Week 7: Reclaiming Conservatism

Can conservatism be revived, and will the Republican Party be its vehicle?

Location: Wexner 332, Harvard Kennedy School

The 2019 Malcolm H. Wiener Lecture in International Political Economy with IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath and Professor Jason Furman on trade tensions and the future of the global economy.

Week 7: Will 2020 be the Year of the Woman in Politics?

It has been 100 years since Women's Suffrage was passed. How far have we come in electing women candidates, getting women out to vote and speaking to women in a way that resonates with them? Alice Stewart is joined by Hillary for President Communications Advisor Adrienne Elrod to discuss the role of women in politics.

Guest: Adrienne Elrod (Democratic Strategist; Former Director of Strategic Communications, Hillary for America)

Location: Institute of Politics (L-163)

Week 7: We the People: Forming an Inclusive, Just and More Perfect Union Through Organizing

How are the progressives and conservatives using narrative as an organizing tool for building a populist movement? What are the distinctions and similarities? How has multi media tools such as films, podcasts and documentaries impacted the political landscape? How can stories and narratives be used as organizing tools and/or be catalytic in mobilizing communities to action? 

Guest: dream hampton (filmmaker and writer; producer of Lifetime's "Surviving R. Kelly")

Location: Institute of Politics (L-166) 

Join the after-Forum Pizza and Politics fascinating post-forum Pizza & Politics event with Brittney Packnett Cunningham, IOP Director's Leader (Fall 2019), IOP Resident Fellow (Fall 2018), #BlackLivesMatter Activist, Co-Founder of Campaign Zero, one of TIME Magazine's 12 New Faces of Black Leadership, and Co-Host of Pod Save the People. Brittany Packnett Cunningham will discuss her experiences working in public service​ for President Obama's 21st Century Policing Task Force and Teach for America, women's empowerment, and how to advocate for historically underrepresented and disadvantaged groups.

A conversation on the history of suffrage with IOP Fall 2019 Resident Fellow LaTosha Brown, League of Women Voters of the United States Virginia Kase, former Dean of Stanford Law Kathleen Sullivan, moderated by Harvard Kennedy School’s Sarah Wald.

Week 7: Statecraft and Social Media: Diplomacy in the Internet Age

Join Bob Cohn for a conversation with Mike McFaul, US Ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014. Posting in both English and Russian, McFaul pioneered the use of Twitter as a tool of diplomacy. A longtime professor of political science at Stanford who writes about global democracy, McFaul was banned by Vladimir Putin from returning to Russia. They'll talk about Putin, Ukraine, Trump, and the role of the press during his tenure.

Guest (via Skype): Michael McFaul (Professor of International Studies in Political Science, Stanford University and US Ambassador to Russia, 2012-2014)

Location: Institute of Politics (L-163)

The annual Robert Glauber Lecture with U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman and CEO, Heath Tarbert on financial regulation.

Join the Ash Center, Institute of Politics, and Harvard Votes Challenge for a workshop hosted by Laura Miller, Mobilization Director at When We All Vote and 2019-20 Technology and Democracy Fellow at the Ash Center. Laura's experience working on digital campaign from the Obama White House to March for Our Lives will inform this unique training on how to create a mobilization strategy that inspires people from all walks of life to engage in a democracy.

Location: Institute of Politics (L-166), Harvard Kennedy School

A discussion with leading conservative thought leaders with Harvard Kennedy Schools’ Arthur Brooks, former Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, political commentator George F. Will moderated by IOP Fall Resident Fellow Alice Stewart.

Week 6: The U.S. and Latin America

We live in a constant changing, very connected, global scenario. Foreign Policy decisions must be based on: i. national interests and priorities; ii. other country ́s priorities and interest and how they affect our own, iii. the common interest. Through the proposed agenda we will attempt to address how national, regional and global scenarios shape our decisions as public authorities, while we seek to promote a better understanding of the choices that public servants are faced with. Our agenda will address personal experience, the global scenario and the Latin American scenario with an emphasis on Panama.

Guest: Susan Segal (President and CEO, Council of the Americas)

Location: Institute of Politics (L-163)

Week 6: Will Conservatism Survive Donald Trump?

There has been no more consistent voice and no more compelling defender of traditional conservatism than George Will. The Wall Street Journal has referred to Will as “Perhaps the most powerful journalist in America.” George Will left the Republican Party after the nomination of the current President. Will’s most recent book, The Conservative Sensibility, will provide the perfect backdrop as we discuss whether or not conservatism will survive the presidency of Donald Trump.

Guest: George Will (Author, "The Conservative Sensibility" and Columnist, The Washington Post)

Location: Wexner 332, Harvard Kennedy School