Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a discussion on the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response’s (IPPPR) recent report "COVID-19: Make It the Last Pandemic" with Panel members Dr. Joanne Liu, former International President of Doctors Without Borders; David Miliband, President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Rescue Committee; and Ambassador Anders Nordstrom, Head of Secretariat of the IPPPR. The IPPPR was established by the World Health Organization Director-General to provide an evidence-based path to ensure that countries and global institutions effectively address health threats. This discussion will be moderated by Professor Graham Allison.

In its report, published May 2021, the Independent Panel found weak links at every point in the chain of preparedness and response. Preparation was inconsistent and underfunded. The alert system was too slow—and too meek. The World Health Organization was under-powered. The response has exacerbated inequalities. Global political leadership was absent.

In response, the Panel presents a package of recommendations that seek to learn from this crisis, and plan for the next one. These include committing to clear targets, additional resources, new measures and elevating health threats to the highest levels of political leadership. The Panel also calls for immediate actions to curb the COVID-19 pandemic through more just and strategic vaccine distribution as well as national-level measures to address ongoing waves of transmission.

At a time when U.S. federal debt is at its highest level since World War II—and the post-COVID economic recovery around the world remains uncertain—join the Belfer Center’s Applied History Project for an open session of our Applied History Work Group. Its members—distinguished historians and public servants—study the past to illuminate the most pressing challenges we face today.

As the United States grapples with a world changed by a rapidly rising China—and considers its own role by questioning how and why it grew into a postwar "superpower"—join the Belfer Center's Applied History Project for an open session of our Applied History Working Group. Its members—distinguished historians and public servants—study the past to illuminate the most pressing challenges we face today.

As America confronts a rapidly rising China – and ponders how to approach this daunting test – join the Belfer Center's Applied History Project for an open session of our Applied History Working Group. Its members – distinguished historians and public servants – study the past to illuminate the most pressing challenges we face today.

As our nation looks ahead to a brighter, post-COVID future, join the Belfer Center's Applied History Project for an open session of our Applied History Working Group.  Its members – distinguished historians and public servants –study the past to illuminate the most pressing challenges we face today.

As our society struggles to bridge its deepest divisions, join the Belfer Center's Applied History Project for an open session of our Applied History Working Group. Its members – distinguished historians and public servants – study the past to illuminate the most pressing challenges we face today.

Join the Belfer Center for a conversation with Rebecca Lissner and Mira Rapp-Hooper on their new book, An Open World, which charts a new grand strategy of openness for U.S. foreign policy. The United States global leadership crisis is not a passing shock created by the Trump presidency or COVID-19, but the product of forces that will endure for decades, argue the authors. Amid political polarization, technological transformation, and major global power shifts, they write that an openness strategy would counter authoritarian competitions by preventing the emergence of closed spheres of influence, maintaining access to the global commons, supporting democracies without promoting regime change, and preserving economic interdependence. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, and Prof. Graham Allison will serve as a discussant. 

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At a time when the threat of conflict has increased in hotspots across the globe – and historical knowledge is on the decline in both the public and government – join the Belfer Center’s Applied History Project for an open session of our Applied History Working Group. Its members – distinguished historians and public servants – study the past to illuminate the most pressing challenges we face today.

At a time when American diplomacy is riven by partisan politics – and historical knowledge is on the decline in both the public and the government – join the Belfer Center's Applied History Project for our Fall 2020 Applied History Series. The Applied History Series celebrates recent publications of leading members of Harvard’s Applied History Working Group. These distinguished historians and public servants have studied the past to illuminate the most pressing challenges faced today.

In the midst of the most hotly contested election in generations – when citizens and scholars alike struggle to understand the stresses straining our political system – join the Belfer Center's Applied History Project for our Fall 2020 Applied History Series.  By consulting distinguished public servants and historians, this speaker series illuminates today's world by looking to lessons from the past.