The latest in Global Engagement
Speaking up for scienceFormer National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration administrator Jane Lubchenco described her four years in Washington, D.C., as difficult and frustrating, but said it’s imperative that other scientists follow suit to give science a voice in national policies. Read More…
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From The Harvard Gazette
Toward a more competitive U.S.At an event at Harvard Business School (HBS) that was three parts analysis and one part rally, participants tried to chart a new path forward for the sluggish U.S. economy — a move that may require a new definition of “competitiveness.” Read More…
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From The Harvard GazetteProject on Managing the Atom Internship at the Harvard Kennedy School
The Project on Managing the Atom (MTA) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government seeks interns to serve as Student Associates for the summer of 2013. Read More…
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Refusing a ‘diminished self’Former Ethiopian judge and political prisoner Birtukan Midekssa, at Harvard as a Scholar at Risk, argues that her native land — with its heritage of religious tolerance and its innate appetite for liberty — is ripe for democracy. Read More…
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From The Harvard GazetteThe Cost of Saving Lives in Bangladesh
By Ben W. Heineman, Jr. (This article first appeared on TheAtlantic.com, where Ben Heineman is a frequent contributor) The horrific death of more than 900 Bangladesh garment workers in the collapse of a building, following the death of 112 garment … Continue reading > Read More…
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New Rules of the Evolving Arab Order
May 14, 2013The uprisings that erupted across the region as of December 2010 have been the single most important sign of a region-wide malaise that was gnawing at the core of Arab countries for decades, signaled in its earlier stages in the 1980s-90s by the rise of mass Islamist movements that reflected widespread citizen discontent and challenged Read More…
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North Korea: What’s Next for the Region?
As threats from North Korea intensified this spring, Korean Peninsula experts from the Belfer Center provided insight and analysis. Read More…
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Conference Spotlights Saudi Arabia’s Role in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki Al Faisal told a standing-room only audience at Harvard Kennedy School in April that his nation is investing huge sums in solar, wind, and nuclear energy to reduce domestic reliance on its oil reserves. Read More…
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Yvonne Yew Offers Insight into Crucial Asian Security Issues
"Researching Asian security issues has never been more topical,” Yvonne Yew said in discussing her work at the Belfer Center. Despite Asia’s economic growth, she said, “simmering tensions, territorial disputes, nuclear proliferation concerns, and military skirmishes serve to potentially undermine the region’s peace and prosperity. Read More…
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