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Building the Future: 2021 Arctic Frontiers Plenary Keynote

2021 Arctic Frontiers hosted a panel of young Arctic leaders alongside seasoned Arctic influencers who dove deeper into the opportunities and obstacles northern youth face now and in the future. Framed...

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Transatlantic Action Plan: Economics and Trade

Whereas the Trump administration worked effectively with Europe in some areas, including energy security and law enforcement, the U.S-EU relationship disintegrated in many other areas, above all in...

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Transatlantic Action Plan: Middle East and North Africa

It has become impossible to read conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East in isolation, as regional powers like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, Israel and Turkey weigh in across the region. Likewise,...

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Transatlantic Action Plan: Security and Defense

Within NATO, and in U.S.–EU and NATO–EU relations, considerable effort will have to go into: rebuilding trust; strengthening democratic governance and shared values; aligning threat perceptions;...

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Greenland in the New Arctic

The Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs recently published an extensive report with a detailed analysis on the current relationship between Greenland and Iceland with 99 recommendations on how to...

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A Potential Mass Migration Crisis?

Security Mom Juliette Kayyem and Medicine Mom Dr. Margaret Bourdeaux answer questions about security, public health, and the topics of the day.

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A Global Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic

In 2019, the Belfer Center’s Arctic Initiative and the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute co-hosted a workshop with the Icelandic Chairmanship of the Arctic Council at Harvard Kennedy School entitled,...

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Telling Black Stories: What We All Can Do

Full event video and after-event thoughts from the panelists.

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International Experts Debate Current State of Nuclear Safety and Security

Ten years after the Fukushima Daiichi accident and 35 years after the tragedy at Chernobyl, the lessons learned from the two most severe nuclear disasters in history remain contested. New challenges...

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Leading by Action: The Fierce Urgency for Diversity and Inclusion in the...

Hearing : State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

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President Bill Clinton Shares Insights on Foreign Policy and Diplomacy

On April 7, the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center was honored to welcome President Bill Clinton to Harvard as the featured speaker at the inaugural Stephen W....

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Strengthening the U.S.-Brazil Relationship: Nestor Forster Jr., Ambassador of...

On March 29, the Future of Diplomacy Project hosted Nestor Forster Jr., Ambassador of Brazil to the U.S., who spoke about the bilateral relationship between the two largest economies and democracies in...

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John Kerry Adds Exclamation Point to Climate Change, Intelligence, and Global...

On Friday, April 23, the Belfer Center’s Intelligence Project and Environment and Natural Resources Program, along with the Center for Climate and Security, co-hosted a half-day conference on Climate...

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Recognizing Tech that Serves the Public Good

In a ceremony on May 20th, TAPP Faculty Director and Belfer Center Director Ash Carter joined author and professor Safiya Noble and WIRED’s global editorial director Gideon Lichfield to honor the...

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Biodiversity Loss is a Key Risk for Investors

Awareness of biodiversity loss is increasing, but climate change still dominates investors' discourse on the environment. Joel Clement, a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for...

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Madeleine Albright and Nicholas Burns - Aspen Ideas Festival

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright joins longtime colleague and friend Ambassador Nicholas Burns for a conversation about her life, the dangers facing modern democracies, and America’s role...

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Why Civil Resistance Works

We are living in an age of mass political participation, and civil resistance has emerged as a mainstay of the many social movements active around the world. On this episode of "Behind the Book", we...

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Report - 9/11: Intelligence and National Security Twenty Years Later

Contemplating the causes and effects of 9/11, as well as the experiences of those on the ground that day, yields useful insights into tackling today’s intelligence and policy challenges. This report is...

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Report – Havana Syndrome: American Officials Under Attack

In September 2021, the CIA recalled its Vienna station chief reportedly over his response to a series of “anomalous health incidents” experienced by over two dozen personnel. These incidents mark the...

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A Green and Political Europe

 The Project on Europe hosted a post-COP 26 discussion about how European integration of a climate change agenda is now at the very center of its political project. Europe is exiting almost two decades...

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House Democracy Partnership Commission Hearing

The House Democracy Partnership Commission held a hearing on the role of independent and constituent-driven legislatures and the importance of legislative strengthening efforts. Parliaments have a key...

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Belfer Center Newsletter Fall 2021

Few things will affect coming decades more than U.S.-China relations. The rivalry between these global giants will be contested across virtually every domain: technology, economics, diplomacy, and...

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Communicating the UN at a Time of Polarization

Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications at the United Nations, explains the challenges of her role in an era of profound political, social and digital fragmentation and...

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False-Flag Invasions Are a Russian Specialty

Calder Walton writes that Washington's fears of Russian false-flag operations are rooted in history. Ukraine wouldn't be the first place where Moscow faked an attack to start a war.

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It’s Going to Get Worse Before it Gets Better in Ukraine

Analysts, scholars predict that fighting will grow more brutal, deadly before serious talks begin.

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Tips on Talking to Kids on Mask Mandates Being Lifted in Schools

As more states remove mask mandates and schools decide to lift masking policies, it can be a confusing time for children. There may be feelings of fear and anxiety. Whether its elementary, middle...

