More than half a century after the horrors of the Second World War, the words “fascism” and “nationalism” are no longer taboo in Europe. With support for far-right movements and parties across the continent swelling at an unprecedented rate, radical ideas are creeping into everyday political discourse. In some cases, these ideas are alarmingly reminiscent of … Read more
Detroit has seen a lot of press lately. I remember as a high school student in the city when Time embedded a team of reporters and photographers to keep an eye on it in 2010. It was big news around town. The general response was interest; what did outsiders want to see so badly that … Read more
Top American universities have begun expanding their services through the establishment of campuses abroad. These ventures include not only branch campuses such as New York University Abu Dhabi, but also joint ventures such as Yale’s and the National University of Singapore’s new Yale-NUS College and NYU’s Shanghai campus, a partnership with the East China Normal University. … Read more
“Being Muslim was like being from Mars … Jesus, on the other hand, was America,” writes Dr. Reza Aslan in his #1 New York Times best seller Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Aslan (Harvard Divinity School MTS ’99), the subject of recent controversy surrounding his biography of Jesus, has been criticized … Read more
The importance of the coming years on India’s long-term viability as an international power is not lost on either local officials or international onlookers, and economic growth and internal development are crucial to the country’s future.. Economic growth rate is often used as a gauge for a countries’ commercial potential, drumming up interest in foreign companies for … Read more
Peter Hamby currently serves as a national political reporter for CNN Digital. Hamby was the network’s reporter-at-large during the 2012 election cycle. Harvard Political Review: You earned your master’s degree in journalism from New York University. What have you learned out in the field that you didn’t learn in the classroom? Peter Hamby: When I … Read more
Dean Pfister has come to Harvard with a wealth of different experiences, and a relationship that the University that has placed him in various capacities on campus. Dean Pfister arrived at Harvard in 1974 as an Assistant Professor from the University of Puerto Rico, and was tenured in 1979. A Kirkland House Master for 18 … Read more
Conservative positions on income inequality are often cast by the wayside. In a certain way, they are considered as fossils: They can teach us about the failures of the past, but they are never considered as any type of solution. This isn’t without reason. After all, as Josh Barro, politics editor at Business Insider, told … Read more
It is always refreshing when election season ends. No more ads. No more campaigning. No more flyers and free bottle openers. We can finally resume our lives as though nothing had happened. Or can we? Even after elections, it remains our responsibility to maintain an interest in what happens in our government at all levels, … Read more
Dear Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, I am writing to encourage you to oppose any efforts to impose new sanctions on the Iranian regime. Contrary to popular belief, the Iranian people do have some say in the running of their government, and their election of Hassan Rouhani to the position of President … Read more