This event in the JFK Jr. Forum has been postponed.

Join us in the JFK Jr. Forum for the 2020 Goldsmith Awards Ceremony. Kathleen Carroll, winner of the 2020 Goldsmith Career Award and former AP Executive Editor, will give a keynote speech. Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy Director Nancy Gibbs will moderate the ceremony and present the 2020 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.

This event in the JFK Jr. Forum has been postponed.

The 2020 Edwin L. Godkin lecture featuring John Hennessy, Chairman of Alphabet, in conversation with Harvard Kennedy School’s David Gergen on the state of higher education, challenges for universities, and the role of technology in higher education with a welcome by Dean Douglas Elmendorf. 

Location: Institute of Politics (L-163) 

Topic: American Carnage-How The Rise of Trump Blindsided The Political Establishment and The Continued Fallout

Description: How does the internal struggle between the party base vs the establishment fuel the rise of political insurgents like Trump? Why didn’t more people see it coming? Are Democrats now facing a similar party takeover by their own insurgent candidate?

IOP Resident Fellow Tara Setmayer is a CNN Political Commentator, ABC News Political Contributor and former GOP communications director on Capitol Hill.

Location: Institute of Politics (L-166) 

Topic: Brexit From Inside N° 10

Guest: Baroness Camilla Cavendish (Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice, British journalist, and former Director of Policy for Prime Minister David Cameron)

Description: Continuing our discussion from last week, we’ll look into Brexit from inside N° 10 with Camilla Cavendish, former Director of Policy for Prime Minister David Cameron.

IOP Resident Fellow Lord Kim Darroch's diplomatic career spans over 40 years, primarily focusing on national security issues and European policy while serving as the British Ambassador to the United States (2016-2019), National Security Adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron (2012-2015), Permanent Representative to the European Union (2007-2011), and EU Adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair (2004-2007).

This event in the JFK Jr. Forum has been postponed.

In celebration of International Women's Day, the Institute of Politics convenes a conversation with Farah Pandith, Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center and IOP Resident Fellow, S’14, and Aditi Kumar, Executive Director of the Belfer Center on the role of diplomacy in advancing women's issues on a global scale.  

Location: Institute of Politics (L-163) 

Topic: What Happens When It All Goes Wrong? Responding to Election Interference

Description: Since the 2016 elections, nearly $1 Billion has been spent on new equipment to administer elections. From voting machines to electronic poll books, the first generation of election equipment with cybersecurity in mind is now being used in the 2020 elections. Just how secure are these systems and what are election officials doing to learn from problematic technology rollouts to maintain trust and confidence in US elections? Mark Harvey will lead a group activity to examine election systems in light of cybersecurity standards. Come evaluate how the variety of new systems that have been deployed across the country are configured and used to heighten election security.

IOP Resident Fellow Mark P. Harvey is the former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Resilience Policy on the National Security Council Staff, and over the past 15 years, has helped author a wide variety of plans, policies, and doctrine to foster resilience through effective risk management.

Location: Institute of Politics (L-166) 

Topic: 2020 Election: Where do we go from here?

Guest: David Binder (Founder, David Binder Research)

Description: We will track each of the current Democratic candidates’ pathways to victory and what the polls have shown us so far – what have they gotten right and wrong, and what can we look for in the weeks and months ahead.

IOP Resident Fellow Rohini Kosoglu is a senior advisor to U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris, having most recently served as Chief of Staff to her presidential campaign, Kamala Harris for the People.

This Pizza & Politics event has been cancelled. 

Republican digital strategist Eric Wilson will discuss the latest tech trends, tactics, and strategies campaigns are using to win in 2020. Get an inside look at how data, AI, and money will win the White House.

This event in the JFK Jr. Forum has been postponed.

Join Linda Henry, Managing Director of The Boston Globe, Kasie Hunt, NBC's Capitol Hill Correspondent, and Ashley Parker, White House Reporter, The Washington Post, for a conversation on how today's polarized world impacts the media landscape.

Location: Institute of Politics (L-166) 

Topic: Money Money Money: The Role Money Plays in Media and Politics Against the Economic Divide Among Racial Lines

Description: Anand Giridharadas thinks billionaires are a problem. He penned an op-ed for the NYT and we had a thoughtful exchange about it on air. Given the role money plays in politics and the pipeline it creates to career paths in media, we’ll examine this intersection. We’ll also revisit the debate between Anand and the MSNBC panel.

IOP Resident Fellow Tiffany D. Cross has spent two decades navigating media and policy in the nation’s capital, and is the Co-Founder of The Beat DC, a platform intersecting national politics, policy, business, media, and all people of color.

The Institute of Politics hosts a pop-up Forum on the unfolding Coronavirus epidemic. Join Juliette Kayyem, Faculty Chair, Homeland Security Program; Helen Branswell, Senior Writer, Infectious Disease at STAT; and Michael J. Mina, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in a moderated conversation with Rick Berke, Co-founder & Executive Editor at STAT and IOP Senior Advisory Committee Member.

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Ms. Shawn Skelly is the Co-Founder of Out in National Security and served on active duty in the U.S. Navy for 20 years as a Naval Flight Officer, retiring with the rank of Commander. After a period in industry with ITT Exelis, she joined the Obama Administration in 2013, as the first transgender veteran to be appointed by a President of the United States. She first served as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics at the U.S. Department of Defense, and ultimately as the Director of the Office of the Executive Secretariat at the U.S. Department of Transportation. In 2017, President Obama appointed Shawn to serve as a Commissioner on the newly established National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service.  Shawn was recognized as one of a group of transgender veterans in the 2017 OUT100.