costs introduced by COVID-19, the economic recession, and the election have dominated headlines and political agendas, so it’s understandable that candidates placed cybersecurity on the backburner. That inattention, though, only exacerbated the likelihood that the United States would be subject to an […]

Book Review: Epidemic Illusions On the Coloniality of Global Public Health

12.22.20

Eugene T. Richardson’s “Epidemic Illusions” is one of the most bold, honest, and important reads of the year. In the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the likes of which the world has not experienced in over a century, the insights he provides seem timely and tangible.  While he mainly draws on his experience working on […]

Health

In Defense of Digital Government at the Harvard Kennedy School

12.21.20

We came to study digital government at the Kennedy School from three different worlds. Sasha chose the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) specifically to pursue a career in it, building on her work in digitizing elections and elections’ policy at WhatsApp. Tiffany came to pivot from a previous digital transformation role, but was pulled back in […]

Exxon and the Inevitable Decline of Fossil Fuels

12.21.20

The reality of climate change, and fossil fuels’ inescapable role in it, means the end of the fossil fuel industry is inevitable. But, how we transition away from fossil fuels is just as important as when. 

Nature isn’t healing – not without our help

12.20.20

Is rewilding the future of UK land use?

“Dignity, not Domination”: Imagining a Progressive U.S. Foreign Policy

12.18.20

What should a progressive U.S. foreign policy look like? Is such a thing even possible? Panelists sought to answer this and more in the first Progressive Caucus event of the Fall 2020 semester.

International Relations and Security

Responding to the Right

12.12.20

The rise and (hopeful) fall of populist right-wing movements like Trump’s holds three important lessons for progressives.

A Tale of Two Sections: Lessons for Singapore From India’s Section 377 Repeal

12.8.20

In September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court made history by unanimously voting to repeal Section 377, which explicitly forbade “unnatural offences of carnal intercourse” and was often used against the country’s LGBT+ community. As the ruling was being celebrated in India, three separate challenges were made in Singapore’s courts against the country’s similar Section 377A. […]

Social Policy

Op-Ed: Fare Thee Well JJ Rawlings

12.4.20

On Thursday, 12 November 2020, I learned of former Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings’ passing when I noticed a slew of “WhatsApp” condolence messages from fellow Harvard Kennedy School students, sharing with one another perspectives of Rawlings’ legacy as a leading historical Ghanaian leader, transforming the nation from authoritarianism to a multi-party democracy. Rawlings’ storied […]

Politics

The Biden Administration and the Middle East: A conversation with Dr. Daniel Pipes

12.1.20

Photo: President-elect Joe Biden speaking at Harvard Kennedy School in 2014. Photo credit: AP   Michael Johns was joined by Dr. Daniel Pipes to discuss the future of United States foreign policy in the Middle East under the Biden administration. Dr. Pipes holds both an A.B. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University, and taught at the […]

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