Relooking Cultural Integration and Cosmopolitanism in Singapore From the rash of online sentiments directed against foreigners during the 2011 General Elections through the Anton Casey, Ello Ed Munsel Bello, and Sun Xu incidents, it might appear to some observers that xenophobia has finally taken root in Singaporean society. Is the apparent level of antipathy some […]

A Saudi government agency tasked with providing entertainment options in the kingdom came under fire after approving a comic convention.

BY NATALIE GOODNOW AND BOBBIE RAGSDALE Today is International Women’s Day, a fitting time to discuss a topic at the forefront of the news over the last several months: abortion and women’s rights. Though abortion has been legal for decades, the issue is still a contentious one in the public sphere. Unfortunately, many people today […]

Photo credit: Project for the Study of the 21st Century By Ali Wyne, MPP 2017 I grew up in the golden 90s.  The U.S. economy was booming, threats of war and terrorism seemed distant, and I was blissfully aloof of developments abroad.  I loved to do math and hated to read; the more my parents […]

By Natalie Kostich, MC/MPA 2017 Teamwork, creative thinking and a desire to make an impact have paid off for this inspiring trio from HKS.  The Dream Team of the Harvard Hult Prize competition has struck yet again, making it all the way to the Regional Final that was held on Saturday, March 4th at the […]

BY JESSICA SCHAUER LIEBERMAN On February 25th, the Democratic National Committee chose Thomas Perez, former Secretary of Labor and Harvard Kennedy School alum, as its new chair. The media billed the election that resulted in Mr. Perez’s victory as a battle for the party’s soul — a clash between its leftist and establishment wings. The […]

On the evening of May 12, 2008, armed with machetes and clubs, neighbor turned against neighbor in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township. Gangs of young men raped and murdered black foreigners. Their belongings were looted and scattered in the streets. During these pogroms, local disdain for the makwerekwere, the foreigners, was clear. What began in Alexandra township […]

Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan. Photo Credit: The Dispatch By Iva Mia Kruslin, MC/MPA 2017   UPCOMING EVENT: Compassionate and Mindful Leadership Tuesday May 2, LAND Hall (Belfer 4th floor) 5-6 PM: Keynote speaker Chris Ruane 6-8 PM: Mindfulness workshop with Kalapa Academy About the Speaker: Chris Ruane has been a member of the British Parliament […]

BY MATT TYLER I thought impact investing was central to curing social ills. Government was secondary, in my mind. I was wrong. Over the last 18 months, working with governments in the United States and Australia, I have focused on how to improve social outcomes for the most vulnerable. As a graduate student at the […]

JMEPP speaks with Gregory Aftandilian on the devastating battles for Aleppo and Mosul -and what’s next for Syria and Iraq.

Photo Credit: Archives – The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library By Vinay Nagaraju, MC/MPA and Mason Fellow 2017 For Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s march to freedom in August 1947 was also the beginning of a march out of Gandhi’s shadows. Gandhi was bitterly opposed to the two-nation theory and the “Mountbatten Plan” that accomplished the geographic partition […]

BY HAIYANG ZHANG A group of textile artisans protested against the newly developed labor-replacing machinery. They were afraid that the many years they spent mastering the skills would go to waste and that the machines would eventually rob them of their jobs. The violence broke out when people started smashing the knitting machines, and eventually […]