Dean Badaracco defends the administration’s current policy to only allow the raising of flags recognized by the International Olympic Committee. Among the great advantages of a Harvard MBA is the opportunity to be a part of a diverse community that reflects a wide array of beliefs, backgrounds, and experiences. While this can prove challenging at [...]
The HBS Administration’s Flag Policy
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Jan 202009
Nov 192007
On October 25, 2007, the day after the birthday of the United Nations (October 24, 1945), His Excellency Dr. Srgjan Kerim, the President of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly, a prominent diplomat on the world stage, addressed the Harvard Business School community on globalization and national sovereignty. According to H.E. Kerim, “the [...]
Reinvigorating the African Standby Force-How to Develop the Envisioned “African Solution for African Problems”
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Oct 032006
To avoid a tragic exacerbation of the regional conflict in Darfur, the world stands largely united in its condemnation of Khartoum and its hope for the eventual introduction of an international UN peacekeeping force. Given the significantly limited experience, resources, and mandate of the in-country African Standby Force (ASF), deployed as the African Mission in [...]
Social Enterprise Perspectives: Solutions to Poverty in Economically Depressed Madagascar
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Oct 242005
Organization: United Nations Development Program (UNDP)Location: Antananarivo, Madagascar Last summer, I worked at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Country Office in Antananarivo, Madagascar. I worked for the Growing Sustainable Business (GSB) Initiative, a program designed to identify and facilitate enterprise solutions to poverty. My task was to identify pro-poor private sector investment opportunities in [...]
Summer in Kosovo
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Oct 252004
Organization: Mercy Corps International Location: Pristina, Kosovo I spent my summer in BGIEland, but unfortunately there was no Professor Julio to answer clarifying questions. The situation in Kosovo was basically 60% unemployment, exports equaling 4% of imports, minimal investment, 70% of the population under age 30, ethnic tensions, minimal education, health, and social benefits, UN [...]
Big Questions About Iraq
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Feb 182003
The Iraq situation is turning into a mess. Bickering between the United States and Germany-France-Belgium over how to deal with Saddam Hussein has risen to worrisome levels. Should there be a war? Should there be a second resolution? Should the United Nations be involved? Should Hussein be given another chance? These are all questions that [...]
Editorial
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Jan 272003
It appears inevitable that the United States will soon go to war. If by chance of a miracle we do not fight Iraq, we will continue to engage with absolute certainty against the state of domestic and international public opinion. In one of this week’s featured articles, we explore America’s diplomatic strategy to persuade Turkey, [...]
Mary Robinson: International Human Rights Advocate
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Oct 072002
September 30 – Mary Robinson (HLS ’68) addressed a packed Forum at the Kennedy School of Government’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy last Monday evening on the topic of “States, Society and the Future of Human Rights.” Robinson, who served as the first woman president of Ireland, recently concluded her term as the UN [...]
Israel – UN Relations
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May 062002
The current round of violence in the Middle East has caused much worldwide debate. Europe and the rest of the world have been in the Palestinian camp, while the U.S. has generally backed Israel while trying to maintain relations with the Arab nations it strives to ally with in its war on terrorism. At the [...]
Camp David Palestinian-Israeli Peace Negotiations:
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Apr 222002
A summary of a lecture given by Dr. Jerome Segal of the Center of Intl Studies at the University of Maryland given at the Weatherhead Center for Intl Affairs at Harvard on April 16th. Dr. Segal started his discussion by identifying the fact that the Bush administration arrived to power with a belief that has [...]
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