Americans Like the No-Drama Merkel
Karen Donfried, CES Senior Fellow, discusses German-U.S. relations during the coronavirus crisis.
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France’s ‘Deconfinement’ Plan
France has announced a carefully phased plan for easing the severe restrictions imposed in mid-March. The strategy is far more coherent, cautious, and realistic than the miraculous ‘reopening’ envisioned by U.S. authorities ...
The Rebirth of Tragedy
"We are all existentialists now, knowing only that we must try to carry on," says Arthur Goldhammer.
5 Lessons from the Coronavirus about Inequality in America
CES Local Affiliate, shares a perspective on inequality and the uneven impact of the pandemic across the U.S.
How the Coronavirus Could Create a New Working Class
CES Resident Faculty, Peter Hall and Bart Bonikowski, provide insights into the creation of a new working class and how the outbreak can lead to a rise in populism.
After the Pandemic: Perils and Promise for Western Balkans
As the coronavirus brings out the best and worst in countries in Southeast Europe, the democratic health of the region is at stake, says CES Visiting Scholar Albana Shehaj.
Herzl Re-imagined: Derek Penslar weighs the impact of Theodor Herzl’s personal power
Derek Penslar, William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History at Harvard University, has long studied modern Jewish history from a global perspective. In his new biography of Theodor Herzl, Penslar, resident ...
COVID-19 – Moving classes online, Other updates
Harvard will begin transitioning to virtual instruction for graduate and undergraduate classes. Our goal is to have this transition complete by Monday, March 23, the first day of scheduled classes following Spring Recess.
How societies justify, sustain, and eventually dismantle inequality
As the gulf between the haves and the have nots continues to widen, the roiling debate over economic inequality has become a political prime mover in the U.S. and across Europe. French ...
William Barr thinks China is stealing American technology. Can the U.S. halt the exchange of knowledge?
Some U.S. government moves to halt China’s technology theft could cause significant brain drain and hurt the scientific community, argue CES Resident Faculty Peter A. Hall & Yeling Tan.
