Commentary
India & the Olympics of AI
Allen Lab Fellow Jeremy McKey reflects on India’s AI Impact Summit, exploring the theme of diffusion and the implications for sovereignty and democracy.
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Lessons from Mexico’s COVID-19 Response
Zoé Alejandro Robledo, Director General of the Mexican Institute of Social Security, joined the Ash Center at Harvard Kennedy School to discuss the country’s experience with COVID-19, including both the successes and the many challenges its leaders have encountered as they sought to bring the crisis to an end.
Q+A
Tarek Masoud Reflects on the Arab Spring Ten Years Later
As the world looks back on the events that convulsed much of the Middle East a decade ago during what became known as the Arab Spring, the Ash Center sat down with Tarek Masoud, Professor of Public Policy and Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman Professor of International Relations, to discuss the prospects for democracy in the region today.
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Lessons from Canada’s COVID-19 Response
The Hon. Harjit S. Sajjan, Canada’s Minister of National Defence, joined Juliette Kayyem, Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security and Faculty Director of the Homeland Security Project at Harvard Kennedy School, to discuss these and other experiences in Canada’s response to COVID-19.
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Georgia on Our Minds: Voter Engagement and Voter Protection in the Senate Runoffs
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Looking Forward: The Paths and Prospects for Democracy Reform
Feature
How Authoritarian Police Thrive in Democracy
Kennedy School Assistant Professor Yanilda González delves into the roots of police violence in democratic countries in her latest book.
Media Release
Reforming the Curb: Using Technology to Create a More Equitable Streetscape
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Book Talk — Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Challenges for Latin America and the US
The Ash Center and Carr Center for Human Rights hosted an event for the launch of Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America by HKS Assistant Professor Yanilda María González.
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Voting in the Extraordinary 2020 Elections: What Worked for Voters, What Didn’t?
The 2020 elections were a dramatic interplay of major procedural changes brought about as a result of COVID-19, multiple attempts to limit and discourage voting and a strong pushback against them, and extraordinary efforts to mobilize citizens to vote.