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Why Soviet playbook isn’t working in Ukraine

It has been nearly 80 years since the Soviet Union successfully beat back Hitler’s invasion during World War II and survived its greatest existential threat of the modern era. Today, the Russian Army...

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Women lead Rwanda’s renaissance, says Harvard Kennedy School panel

A quarter-century after the genocide in which ethnic Hutu extremists killed as many as a million minority Tutsis in approximately 100 days, Rwanda is a country reborn. How that happened is a story of...

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Evil in the making

What makes an armed man kill an unarmed civilian? What makes him join the killing of many hundreds — or hundreds of thousands — of civilians? University of Amsterdam Professor of Social Science...

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The threat to Burma’s minorities

Burma’s Rohingya people are being slowly squeezed from their homeland by decades-long government policies that critics say deny them citizenship, health care, work, and schooling, with such tactics...

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Gram gives peace a chance

Danielle Gram ’11 was asleep in her Currier House dorm room on the morning of Nov. 18, 2009, when her father phoned to say that he had awful news. Her brother had been murdered in Annapolis, Md.,...

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Panel looks at ‘the crime of all crimes’

On Dec. 9, 1948, the United Nations adopted a convention that for the first time in history provided a legal definition for genocide. Organized mass murder with the intention of destroying an ethnic...

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Looking at China’s role in Africa

China’s increasing influence in Africa is a double-edged sword that wields the potential for prosperity and despair. In recent years, the Asian nation has poured billions of dollars into Africa,...

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‘Witness to Darfur’ to bring awareness to Sanders Theatre

The Boston Landmarks Orchestra and Harvard Extension School will co-present “Witness to Darfur,” a unique evening of dialogue, film, and music, in Sanders Theatre on Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. The two-hour...

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Powerful documentary on genocide screened at Kennedy School

Those who loudly refused to let the world turn a blind eye or feign helplessness as genocides ravaged millions of lives this century and last are sometimes dubbed “screamers.” The Harvard community...

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Statement by Harvard Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility...

We are announcing today the Harvard Corporation’s decision to direct Harvard Management Company (HMC) to divest itself of stock held by HMC in PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina). This decision...

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Gram gives peace a chance

Danielle Gram ’11 was asleep in her Currier House dorm room on the morning of Nov. 18, 2009, when her father phoned to say that he had awful news. Her brother had been murdered in Annapolis, Md., where...

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Panel looks at ‘the crime of all crimes’

On Dec. 9, 1948, the United Nations adopted a convention that for the first time in history provided a legal definition for genocide. Organized mass murder with the intention of destroying an ethnic or...

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Looking at China’s role in Africa

China’s increasing influence in Africa is a double-edged sword that wields the potential for prosperity and despair. In recent years, the Asian nation has poured billions of dollars into Africa,...

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‘Witness to Darfur’ to bring awareness to Sanders Theatre

The Boston Landmarks Orchestra and Harvard Extension School will co-present “Witness to Darfur,” a unique evening of dialogue, film, and music, in Sanders Theatre on Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. The two-hour...

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Powerful documentary on genocide screened at Kennedy School

Those who loudly refused to let the world turn a blind eye or feign helplessness as genocides ravaged millions of lives this century and last are sometimes dubbed “screamers.” The Harvard community got...

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Statement by Harvard Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility...

We are announcing today the Harvard Corporation’s decision to direct Harvard Management Company (HMC) to divest itself of stock held by HMC in PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina). This decision...

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