Belfer Policy Chats (BPC)  is an event series that features our fellows to chat about issues at the forefront of global policy. The aim is to provide a forum to engage on an informal level on policy topics at the Center around topics such as climate, national security, science and technology, cyber security, innovation, and competitiveness. Harvard Kennedy School's Black Student Union is co-sponsoring this event and Morgan Brewton-Johnson, MPP1 / MBA candidate, BSU President will open the seminar. Join us for this virtual discussion.

Registration is required. Please click here to register for this event.  

While this virtual event is on the record, the event organizers prohibit any attendees, including journalists, from audio/visual recording or distributing parts or all of the event program without prior written authorization.

Speaker: Augusta Dell'Omo, Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program

This seminar examines how the institutional failure of the Reagan White House to invigorate a sterile sanctions debate created a window of opportunity for pro–South Africa conservatives. Led by White House Director of the Office of Communications Patrick Buchanan, a cadre of pro–South Africa Congressmen, and South Africa's surrogates, the pro-apartheid movement injected a white supremacist dialogue into the White House's discussions on sanctions policy that fundamentally undercut the efforts of the White House to rally a successful veto defense

Everyone is welcome to join us via Zoom! Register in advance for this meeting:
https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpfuGsqT4jGtfNZ081oEvhhMGJSOugoCMh