Speaker Pelosi's trip is likely to engender ire from China, much of which will be directed at Taiwan anticipates Ash Center Fellow Wenchi Yu.

Writing in the Southern California Law Review, HKS Professor of Public Policy Maya Sen, along with University of Chicago’s Adam Chilton, and Daniel Epps and Kyle Rozema of Washington University in St. Louis, provide an assessment of the impact that various term limit proposals would have on the composition of the Supreme Court.... Read more about How to design term limits for the Supreme Court

A law written in post-Civil War America to try to avoid problems with the counting of Electoral College votes has never been very clear. A new set of proposed reforms tries to change that.

President Biden hopes the passage of the CHIPS Act will jumpstart American microchip production. But as Jason Hsu explains, subsidies will only go so far in the global competition to gain dominance in the semiconductor industry. 

Research co-authored by Ash Center Senior Fellow Tova Wang shows professional sports stadiums and arenas are not only ideal polling locations, but support for their use in elections reaches across the aisle and benefits the team.

HKS Professor Maya Sen, who has researched how Supreme Court decisions align with public opinion, reflects on the meaning of the historic ruling overturning constitutional protection for abortion.

Historical reckoning, truth-telling, and new traditions of memorialization acknowledging the legacy of slavery are all critical to moving towards restorative and reparative change says Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project Director Khalil Gibran Muhammad. 

In a new essay, David Eaves shares how "The Narrow Corridor" can serve as a framework for balancing the potential and danger of digital technologies to increase state capability.

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) could be beneficial for member countries, but without a regional trade agreement, a new administration could raise tariffs or otherwise change the terms of trade.

Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development's Megan Minoka Hill delivers land acknowledgment at a Kennedy School diploma ceremony. 

Digital government siloes aren't sustainable, says David Eaves. We have a once-in-a-lifetime change to build digital government infrastructures in ways that support equity, justice and opportunity.

Joel Chastain MC/MPA 2022 is taking lessons learned from the Chickasaw Nation and Harvard Kennedy School to promote tribal economic development.

Sino-European relations are reaching a tipping point writes Ash Research Associate Philippe Le Corre in a new essay published by the Ash Center. 

In a visit organized by the Ash Center’s Vietnam Program, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính outlined his country’s desire to remain politically and economically integrated.

HKS Professor Maya Sen analyzes the new balance of power on the Supreme Court and how the conservative majority aligns with the beliefs of Americans.

Following recent victories in San Francisco and New York City, Boston advocates are looking to expand the franchise to all residents with legal status for local elections.

In 2020, President Joe Biden won the state of Georgia with a slender margin of fewer than 13,000 votes. Many attribute his victory, in part, to Georgia’s 185,000 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters. 

On Monday, April 4th, at Harvard Kennedy School, the Institute of Politics and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation’s Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project and Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development convened an expert panel to highlight the link between racial justice and climate justice.

As local governments around the country continue to grapple with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, Stephen Goldsmith, Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, recently released a new book along with Kate Markin Coleman.