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When European conservatives accept democracy, stability tends to ensue
Daniel Ziblatt, a Harvard professor of government, recently visited the Minda de Gunzburg for Center for European Studies to discuss his new book, “Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy.”...
View ArticleConfronting the refugee crisis
Third in an occasional series on Harvard’s wide-ranging programs, research, and involvement in Europe. BERLIN — One minute, Donia Mehu was standing in her kitchen, cooking and puttering. The next she...
View ArticleWhen European conservatives accept democracy, stability tends to ensue
Daniel Ziblatt, a Harvard professor of government, recently visited the Minda de Gunzburg for Center for European Studies to discuss his new book, “Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy.”...
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None if by sea: Rethinking immigration at Radcliffe
Just north of Libya’s territorial waters, a rescue boat operated by Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières/MSF) awaits the call. A small wooden fishing boat, sometimes a rubber dinghy,...
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Why jackals thrive where humans dominate
As humans put nature under the plow, asphalt, and concrete, some creatures thrive through an “enemy of my enemy is my friend” approach, embracing our disruption of the natural order, and rushing to...
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Lech Walesa urges the U.S. to retake its leadership post
After the Cold War ended 30 years ago, Europe closed the door on an era of division and entered a new era of peace and integration, one with a future centered around intellectual labor, information,...
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Racial awareness and reassessing public art in Europe
Who owns the public space, and who should be represented within it — and how? The questions have relevance within and beyond America’s borders, and they are at the forefront of movements to remove or...
View ArticleUpending Putin’s Russia-Ukraine myth
In a speech Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin denied Ukraine’s legitimacy as a sovereign nation, along with that of the other former Soviet republics that broke away after the collapse of the...
View ArticleRussian attack, takeover of Ukraine plant ramps up nuclear threat
Russia’s attack on and takeover of a nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine on Friday has heightened concerns of a nuclear catastrophe in the region. Beyond fears of unintended leaks in possible...
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How to liberate African art
Many museums find themselves in a complicated period of transition as they confront their entanglements with colonialism. That complex project was the subject of a recent Harvard Center for African...
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