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‘Our Guy in the White House’: Harvard Experts Say Trump-Zelensky Confrontation Was a Win for Putin

After U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance staged a tag-team humiliation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at an Oval Office press conference last week, Harvard experts on foreign relations and Ukraine called the spectacle “absurd” and disappointing.

Vladimir Kara-Murza and Dr. Yevgenia Albats
Politics

Russian Dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza Calls Trump Admin’s Relationship With Ukraine ‘Absolutely Horrendous’

Russian dissident Vladimir V. Kara-Murza said he has lost faith in the United States’ commitment to protect Ukraine during a Tuesday talk at the Davis Center. Kara-Murza, a journalist and fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, criticized the Trump administration’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine as incompetent.

HUUSG Ukraine Solidarity Vigil
College

Students Hold Vigil To Recognize Third Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Dozens of Harvard affiliates gathered on the steps of Memorial Church on Monday to show support for Ukraine three years after Russia’s invasion began.

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FAS

Former Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Appointed CES Policy Fellow

Alexis Tsipra, a two-time left-wing Prime Minister of Greece, was appointed as policy fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies and Harvard’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies on Tuesday.

Belgium Prime Minister at IOP Forum
IOP

Belgian Prime Minister Says U.S. Economic Relationship Is Strong In “Unpredictable” Environment

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said that Europe’s economic relationship with the United States is “rock solid” at a Harvard Institute of Politics forum Friday evening.

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Politics

EU Envoy to Washington Says She Expects ‘Good Relations’ With Marco Rubio

Jovita Neliupšienė, the European Union’s ambassador to the U.S., said she believes Brussels will have “good relations” with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as his Secretary of State.

Peter Baker and Susan Glasser at Davis Center with Yevgenia Albat
Politics

Journalists Say Trump May Exchange Russia Sanctions for Ukraine Peace Deal

Peter Baker, a senior White House correspondent for the New York Times, said President-elect Donald Trump may drop U.S. sanctions on Russia in exchange for a deal on Ukraine.

Former Prime Minister of Greece George A. Papandreou at IOP
IOP

Former Greek Prime Minister Discusses Relationship with Turkey at IOP Forum

Former Greek Prime Minister George A. Papandreou discussed the importance of international cooperation with Turkey and the European Union at a Harvard IOP Forum Tuesday evening.

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Politics

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Asks for Long-Range Missiles at Harvard Panel

Oleksii Y. Reznikov, who was dismissed from his role as Ukraine’s Minister of Defense in September 2023, asked for unlimited access to long-range missiles to fight Russia at a panel event hosted by Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute on Wednesday.

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska at IOP Event
IOP

Olena Zelenska Visits Harvard, Talks Role of Scholarship Amid Invasion of Ukraine

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska discussed the importance of studying Ukrainian culture and politics at a Harvard Institute of Politics talk on Tuesday.

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College

Harvard Students Launch Ukraine Solidarity Group, Apply for College Recognition

The Harvard Undergraduate Ukraine Solidarity Group, an organization hoping to raise awareness around issues facing Ukrainian people, announced their intention to apply for official recognition as an undergraduate student organization on Saturday.

Interim President Garber Sits on Stage During Baccalaureate
Central Administration

Harvard President Garber Visits Club of Madrid, Faces More Animal Rights Activists

A group of roughly 10 animal rights activists protested interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber outside a Harvard Club of Spain event in Madrid.

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College

Portuguese Foreign Minister Tells Harvard Students to ‘Dream Big’ at Center for European Studies Talk

Portuguese Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho discussed the European Union’s defense strategies during an event at Harvard’s Center for European Studies on Tuesday.

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Events

Polish Politician Radosław Sikorski, Academics Discuss Polarization at Center for European Studies Event

Polish politician Radosław Sikorski, a member of the European Parliament, discussed polarization in Polish politics at a symposium hosted by Harvard’s Center for European Studies on Wednesday.

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Harvard Law School

European Commission VP Talks Democracy and Demography at Harvard Law School Event

European Commission Vice President Dubravka Šuica reflected on challenges facing democracy amid demographic changes in Europe at a Harvard Law School event Thursday.

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