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The Politics of Disaster

The road the White House cuts across many swing states including Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Egypt and Iran’s Inevitable Courtship

Critics of President Obama and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard are rarely in alliance, but it happened this week as Egypt’s Mohammed Morsi was declared president.

PortStat: Or How the United States Coast Guard Could Use the PerformanceStat Leadership Strategy to Improve Port Security

Election Season Requires Listening, Not Just Talking

The campaign has really, honestly, finally started between President Obama and Mitt Romney.

Does US Need Another Imperial President Like Lyndon Johnson?

Were cozy ties between Texas legislators and Halliburton’s corporate predecessor Brown and Root responsible for the passage of the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act?

Two Challenges That College Graduates Will Inherit

My family and I spent Monday at Boston College celebrating the graduation of our youngest daughter.

The ‘Joplin Effect’

On the first anniversary of the devastating tornado that touched ground here, the nation focused on this small city of 50,000 and its stories of resiliency and resourcefulness.

More Women are Needed in Congress

Political strategists say that women are critical to the Democrats’ strategy for retaining control of the Senate.

Judge the U.S. Candidates by Their Self-Mastery and Openness

While the presidential primary elections in the United States are not over, Mitt Romney is now almost certain to be the party’s nominee to face Democratic President Barack Obama in November. As gover

Toward a Higher Purpose: Captain Englebert Navigates the Choppy Waters of Network Governance

In Ports in a Storm, a team of Harvard Kennedy School scholars focus diverse conceptual lenses on a single high-stakes management task—enhancing port security across the United States.