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. 

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard Returns to Normal This Fall

University leaders announce that full, in-person operations will resume, with continuing public-health protocols.

by Lydialyle Gibson , Jacob Sweet

Why Petitioning is Vital for Democracies

Petitioning campaigns are a vital complement to democratic voting.

by Jonathan Shaw

Financial and mental health are linked

Around the globe, Vikram Patel finds, improvements in financial or mental health support both.

by Veronique Greenwood

Fast-spreading coronavirus variants raise concerns

Despite vaccines, Harvard scientists warn, more-transmissible variants make COVID-19 harder to control.

by Jonathan Shaw

Asset bubbles and credit growth precede financial crises.

Contrary to expert belief, some financial crises can be predicted—and perhaps averted.

by Jonathan Shaw

Paul Farmer on the West Africa Ebola Epidemic

The 2014 epidemic was rooted in centuries of exploitation and war, Paul Farmer argues.

by Jonathan Shaw

Ask a Harvard Professor with Caroline Buckee

Anonymized location data can help guide strategies for protecting public health in a pandemic.

Harvard Portrait: Mayra Rivera

How apocalyptic narratives help make sense of the modern world

by Lydialyle Gibson

Can solar geoengineering slow climate change?

Coming to terms with climate change’s relentless, long-term fallout

by Jonathan Shaw

Review of Martin Puchner’s “The Language of Thieves”

A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova