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Separation of parties or powers? Congress seems unwilling to oversee a rampant executive.

The Trump administration’s opening weeks have been a whirlwind of action, including more than 80 executive orders, a Department of Government Efficiency that has shut down agencies and fired tens of ...
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Class of 2025 Awards Ceremony

The HKS community came together for the Class of 2025 Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, May 28 in John F. Kennedy Memorial Park to celebrate the achievements of members of the Class of 2025 and faculty ...
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A European NATO?

Amid the growing transatlantic tensions created by the Trump administration, European countries once considered strong allies of America and partners in world peace are now grappling with their ...
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What Louisiana v. Callais Means for the Voting Rights Act

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court significantly weakened the 1965 Voting Rights Act through a landmark ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. The Court ruled that Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map, which ...
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Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses Harvard Kennedy School on peace and order in a new era of multipolarity

In the final John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum of the academic year, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who served from 2021 to 2025, delivered an address on international relations and his assessment of the ...
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President Xi Jinping invokes HKS Professor Graham Allison’s “Thucydides Trap” in summit with President Trump

At the U.S.-China summit in Beijing, President Xi Jinping invoked “The Thucydides Trap.” The concept was coined by Graham Allison, the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government and a founding dean of ...
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Economic Development Q+A: Chris Gibbons, Founder of the National Center for Economic Gardening

Since 2018, the Taubman Center has been hosting the Economic Development Seminar, a yearlong, monthly seminar for students who are committed to public service and interested in state and local ...
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The Development of Police in the U.S.: Suppressing and Stoking Racial and Class Conflicts (11/5/25)

Looking broadly across time and space, and tracing histories of policing in Britain and the United States, Julian Go will join us for the fifth session of our Criminal Law as a Tool of Authoritarian ...
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Find an Executive Education Program

Whether you complete a program on our historic Cambridge campus or through the flexibility of an online offering, your immersive learning experience at Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education will ...
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Groundbreakers: How Obama’s 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America

Missing from most accounts of the 2008 and 2012 campaigns to elect Barack Obama president is the story of how Obama for America organized 2.2 million volunteers into a grassroots army. Unlike many ...
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Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

Despite years of efforts to increase diversity in the venture capital (VC) industry, a significant gender gap remains among both investment decision-makers at venture capital firms and among ...
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Leading in Artificial Intelligence: Exploring Technology and Policy

Program Fee: The program fee includes tuition, housing, curricular materials and most meals. Executive Certificate: This program is a core program in the Public Policy and the Technology and Public ...