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Explainer: Why government shutdowns keep happening in the United States

The U.S. government shut down on October 1 as Republican and Democratic funding bills failed to reach the necessary number of votes in the Senate and efforts to prevent a shutdown failed. Government ...
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From HKS to Honolulu: Alissa Ji MPP 2027 tackles Hawaiʻi’s housing crisis

Hawaiʻi faces one of the nation’s most severe housing crises, with more than 64,000 new homes needed by 2027. This summer, Alissa Ji MPP 2027—who is concurrently earning her MBA at Stanford Graduate ...
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South Korea’s leader on freedom, nuclear weapons, and the soft power of K-pop

In a major policy speech at Harvard Kennedy School, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol traced the global arc of freedom from the American Revolution to South Korea’s current campaign to protect ...
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What Makes Leadership Development Programs Succeed?

Leadership development is a massive industry. But do these programs actually pay off for the leaders who participate in them? Through a series of experiments, surveys, and analyses of data from more ...
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Research Fellows

David Blumenthal David Blumenthal MD, MPP is Professor of Practice of Public Health and Health Policy at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of ...
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What would it take to balance the federal budget?

February 8, Audio: "To balance the federal budget, government revenue must meet or exceed government spending. That’s happened only twice in the past half-century: President Lyndon Johnson did it in ...
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Infotopia: Unleashing the Democratic Power of Transparency

In Infotopia, citizens enjoy a wide range of information about the organizations upon which they rely for the satisfaction of their vital interests. The provision of that information is governed by ...
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Multi-Year Academic Calendar

Find important dates and events at Harvard Kennedy School from 2025 to 2030.
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PhD in Political Economy & Government

As of Fall 2022, the PhD in Political Economy and Government (PEG) will no longer be admitting students. Students may apply to the PhD Program in Public Policy (PPOL), or consider the PhD Programs in ...
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Policing Los Angeles Under a Consent Decree: The Dynamics of Change at the LAPD

The Los Angeles Police Department is completing one of the most ambitious experiments in police reform ever attempted in an American city. After a decade of policing crises that began with the beating ...
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Summary of The Mueller Report, for Those Too Busy to Read It All

An abridged version of the Mueller Report intended for those who don't have the time to read the nearly 500-page full report. This version, which is a fourth of the length, focuses on the question of ...
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Advisory Council

Members Tala Al Jabri,Middle East VC Association Amneh Alqasimi, Investment & Development Office Scott Amero, formerly of BlackRock Ambassador Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Ambassador-at-Large ...