International Affairs
Reporting on Harvard’s global reach—from student fieldwork and faculty research to alumni impact around the world.
Former ICC Prosecutor Discusses Iran, Ukraine, and Venezuela
At a Harvard event, Luis Moreno-Ocampo explains why war crimes are hard to define and prosecute.
Harvard Horizons Spotlights Seven Scholars
Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.
by Jacob Sweet
Authoritarian Regimes’ AI Innovation Advantage
Unfettered access to personal data may give Chinese companies an edge in artificial intelligence.
"On the Ground" With Asylum-Seekers
Sabrineh Ardalan directs Harvard’s Immigration and Refugee Clinic.
Are We Entering a Second Cold War?
A discussion of Russia’s invasion—and how it can end
by Jacob Sweet
“No Limits” to China-Russia Relations?
How the Ukraine invasion might affect Russia’s ties with its neighbor
Predicting the Future of China's Rise
What’s next for United States’ largest economic rival
China’s Excess Wind Energy
Rather than shutting down turbines, China can harness surplus wind energy to make “green” hydrogen fuel and industrial chemicals.
by Jacob Sweet
A Sister’s Plea for Her Brother’s Freedom
Rayhan Asat is speaking out against the imprisonment of her brother Ekpar, drawing attention to the plight of Uighurs in China.
The Context: Life on the Mesopotamian Marshes—and the Specter of Drought
Past work on water and human intervention
by Jacob Sweet
Under Review: Tony Saich on Chinese Communism at 100
The first century of the Chinese Communist Party—and what impends