The Citizen Report  The Economic Prosperity for Peace Conference, a first-of-its kind student conference at Harvard Business School, was organized on April 26th. The Conference was aimed at exploring the role the private sector in bridging divides between Arabs and Israelis and laying the foundation for a sustainable and prosperous peace in the Middle East. […]

By Malik Siraj Akbar, MC-MPA’ 15, Web Editor For the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) students graduating this May who still can’t believe that it is the time to say good bye to this wonderful school, Friday will come with another earnest reminder about the end of this academic year as the School will be hosting […]

By Malik Siraj Akbar, MC-MPA’ 15, Web Editor “What is one thing that will surprise the future generations of historians when China will overtake the United States as the world’s number one power?” asked one of Asia’s top thinkers, Kishore Mahbubani, to a crowded audience at JFK Forum on Wednesday while delivering this year’s Albert […]

By Malik Siraj Akbar, MC-MPA’ 15, Web Editor “I have the world’s best job,” remarked John Brennan, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in a rare on-the-record conversation at the JFK Jr Forum on Tuesday. He briefly spoke why he loved his job: “I get to work with some of the most intelligent […]

By: Labib Nasir, MC-MPA ’15 Over spring break, a group of four Palestinian students from HKS led the largest student trek – The Palestine Trek! Countless hours of hard work came to a close as 96 Harvard graduate students departed for a quick visit to our troubled homeland. We organized a mix of educational and […]

By Roberto Simon, MPP ’16 What did I enjoy the most in our Japan Trek: Meeting Prime-Minister Shinzo Abe? Speaking with the Mayor of one of the cities evacuated after the Fukushima nuclear accident? Listening to a top diplomat speak off the record about Japanese-Chinese relations? Getting lost in Tokyo’s fish market before having the […]

By Alikram Isayev MPP ’16 & Mushfiq Amirov —March 12, 2015, Cambridge, Massachusetts. – For the first time at HKS story organized cultural event Azerbaijan: Ancient Ties, Land of the Future. The public program Azerbaijan: Ancient Ties, Land of the Future cultural event celebrating the culture and contributions of the Republic of Azerbaijan will be […]

By Sarah Allin, MPP ‘15 Mississippi and the Deep South have been on the minds of many Americans as we remember key moments in the Civil Rights Movement. The 50th anniversaries of Freedom Summer, the Freedom Rides, and Selma in recent years lifted up the powerful history of the region and focused attention on how it […]

By Malik Siraj Akbar, Web Editor   In 1991, the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) admitted a young Chinese student, Edward Dianhui Dong, for the MPP program. Devoid of financial resources, Dong did not have the money to come to HKS but he, nevertheless, travelled from China to Cambridge to thank the School staff for accepting […]

By Katherine Blaisdell, Managing Editor CAMBRIDGE MA — David Miliband, the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and former U.K. Foreign Secretary, will deliver the Graduation Address to the Harvard Kennedy School class of 2015. As President and CEO of the IRC, Miliband oversees the agency’s relief and development operations in more […]

By Malik Siraj Akbar  The Harvard India Conference 2015 kicked off at Harvard Kennedy School of Government on Saturday. The event is one of the biggest conferences organized in the United States about the world’s largest democracy. The two-day long conference, which is being organized by Harvard students from different graduate schools, will focus on […]

Interview by Malik Siraj Akbar, Web Editor, The Citizen  The Citizen spoke to John Kidenda, the co-chair of the Africa Caucus at the Kennedy School and the activities the caucus organizes. Excerpts: Tell us a little about yourself. What brings you to the Kennedy School? My name is John Kidenda and I am from Kenya. I […]