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The Lasting Power of Nonviolent Resistance—Part 1
A Harvard professor challenges a long-held assumption about political revolution. By Michelle Nicholasen This is the first of a two-part series with Erica Chenoweth about their work on nonviolent resistance. Read part 2 on Epicenter. When they started...
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Trump’s Impact on the World: Timothy J. Colton on Russia
Harvard Professor of Government and Russian Studies Timothy Colton discusses the fraught relationship between the US and Russia under the Trump administration. This is the third blog post in a series of edited transcripts from a panel on Trump's...
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Trump’s Impact on the World: Melani Cammett on the Middle East
Harvard Professor of International Affairs Melani Cammett reviews the range of US policy stances in the Middle East and asks us to examine the difference between concrete policy shifts and skillful rhetoric. This is the second blog post in a series of...
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The Financial Crisis, Then and Now: Ancient Rome and 2008 CE
Amid the outpouring of ten-year retrospectives on the economic crisis of 2008, historian Charles Bartlett asks what a crisis that occurred almost 2000 years ago can tell us about the enduring relationships between legislative agendas, financial crises...
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Trump's Impact on the World: Christina L. Davis on Trade
Harvard Professor Christina L. Davis discusses President Trump's strategies on trade—some of which may not be as outlandish as many people think. This is the first blog post in a series of edited transcripts from a panel on Trump's presidency held during...
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The Pro-Life Movement Foments “Moral Panic” in Latin America
Shortly after the passage of a total abortion ban in 1997, El Salvador became the first Latin American nation to routinely incarcerate poor women experiencing stillbirths and other obstetrical emergencies for the crime of “homicide.” Sociologist Jocelyn...
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Hope for a New Transatlantic Relationship
An important transformation is occurring in Europe. Whether we call it a move toward “strategic autonomy,” “sovereignty,” or whatever else, it is forging a new trajectory of self-reliance. By Adrien Abecassis Since taking office, Donald Trump—the...
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Who Deserves Independence?
A historian spotlights the backstories of nationalist groups that were passed over during the post-World War II wave of decolonization. By Lydia Walker Twentieth-century global decolonization changed the map. In the thirty years after the Second World War...
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When Life Is in Limbo, Education Can't Wait
Sarah Dryden-Peterson, associate professor of education at Harvard, shares insights from her team’s work on refugee education around the world. By Michelle Nicholasen Of the sixty-five million people currently displaced worldwide, about half of them are...
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More Care for the Kids, Better Careers for the Moms
New research shows that affordable and expanded daycare coverage in Norway has prompted more mothers to return to the workforce—and other countries may want to replicate their success. By Michelle Nicholasen To American parents struggling to find...
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Insight on Syria: What Are Putin's Motives?
Russia’s direct entry into the Syrian conflict in September 2015 was spurred by a plethora of motivations. Russian scholars Rawi Abdelal and Alexandra Vacroux unpack the various rationales. By Rawi Abdelal and Alexandra Vacroux Fourth in a series that...
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