Mar 6th, 2010 · Rumors abound this week that the Obama administration will move the trials of alleged 9/11 conspirators. Protests by college students erupted around the country, and the upcoming elections in Iraq have the U.S. wondering just what's next. Host Scott Simon reviews the major stories in the news this week with David Gergen, director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Mar 6th, 2010 · Rumors abound this week that the Obama administration will move the trials of alleged 9/11 conspirators. Protests by college students erupted around the country, and the upcoming elections in Iraq have the U.S. wondering just what's next. Host Scott Simon reviews the major stories in the news this week with David Gergen, director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Sep 12th, 2009 · Host Scott Simon speaks with political analyst David Gergen about the particulars of South Carolina politics and President Obama's health care overhaul plan. Gergen is director of the Center for Public Leadership and a professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Jan 3rd, 2008 · Kenya has one of the lowest rates of women in elected positions of leadership, with only 8 percent of seats in government. Swanee Hunt, of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, talks about the role of women in the Kenyan government.
Nov 6th, 2006 · Voters around the nation are set to choose their representatives Tuesday. The selection process comes down to party loyalty, incumbents' performance and issues like the Iraq war. Thomas Patterson, of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, says there is no civics-book ideal, but one issue may tip the scale.
Aug 8th, 2006 · British diplomat and journalist Rory Stewart walked alone across Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban. The former fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Havard's Kennedy School of Government wrote about it in the memoir The Places in Between. Stewart was later appointed a provincial governor in post-invasion Iraq, and has a memoir about that experience as well.
Jul 6th, 2006 · "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy" is a controversial paper written by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, professors at the University of Chicago and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. They talk to Steve Inskeep about their view of the influence Israel exerts on Washington. It's a view disputed by many.
Apr 12th, 2006 · Iran says it is now enriching uranium for use in nuclear power and will ramp up the program in coming years. In Washington, there is talk of a military strike against Iran because of fears it will develop nuclear arms. Steve Inskeep talks to Matthew Bunn, a senior research associate at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.