BY HONG DAE-UN AND LEE JU-YOEN The September 18–20 summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang captured the attention of the world. For the first time since the end of the Korean War, the two Koreas signed a de facto non-aggression pact that aims to greatly reduce […]

Two percent. Last year, all-women founding teams received $1.9 billion of the $85 billion total invested by venture capitalists. Meaning, women founders received a little more than two percent of VC dollars in 2017. From 2009 to 2012, the percentage of VC dollars to founding teams with a woman increased by eight percent. Since then, […]

A raw and emotional response to the Kavanaugh hearings Oh yes , here it is When push comes to shove The hope that it is better in some part of the world – gone The beauty that hope creates Aspiring to a better place Something that someday India could be How do you know where […]

This piece was published in the 28th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. Asian American identity has historically been one of resistance, subversion, and protest. In both courts and communities, Asian Americans have fought for the right to citizenship[1], educational access[2], fair treatment[3], and working conditions[4] since the late 1800s. On U.S. plantations, […]

BY STEFAN NORGAARD On a cold December afternoon in 2017, I step inside the offices of Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), run by Marty Chen of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. I am immediately transported. Photographs from around the world fill this warm, colorful space. On the […]

Singapore has enjoyed rapid growth since independence, due in part to the hard choices made by the government regarding economics and politics. Agnes Chew’s research explores some of the costs of growth, and raises questions about the sustainability of the current growth paradigm as it relates to societal wellbeing.

I watched the Brett Kavanuagh hearing stunned, in disbelief over the fact that the angry man in the TV was truly a Supreme Court justice nominee. The deterioration of moral quality of our leaders concerns me greatly. I believe that if Kavanaugh was a leader who this country needs in the Supreme Court, regardless of […]

I may be the only person at Harvard who’s been on the fence about Judge Brett Kavanaugh. I admit to you that I rolled my eyes at the Letter-Writing Campaign to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, and at the “I believe her” stickers making the rounds around campus. How to handle allegations of sexual assault — […]

Within the same week in August 2018 that the White House welcomed the President of Kenya and pledged to expand U.S. economic cooperation in Africa, the leaders of the two largest economies in Europe (Germany and the United Kingdom) were crisscrossing in Africa with the same overarching mission: a focus on economic cooperation and the […]

Encouraging diversity in the armed forces When thinking about current challenges to global peace and security, only few would think of the question of diversity and inclusion in our western security institutions. Syria, Russia, and North Korea, or Migration and Energy might come to mind as the most pressing issues. Why spend a single thought […]

BY MATT MCDOLE Last week’s Congressional hearing on sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was a painful moment for many Americans. 20 million watched on television and many more tuned in online – CNN reported this year’s biggest day of live-streaming yet – as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford tearfully recounted being sexually […]

This piece was published in the 28th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”– Brundtland Report (1987), United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development “Social sustainability concerns how individuals, communities […]