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What’s better and what’s worse 20 years after 9/11?

On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a series of shattering terrorist attacks, including the destruction of New York's iconic Twin Towers, set in motion events that would transform both ...
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What Makes Leadership Development Programs Succeed?

Leadership development is a massive industry. But do these programs actually pay off for the leaders who participate in them? Through a series of experiments, surveys, and analyses of data from more ...
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South Korea’s leader on freedom, nuclear weapons, and the soft power of K-pop

In a major policy speech at Harvard Kennedy School, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol traced the global arc of freedom from the American Revolution to South Korea’s current campaign to protect ...
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Workers experiencing rising indoor heat exposure, according to new report

Indoor heat exposure is a growing problem for service sector workers, according to a new report by the Harvard Kennedy School-based Shift Project. The report found widespread instances of indoor ...
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Optimism, pessimism, and uncertainty: How U.S.-China relations may evolve during the second Trump administration

Only a few weeks into Donald Trump’s second administration, it is evident that the president is more than willing to make unpredictable political moves that may blindside even his closest advisors.
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The HKS community pays tribute to two alumni who were shot in presumed acts of political violence

Update August 11, 2025: Miguel Uribe tragically died on Monday, August 11, after being shot during a campaign event in June. The Harvard Kennedy School community mourns his loss. The Harvard Kennedy ...
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Policing Los Angeles Under a Consent Decree: The Dynamics of Change at the LAPD

The Los Angeles Police Department is completing one of the most ambitious experiments in police reform ever attempted in an American city. After a decade of policing crises that began with the beating ...
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PhD in Political Economy & Government

As of Fall 2022, the PhD in Political Economy and Government (PEG) will no longer be admitting students. Students may apply to the PhD Program in Public Policy (PPOL), or consider the PhD Programs in ...
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Digital Assets Policy Project

Digital asset innovation is creating new ways to conduct financial and economic activity, including new systems to transfer value efficiently and instantly; replacing centralized intermediaries with ...
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Advisory Council

Members Tala Al Jabri,Middle East VC Association Amneh Alqasimi, Investment & Development Office Scott Amero, formerly of BlackRock Ambassador Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Ambassador-at-Large ...
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Leadership-It's a System, Not a Person!

This article argues that the leadership industry has been beset by a bias. This bias has been directed toward leaders and away from two other variables that equally pertain-and that equally explain ...
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FinTech Alternatives to Short-Term Small-Dollar Credit: Helping Low-Income Working Families Escape the High-Cost Lending Trap

The focus of this paper is the most promising alternative to the current short-term, small-dollar credit (“STSDC”) system serving low-income working families --the rapidly growing U.S. financial ...