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FEBRUARY 13, 2025 |
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Harvard Kennedy School | | | |
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People walking near the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Photo by AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) | | |
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Democracy & Governance |
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HKS experts consider how President Trump’s statements and actions could reshape U.S. democracy |
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At a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last week, scholars and practitioners with experience in international relations, economics, and civil rights analyzed the first few weeks of the second Trump administration and discussed what is likely to come. Professors Graham Allison, Meghan O’Sullivan, Cornell William Brooks, and Jason Furman joined Institute of Politics (IOP) senior fellow Dan Balz and moderator Brittany Shepard, an IOP spring 2025 resident fellow. The conversation spanned the United States’ relationships with both China and Europe, Trump’s approach to the Middle East, the future of DEI, and more. Read highlights from the conversation or watch it online.
Also see: What happens if the U.S. Department of Education is eliminated? Martin West, deputy director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at HKS and a professor of education, explains.
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Development & Economic Growth |
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The EU can play a strong role in world, says former Belgian prime minister |
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Former Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo spoke with the Kennedy School's PolicyCast about the importance of an economically strong European Union—especially as the United States retreats from global leadership under President Trump’s “American First” banner. “As Europeans, we need to remain open to the world. … We're the number one investor in fighting climate change. We’re the number one investor in development cooperation. We’re the number one investor in diplomacy. It’s time we start acting like the number one and not like the number two,” said De Croo, who also spoke at a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the end of January.
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Public Finance |
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Economists say Trump's threatened tariffs are as much about politics as economics |
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A recent Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government panel dug into what is at stake with Trump’s use of tariffs, the extent to which the president’s actions are motivated by economics or politics, and whether the United States may be looking at a new trade war. M-RCBG research fellow Edoardo Campanella MPA 2014 moderated the conversation with Elaine Buckberg, senior fellow at Harvard University’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and former chief economist for General Motors, and Jason Furman, the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at HKS. Read highlights from the conversation—or watch the event in full.
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