Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.
Faculty Publications
Nye, Joseph S. Soft Power and Great-Power Competition. Springer Singapore, 2023.
Beck, Colin J., Mlada Bukovansky, Erica Chenoweth, George Lawson, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, and Daniel P. Ritter. On Revolutions: Unruly Politics in the Contemporary World. Oxford University Press, 2022.
Kayyem, Juliette. The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters. PublicAffairs, 2022.
Lee, Henry, Daniel P. Schrag, Matthew Bunn, Michael Davidson, Wei Peng, Wang Pu, and Mao Zhimin. Foundations for a Low-Carbon Energy System in China. Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Falco, Gregory J. and Eric Rosenbach. Confronting Cyber Risk: An Embedded Endurance Strategy for Cybersecurity. Oxford University Press, 2021.
Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro. Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It's Everyone's Business. Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Price, Richard, and Kathryn Sikkink. Elements in International Relations. Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Saich, Anthony. From Rebel to Ruler: One Hundred Years of the Chinese Communist Party. Harvard University Press, 2021.
Kalb, Marvin. Assignment Russia: Becoming a Foreign Correspondent in the Crucible of the Cold War. Brookings Institution Press, 2021.
Chenoweth, Erica, and Maria J. Stephan. The Role of External Support in Nonviolent Campaigns: Poisoned Chalice or Holy Grail? ICNC, 2021.
Danielle F. Jung and Dara Kay Cohen. Lynching and Local Justice: Legitimacy and Accountability in Weak States. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Logevall, Fredrik. JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956. Penguin Random House, 2020.
Jung, Danielle F., and Dara Kay Cohen. Lynching and Local Justice. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Logevall, Fredrik and Campbell Craig. America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity, 2nd edition. Harvard University Press, 2020.
Luca, Michael, and Max Bazerman. The Power of Experiments: Decision Making in a Data-Driven World. MIT Press, 2020.
Saich, Anthony. Finding Allies and Making Revolution: The Early Years of the Chinese Communist Party. Brill, 2020.
Sikkink, Kathryn. The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities. Yale University Press, 2020.
Harte, John, John Holdren, Richard Schneider and Christine Shirley. Toxics A to Z: A Guide to Everyday Pollution Hazards, 2. University of California Press, 2020.
Carter, Ashton B. Inside the Five-Sided Box: Lessons from a Lifetime of Leadership in the Pentagon. Dutton, 2019.
Jasanoff, Sheila. Can Science Make Sense of Life? Polity, 2019.
Chenoweth, Erica, and Pauline Moore. The Politics of Terror. Oxford University Press, 2018.
Walt, Stephen. The Hell of Good Intentions: America’s Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy. MacMillan, 2018.
Sherman, Wendy. Not for the Faint of Heart: Lessons in Courage, Power, and Persistence. PublicAffairs, 2018.
Bunn, Matthew, Martin B. Malin, William C. Potter, and Leonard Spector. Preventing Black-Market Trade in Nuclear Technology. Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Burns, Nicholas, James K. Sebenius, and Robert H. Mnookin. Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level. HarperCollins, 2018.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power. Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Rodrik, Dani. Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy. Princeton University Press, 2017.
Westad, Arne. The Cold War: A World History. Basic Books, 2017.
Sikkink, Kathryn. Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century. Princeton University Press, 2017.
Bhabha, Jacqueline. Can We Solve the Migration Crisis? Polity, 2018.
Kalb, Marvin. Kalb, Marvin. The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956—Khrushchev, Stalin’s Ghost, and a Young American in Russia. Brookings Institution Press, 2017.
Narayanamurti, Venkatesh and Tolu Odumosu. Cycles of Invention and Discovery: Rethinking the Endless Frontier. Harvard University Press, 2016.
Jasanoff, Sheila. The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future. W.W.Norton, 2016.
Cohen, Dara Kay. Rape During Civil War. Cornell University, 2016.
Juma, Calestous. Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies. Oxford University Press, 2016.
Matson, Pamela, William C. Clark, and Krister Andersson. Pursuing Sustainability: A Guide to the Science and Practice. Princeton University Press, 2016.
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. and David A. Welch. Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation: An Introduction to Theory and History. Pearson, 2016.
Juma, Calestous. The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2015.
Masoud, Tarek, Jason Brownlee, and Andrew Reynolds. The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform. Oxford University Press, 2015.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. Is the American Century Over? Polity Press, 2015.
Hehir, J. Bryan, Peterson, Rodney and Twiss, Barney, eds. Religion and Public Policy: Human Rights, Conflict and Ethics. Oxford University Press, 2015.
Bhabha, Jacqueline. Child Migration and Human Rights in a Global Age. Princeton University Press, 2014.
Masoud, Tarek. Counting Islam: Religion, Class, and Elections in Egypt. Cambridge University Press, June 2014.
Norris, Pippa. Why Electoral Integrity Matters, 1st. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Norton, Mary Beth, Jane Kamensky, Carol Sheriff, David W. Blight, Howard P. Chudacoff, Fredrik Logevall, and Beth Bailey. A People and A Nation: A History of the United States, 10th Edition. Cengage, 2014.
Keith, David. A Case for Climate Engineering. MIT Press, 2013.
Stavins, Robert N. Economics Of Climate Change And Environmental Policy. Elgar, Edward Publishing, 2013.
Ruggie, John Gerard. Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights. W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Allison, Graham, Robert D. Blackwill, and Ali Wyne. Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World. MIT Press, 2013.