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Soft Power and the Public Diplomacy Revisited

Soft power is the ability to affect others to obtain the outcomes one wants through attraction and persuasion rather than coercion or payment. A country’s soft power rests on its resources of culture, ...
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David Gergen, a towering figure in U.S. politics and founder of the Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, has died

David Gergen, a trusted adviser to four U.S. presidents who went on to play a pivotal role in shaping leadership education at Harvard Kennedy School, has died at the age of 83. Gergen was a dedicated ...
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The End of Leadership

“Becoming a leader” has become a mantra. The explosive growth of the “leadership industry” is based on the belief that leading is a path to power and money, a medium for achievement,and a mechanism ...
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EPoD Research Fellow

Housed within the Center for International Development (CID), Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) is a dynamic research initiative that brings analytical insights, typically from economics, to the ...
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Tracking the Short-Run Price Impact of U.S. Tariffs

April 20, 2025, Paper: "This paper examines the short-run impact of the 2025 U.S. tariffs on consumer prices using a unique integration of high-frequency retail pricing data, product-level country-of ...
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Wake Smith: Why Geoengineering is Inevitable

Climate change is coming, likely in greater magnitudes than most people realize. Emissions reductions remain essential and adaptation will become urgent, but those steps alone will prove insufficient ...
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Tim Massad: The Future of Money? Facebook's Libra and Central Bank Digital Currencies".

Facebook's proposal to create a new global currency and payment system--Libra--has provoked strong reactions. Rarely do President Trump, Chairman Jerome Powell of the Federal Reserve Board, and ...
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Trump, Brexit, and the Rise of Populism: Economic Have-Nots and Cultural Backlash

Rising support for populist parties has disrupted the politics of many Western societies. What explains this phenomenon? Two theories are examined here. Perhaps the most widely-held view of mass ...
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From Harvard Square to the Oval Office

From Harvard Square to the Oval Office ("Oval Office") is a non-partisan, co-curricular political training program of the Women and Public Policy Program that provides a select group of Harvard ...
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The Future of U.S. Foreign Aid

In early 2025, the Harvard Center for International Development (CID) hosted a series of important discussions on the future of U.S. foreign aid and the global impact of recent U.S. policy changes.
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Beyond Shareholder Value Maximization: Accounting for Financial/Social Tradeoffs in Dual-Purpose Companies - Julie Battilana

October 30, 2020, Paper: "A growing number of companies choose to pursue financial and social goals simultaneously. These dual-purpose companies face inherent tradeoffs as they are caught between the ...
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Crisis Leadership in Higher Education

Program Fee: The program fee includes tuition, housing, curricular materials and most meals. Executive Certificate: This program is a core program in the Public Leadership concentration. This program ...