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Hard Power Still Matters

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has upended many assumptions about the post–Cold War period in Europe; that another major war was not possible, that some combination of the European Union, NATO...

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Negotiating with Vladimir Putin: Video Advice from Five Former U.S....

To forge a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine, much analysis has rightly focused on efforts to build sufficient leverage (e.g. via sanctions, military aid to Ukraine, etc.) and to design possible...

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Bridging the Global Digital Divide for Women and Girls through Multilateral...

On March 23, 2022,  the Future of Diplomacy Project, the Center for Public Leadership, and the Women in Public Policy Program hosted a conversation with Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former Executive...

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Germany and Europe’s Reaction to the Ukraine Crisis: Implications for the West

 On March 31,  the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies hosted a discussion with Wolfgang Ischinger, former Chairman of the Munich...

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India’s Evolving Role on the Global Stage

On April 6, 2022,  the Belfer Center's Future of Diplomacy Project and Indo-Pacific Security Project as well as the Center for Public Leadership hosted a hybrid seminar with Ambassador Shivshankar...

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Cultural Diplomacy and Early Education: A Conversation with Sherrie Westin,...

On March 24, the Future of Diplomacy Project a seminar on cultural diplomacy with Sherrie Westin, President of Sesame Street.  For over fifty years, Sesame Street has proven itself capable of adapting...

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Soft Power & Cultural Diplomacy Study Group: The U.S. Department of State's...

On March 25, the Soft Power & Cultural Diplomacy Study Group hosted Lee Satterfield, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, for a conversation about "The...

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The African Story at a Time of Global Crisis | Martin Kimani, Kenya’s...

On April 26, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, in partnership with the HKS Africa Caucus, hosted His Excellency Dr. Martin Kimani, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the United...

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Belfer Center Newsletter Spring 2022

Dear Friends and Colleagues, The Belfer Center is not a passive observer of the war in Ukraine. Our community of diplomats, national security analysts, intelligence officials, and generals, along with...

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"Speaking Science to Power" - John Holdren's NAS Public Welfare Medal...

On May 1, 2022, John Holdren accepted the NAS Public Welfare Medal and delivered an address on the topic of "Speaking Science to Power" at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in...

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Remarks for the US-UK Scientific Forum on "Bringing Nature into Decision Making"

Professor John P. Holdren made these remarks at the US-UK Scientific Forum on "Bringing Nature into Decision Making," a joint convening organized by the Royal Society and the National Academy of...

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State Department’s Learning Agenda Launch

The Learning Agenda is an unprecedented effort by the Department to institutionalize evidence-based learning and implement the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (“Evidence Act”)....

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Great Power Competition: America’s Challenges and Opportunities with...

Ambassador Dobriansky discussed great power competition (namely China and Russia) and the future of geopolitics in a fireside chat with Andrew Natsios, former Administrator of the United States Agency...

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25 Years of U.S.-Romania Strategic Partnership: The Transformative Power of...

NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana served as the keynote speaker for this program highlighting 25 years of the U.S-Romania Strategic Partnership. The benefits and challenges of NATO...

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A Conversation with Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Ambassador...

Ukraine House aimed to unify and inform the response of the global community to Russia’s war on Ukraine. As part of their programming,  Ukraine House brought together high-level government, civic...

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Rep. Mike McCaul and Amb. Paula J. Dobriansky on Competing with China and Russia

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mike McCaul (R-TX) and Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky spoke about how the U.S. can better compete against China and Russia on technology and supply...

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"The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink"

A conversation hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center featuring Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky and Dr. Melvyn Leffler for a discussion on the role that U.S. President Ronald Reagan played in the peaceful...

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Stephen Walt on the Underweighted Risks of 2023

Stephen Walt provides A realist POV on the war in Ukraine, competition with China, COVID, and more in the second part of an interview with Foreign Policy Editor-in-Chief Ravi Agrawal.

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Enabling an Economic Transformation of Ukraine: Recovery, Reconstruction, and...

The aim of the report is to focus specifically on the critical role of private sector investment in Ukraine’s economic reconstruction, and how the private sector, both within Ukraine and...

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The War in Ukraine at One Year: Belfer Center Perspectives

Marking one year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Belfer Center this week hosted Ukraine’s Foreign Minister for a discussion of the war and its significance for Ukraine and the world. In this...

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Video: Foundations for a Low-Carbon Energy System in China

Daniel Schrag and Henry Lee discuss the policies China could enact in the near-term to ease its transition to a low-carbon economy, the subject of their book Foundations for a Low-Carbon Energy System...

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Belfer Center Spring 2023 Newsletter

Friends and Colleagues,As the 2022-23 academic year nears an end, the Belfer Center community is reflecting on our efforts to develop ideas on policy solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems...

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Crisis Simulation Maps National Security Risks of Digital Currency

Harvard Kennedy School’s JFK Jr. Forum was transformed into the White House Situation Room Tuesday with Harvard and MIT faculty and former government officials portraying National Security Council...

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Charting a Bold Path Forward

Belfer Center Director Meghan O'Sullivan looks to the future.

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