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Wendy Sherman IOP Forum
IOP

Former State Department Negotiator Wendy Sherman Says Trump Should Reverse Its Foreign Policy Approach

Former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman criticized what she called a “transactional” approach to foreign policy under the Trump administration at a Harvard Institute of Politics forum Tuesday evening, warning that the world’s authoritarian leaders had been emboldened by the White House.

Tim Walz IOP
IOP

Tim Walz Says at Harvard Talk That Democrats Need To ‘Fundamentally Change’ To Win in 2028

Former vice presidential candidate Tim Walz said he was “not sure” whether the Democratic Party yet has a viable presidential candidate for the 2028 election at an Institute of Politics forum on Monday — but remained adamant it wouldn’t be him.

HKS
IOP

‘Never Going to Be Like That’: Former National Security Council Official Rejects Trump’s Tariff Strategy on China

Former National Security Council official Rush Doshi blasted the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs on China and warned that the United States is losing ground in global competition at a Harvard Institute of Politics forum on Wednesday.

Ireland's 14th Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the 2025 Gustav Pollak Lecture
IOP

Former Irish Prime Minister Relives His Tenure at 2025 Gustav Pollak Lecture

Former Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar said Western countries should give more foreign aid to reduce illegal migration and defended the rise of deportations during his tenure at the 2025 Gustav Pollak Lecture on Thursday.

Harvard College Women's Center
College

Women Founders Discuss the Future of Climate and Sustainability at Earth Day Panel

Female leaders in climate and sustainability discussed their initiatives at a Harvard College Women’s Center event in honor of Earth Day on Wednesday.

Louise Leakey Talk on Lake Turkana
Museums

Paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey Talks Turkana Basin Discoveries at Peabody Museum

Paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey, the granddaughter of Mary and Louis Leakey, who first determined that early humans evolved in Africa, presented a history of her family’s research in north Kenya at the Peabody Museum on Thursday.

Kennedy School Taubman Plaza
City Politics

At IOP, Mayors of Rust Belt Cities Ponder Paths for Renewal

The mayors of three Rust Belt cities across the northern U.S. came to the Institute of Politics to discuss their effort to attract jobs, capital, and people to areas that have shrunk dramatically over an era of deindustrialization, emphasizing the potential of universities and redevelopment efforts to create new growth.

Emerson Hall
Politics

At Union Event, UC-Riverside Professor Says Harvard Is a Collaborator With Trump

University of California-Riverside Professor Dylan Rodriguez discussed organizing against “enemy institutions” like Harvard under the Trump administration at a Thursday event hosted by the graduate student union’s unofficial Workers’ Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions caucus.

JodiKantor
Harvard Law School

Jodi Kantor Talks Investigative Journalism at Harvard Law School Discussion

Jodi Kantor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the The New York Times who exposed allegations of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein in 2017, discussed the differences between journalism and legal careers at a Harvard Law School event on Wednesday.

HUA
College

HUA Walks Back Plan To Co-Sponsor Event With Unrecognized Student Group

The Harvard Undergraduate Association planned and publicized an event co-sponsored by Les Adore, an unrecognized student group, before disaffiliating with the group after a Wednesday comment request from The Crimson.

Congressman James E. Clyburn IOP Forum
IOP

Headway Over Headlines: Congressman James Clyburn Discusses Democrats’ Weaknesses in ‘Branding’

Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.), former Assistant Democratic Leader and House Majority Whip, encouraged his party to reevaluate its public image and ideological coherence during a Monday evening IOP forum.

Sudan in Crisis IOP Forum
IOP

Panelists Condemn Weak International Response to Sudan at IOP Forum

Experts in African politics and international conflict called for renewed attention and a stronger global response to Sudan’s civil war at an Institute of Politics forum on Tuesday, exactly two years after the conflict began.

National Security IOP Forum with Protest
IOP

HOOP Organizes Silent Demonstration at Jake Sullivan IOP Forum

Eight Harvard affiliates unfurled banners above the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum to protest former National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s role in Israel’s war in Gaza as he spoke at an Institute of Politics forum on Tuesday.

Sever Harvard Yard
Events

Former Birzeit President Accuses Harvard of Bowing to Pressure by Cutting Ties with His University

Former Birzeit University President Beshara Doumani slammed Harvard’s decision to cut ties with the Palestinian university as an act of political appeasement after speaking at the History Department’s Palestinian History event on Friday.

Making Tough Decisions
IOP

‘It’s Not Working’: Former Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo ’93 Bashes Trump’s Tariffs at IOP Forum

Former Governor of Rhode Island and Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo ’93 condemned the Trump administration’s rollout of tariff policies at a Wednesday forum at the Institute of Politics.

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