I was recently invited to lecture at several Chinese universities about "soft power"—the ability to get what one wants by attraction and…
In the 1983 movie “Educating Rita,” aging British Professor Frank Bryant teaches his young, commoner student how to read Macbeth. Comparing…
I can only speak with authority through Feb. 15, 2009," said Michael Hayden, who was George W. Bush's last CIA director. "But at that point…
The dramatic events in Beijing surrounding the brave Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, are confounding and hard to fathom at such a great…
Twenty years ago this week, a jury acquitted the Los Angeles policemen who beat motorist Rodney King, and the city exploded in a six-day…
Who killed Osama bin Laden? Former political leaders, military brass, and intelligence chieftains are all staking their claims, as if there…
It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve
health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse…
In Ports in a Storm, a team of Harvard Kennedy School scholars focus diverse conceptual lenses on a single high-stakes management task—…
Book abstract: Over the past two decades there has been great interest in cosmopolitanism across the human and social sciences. Where,…
In Ports in a Storm, a team of Harvard Kennedy School scholars focus diverse conceptual lenses on a single high-stakes management task—…