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Participation in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes

Research on political activism compares the ways that citizens engage in the public sphere, the processes that lead them to do so, and the consequences of these acts. The structure of opportunities ...
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How Admiral Bill McRaven faced Osama Bin Laden and his own commander in chief

Four-star Admiral Bill McRaven, former commander of the U.S. Special Operations and Navy SEAL, has led a high-profile career—including facing Somali pirates, Osama Bin Laden, and his own commander in ...
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Understanding the relationship between mainland China and Taiwan

For centuries, mainland China and the island of Taiwan have had an interconnected relationship that has been both close and contentious at times. Rana Mitter, an expert on historical and contemporary ...
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Harvard experts discuss “competitive authoritarianism,” and the “tactical frivolity” that No Kings protestors are deploying in response

“I would not call the United States a fully democratic regime today.” Harvard professor Steve Levitsky did not mince words in his opening remarks on the new web-based series, The Breakdown, presented ...
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On the Digital Frontline with Russia: Hybrid Warfare, Ukraine, and Lessons Learned for the West

In this publication, Technology and Human Rights Fellow Anna Romandash examines Russia’s use of hybrid warfare against Ukraine, which blended cyberattacks, disinformation, economic coercion, and ...
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The Reimagining the Economy project aims to help build an economy at once productive and inclusive

The new HKS initiative, housed at the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, will look at the people and places globalization left behind and ask big questions about how they can reconnect to a more ...
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State legislation designed to remove the “wealth barrier” for cash bail is working, but not for people of color

New research, released as part of a project of the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management (PCJ) at Harvard Kennedy School’s Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, reveals that the ...
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Renewing the Mandate: What’s at Stake in the Upcoming UN Vote on SOGI

Event Description: In what is shaping up to be a close vote, the UN Human Rights Council will soon decide whether to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and ...
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Pretrial Detention, Pretrial Release & Public Safety

As a growing number of jurisdictions across the country have attempted to implement bail reforms, debates have intensified about the relationship between such reforms and crime, including and perhaps ...
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Decentralization in Pakistan: Context, Content and Causes.

This paper provides a description of the recent decentralization reforms in Pakistan under General Musharraf. In the process, we hope to not only highlight major aspects of this reform, but also to ...
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Enemy of the People: Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy

Shortly after assuming office in January 2017, President Donald Trump accused the press of being an “enemy of the American people.” Attacks on the media had been a hallmark of Trump’s presidential ...
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Mind Control: Past and Future

During the Cold-War-era, intelligence agencies in both the Eastern and Western blocs set up secret experiments to devise methods of mind control and brainwashing in order to gain an advantage over the ...