“I’m a split-ticket voter,” she said as she sat down to talk with HPR’s Multimedia team on Halloween. In this interview, Fall 2016 IOP Fellow Sarah Isgur Flores, dressed in an elephant costume and bright blue wig, discusses her study group, media, and campaigning. Interview by Akash Wasil.
On September 8, 2016, North Korea launched its fifth nuclear test, demonstrating yet again its defiance in the face of widespread sanctions and international condemnation. The Hermit Kingdom’s repeated violations of international norms have earned it public rebuke even from its closest ally: China. While China typically opposes U.N. sanctions against North Korea, it recently … Read more
Pollsters and their adherents would probably have bet their savings on a Clinton presidency at the end of October. On October 28, Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight, the site whose electoral predictions are often considered the most accurate available, gave Hillary Clinton an 81.5 percent chance of winning. On the same day, FBI director James Comey … Read more
I can count the number of Trump supporters I know on one hand. Throughout the past few months, my social media has been filled with posts about shattering the glass ceiling, furthering the progressive agenda, and stopping Donald J. Trump. I read the New York Times, the Atlantic, FiveThirtyEight, The Onion. My Facebook feed is … Read more
In the opening to his book Simulacra and Simulation, Jean Baudrillard articulates his understanding of the central phenomena of modernity: replication and replacement. He conceives of the emergence of a “real without origin in reality.” Baudrillard remarks, “Henceforth, it is the map that precedes the territory,” referring to a Borges short story. We ought not … Read more
The Harvard Political Review interviews former Jeb Bush campaign manager and 2016 IOP Fellow David Kochel about the election that broke all the rules. Interview by Conor Healy
Carlos Salinas de Gortari was president of Mexico from 1988 to 1994 and obtained his PhD from the Kennedy School of Government in 1978. He negotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United States and Canada. He visited Harvard on November 4 at an event organized by the Harvard University Mexican Students … Read more
Say what you want about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but you can’t deny the fact that they’ve done an impressive job raising their children. The two candidates’ daughters are remarkable young women. Perhaps that’s why they’ve been pushed into the spotlight—acting as an extension of their parents’ campaigns. Looking past the clashing visions of … Read more
The morning of November 9, 2016 arrives, and individuals around the globe wake up to one stunning news headline: “Trump Looks to Make America Great Again”. Donald Trump, the billionaire, real estate mogul, and controversial television celebrity, now holds claim to one additional title: president-elect of the United States. This scenario, once unthinkable a mere … Read more