The 2017 Pollak Lecture by:
General Stanley McChrystal
Founder,  McChrystal Group
Retired Four-Star General, United States Army
Douglas Elmendorf (Moderator)
Dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Moderator Douglas Elmendorf, Dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, was joined by Retired Four Star General Stanley McChrystal, founder of the McChrystal Group for the 2017 Pollak Lecture. In his lecture, General McChrystal discussed an array of issues relating to the road to citizenship in the United States, including the promise of the youngest generation of Americans and the difficulties that come along with redefining citizenship. General McChrystal also took questions from the audience on barriers to transformative change and how his military experience has contributed to his worldview.

Join the Internships and Career Services Team alongside the Office of Career Services and representatives from the Central Intelligence Agency for a CIA Information Session. This event takes places on Tuesday, April 11th from 4:00-5:00PM at the Office of Career Services (54 Dunster Street). 

Interested in the foreign service? Want to learn what it is like working in Vietnam?  Want to know more about U.S.– Asia foreign policy?

Join us for a dinner discussion with U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius

Ted Osius currently serves as the United States Ambassador to Vietnam. He graduated from Harvard College in 1984, before receiving a master’s in international economics and U.S. foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University. Early in his career, he served in Manila, Vatican City, and the UN, and in 1997, he helped set up the U.S. consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. He served as Deputy Director of the Office of Korean Affairs in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Political Minister-Counselor in New Delhi, India, and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, before being nominated by President Obama for his ambassadorship in 2014. He has served since his Senate confirmation in November 2014 and is the first openly gay U.S. Ambassador to East Asia. 

All Harvard students (regardless of IOP affiliation) are invited. 

Pizza will be served.
Please note: all Pizza and Politics events are strictly off-the-record

Join The Internships & Career Services Team as we hear from Adotei Akwei, Managing Director for Government Relations for Amnesty International USA during our lunch event On Human Rights Advocacy: Working for Amnesty International. This event takes place on Monday, April 10th from 12:30-1:30pm in L166. 

Featured Keynote for the 2017 Black Policy conference
Loretta E. Lynch
83rd Attorney General of the United States
Harvard College '81 and Harvard Law School '84
Christopher Robichaud (Moderator)
Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

***THIS EVENT WILL BE TICKETED***
To enter the lottery, go HERE before Tuesday, April 4th at noon. Winners will be notified by email the evening of Tuesday, April 4th.  Winners must pick up their tickets at the Institute of Politics on Wednesday, April 5 between 9:00 and 5:00 PM or Thursday, April 6, between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM; a valid ID must be presented to pick up a ticket.  No Exceptions.

Moderator Christopher Robichaud, Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and former Attorney General of the United States, Harvard College graduate of the class of ’81 and Harvard Law School graduate of the class of ’84, Loretta E. Lynch, discuss the leadership lessons Attorney General Lynch took away from her positions in office, the need for communication and transparency between law enforcement and the judiciary and local citizens, the War on Drugs, the dynamic between the Trump Administration and the judiciary, and civil rights issues.

Members of the Internships and Career Services team are happy to help direct you to public serivce opportunites as well as answer any questions you may have about our summer programming! SIgn up here for a time to swing by Internships and Career Services on the second floor of the IOP (L- 278) to talk with our team. 

A Public Address by
Her Excellency Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
President of the Republic of Mauritius

Archon Fung (Moderator)
Academic Dean and Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship, Harvard Kennedy School

President of the Republic of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-Fakim joined moderator Archon Fung, Academic Dean and Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship, Harvard Kennedy School, to discuss the goals and challenges facing the Republic of Mauritius. President Gurib-Fakim also discussed her personal and political life in Mauritius and took questions from the audience regarding Africa, the United States, and women in politics.