Centerpiece: Fall 2021

2021–2022 Kenneth I. Juster Fellows The Weatherhead Center is pleased to announce its 2021–2022 class of Juster Fellows. Now in its eleventh year, this grant initiative is made possible by the generosity of the Honorable Kenneth I. Juster, member of the...

Over the last two years, WIGH has focused on maintaining and even building our strong community both at Harvard and around the world. We are part of an international network of global history programs designed to make global history a collaborative...

The Canada Program had a busy start to 2021, with several webinar series in the spring. One series focused on a wide variety of topics such as racial justice, Canada’s oil industry, citizenship revocation, asylum and resettlement processes, and nature...

John Ruggie, 1944–2021 John Ruggie, Berthold Beitz Research Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School, passed away on September 16, 2021, at age 76. Ruggie was a Faculty Associate emeritus since 2002. One of his...

By Harry Oppenheimer After the US-Russia summit in Geneva, Switzerland back in June 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a news conference where he made several apparently questionable claims. In one of these, he asserted that Russia was not a...

Every spring, a select group of Harvard College students receive travel grants from the Weatherhead Center to support their thesis field research on topics related to international affairs. We selected eleven exceptional undergraduates whose research we...

Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It's Everyone's Business By Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro Power is one of the most misunderstood—and therefore vilified—concepts in our society. Many assume power is predetermined by personality or wealth...

Fredrik Logevall Awarded Elizabeth Longford Prize Faculty Associate Fredrik Logevall, Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School and professor of History at Harvard University, is the winner of the 2021 Elizabeth...

As my first semester as director of the Weatherhead Center winds down, I want to thank our community for its tenacious commitment to our shared goals during the pandemic. Research marches on, while we continue to don our masks at the office and learn how...

The fall 2021 issue of Centerpiece highlights the Center's recent activities, including program updates, feature articles, new books, and more. The Center's new director, Melani Cammett, shares her vision for the WCFIA in the coming months in the Message...