The Government of the Dominican Republic (DR) recently created the Presidential Commission on Road Safety (“Comisión Presidencial para la Seguridad Vial”) as a coordination table for improving the road safety and traffic education in the country. These are two problems that need immediate public attention. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), using 2013 data, […]

An unfortunate characteristic of the discourse on Islamism is the muddling of definitions, terminology, historical references, and political positions. It is not uncommon to find criticisms of contemporary Islamist parties rooted in criticisms of premodern Islamic ideas. Even the basic definition of political Islam and “Islamism” is unclear, with no consensus as to what the […]

The following article contains excerpts from an interview that was conducted on October 30, 2016 by APJ staff member, Abdul Carrupt. Abdul: Could you tell us a bit about yourself and where you grew up? Ahlijah: I’m from Ghana but I was born in Nairobi, Kenya where I spent the first few years of my […]

Can an international sports organization be held accountable for human rights violations that occur as a result of its events? In October, the Netherlands Trade Union Confederation (FNV) raised this question when it filed a lawsuit against Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international soccer federation, in a Swiss court. The case seeks to […]

The United States should take a stronger stance against unprecedented levels of sexual violence. On July 11, at least five foreign aid workers were brutally gang raped when South Sudanese soldiers invaded the Terrain hotel complex in Juba, the country’s capital. The episode shook the humanitarian world. Never before had a group of aid workers […]

The phrase “times have changed,” has become commonly used in conversations concerning race in America. It’s employed by both those who endorse the status quo, and by those who helped to usher in progress. As a student of history, my tendency is to concede that times have obviously changed for the better. But, as a […]

By Sasha Ramani, MPP 2018 On Friday December 18th, over 100 students participated in the second annual Kennedy Senate Simulation, a simulation of the United States Senate hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School and the Institute of Politics. The simulation was designed to give HKS students the opportunity to practice negotiating and debating fictional bills […]

BY ANDY VO Brynna Quillin has stamina. You can tell by the way the second-year Master in Public Policy student braved New Hampshire cold and rain, organizing hundreds of Harvard students to knock on more than 8,000 doors for Hillary Clinton. By the way she supported her peers after the unexpected election results, with cheerful […]

Anonymous submission When a classmate of mine asked if I wanted to go to a Trump rally in New Hampshire, I was hesitant. I didn’t support Trump and I was worried of what sort of reception my friend and I would receive if it was discovered that we didn’t support Trump, given stories about people […]

Photo Credit: Australian Labor Party By Neil Thomas, MPP 2018  Now is not a good time to be a refugee. In the United States, the world’s leading country for refugee resettlement, president–elect Donald Trump promises to shut the door on those fleeing the Syrian conflict and impose ‘extreme vetting’ and ideological screening for all new […]

The number of refugees is at its highest-ever level, at more than 20 million worldwide. The Syrian civil war is the biggest source of refugees today, and neighboring countries Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey bear much of the brunt. Syrian refugees now represent roughly 20% of Lebanon’s population, which has put enormous strains on the small […]

Innovation is now at the epicentre of Angola’s drive towards economic diversification. Innovators build business from the ground-up; creating new job opportunities and contributing to a diverse, healthy supply chain. It’s a model that made America the world’s biggest economy and has sustained the developed economies through good times and bad. Indicative of how important […]