Nation & World

Times opinion writer Bret Stephens also weighs in on campus unrest in final Middle East Dialogues event

Former ambassador sees two tragedies: Ukraine war and the damage Putin has inflicted on his own country

Mother, uncle of two whose deaths at hands of police officers ignited movement talk about turning pain into activism, keeping hope alive

Study exposes how banks sway policy from shadows, by targeting bureaucrats instead of politicians

New IOP poll shows they still plan to show up to vote but are subject to ‘seismic mood swings’ over specific issues

Tanner Lectures explore models of engaged citizenry from ancient agoras to modern megachurches

Richard Lazarus sees conservative majority as threat to protections developed over past half century

Einat Wilf, who is also former Knesset member, says shift needed in Palestinian ideology on legitimacy of Israel

Vermont senator warns of growing income, wealth, and political inequality

Justices to hear case on near-complete ban amid shifting legal landscape after overturn of Roe

Past is present at Warren Center symposium featuring scholars from Harvard, Emory, UConn, and University of Cambridge

Former House speaker also says Trump would likely win if election were held today in wide-ranging talk

Seminar foregrounds Harlow Shapley, who helped scholars escape Nazi rule

Ambassador says if Russia is allowed to take over sovereign nation, China may try to do same

Sociologist’s new book finds algorithms that suggest partners often reflect stereotypes, biases

Michael Mann points to prehistoric catastrophes, modern environmental victories

Educators, activists explore peacebuilding based on shared desires for ‘freedom and equality and independence’ at Weatherhead panel

Former Palestinian Authority prime minister says strengthening execution of 1993 accords could lead to two-state solution 

Political philosopher Harvey C. Mansfield says it all goes back to Aristotle, balance of competing ideas about common good

Franklin Foer recounts receding antisemitism of past 100 years, recent signs of resurgence of hate, historical pattern of scapegoating 

Two legal scholars, stunned by Jan. 6 insurrection, game out half-dozen possible schemes that exploit, spotlight flaws in system

Tarek Masoud, organizer of Middle East Dialogues, wanted to show that Harvard could confront the tensions around Israel-Gaza without vitriol or shouting. So far, it’s worked.

Conversation with Kennedy School’s Masoud reflects wider tensions

Sustained assault ‘indefensible,’ Duss says. Kennedy School’s Masoud disputes arguments on governance of Gaza, history of conflict.

Marty Baron favors digging for truth over ‘moral clarity’

Harvard student pollsters talk to peers in Michigan about money, mental health, and other worries

Researchers examine who embraces mindset that one’s gain is another’s loss, and how that affects our politics — in sometimes surprising ways

Religious scholars examine value, limits of AI

Former Brazilian judge, legal scholar says deciding who can be blocked from running is perilous, fraught

Social scientists discuss controversial Indian prime minister Modi, rise of right-wing populism, erosion of political journalism