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  1. Moneyball for Government

    Panelists Jim Nussle, President and CEO of the Credit Union National Association, and Peter Orszag, Vice Chairman of Corporate Investment Banking and Chairman of the Financial Strategy and Solutions Group at Citigroup, joined moderator Nina Easton, Senior ...

  2. Politics, Humor & Playing a Terrorist on TV

    Comedian and actor Maz Jobrani joined Egyptian television host and Spring 2015 IOP Fellow Bassem Youssef for a conversation on “Politics, Humor & Playing a Terrorist on TV.” The pair discussed political satire, assimilation in the United States, and t ...

  3. The Goldsmith Awards Ceremony

    Veteran reporter Marvin Kalb, Winner of the 2015 Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism, addressed the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on a range of issues that plague modern journalism and the challenges journalism faces to remain modern and curre ...

  4. Women in Power: The Impact of “Critical Mass”

    Panelists Jeanne Shaheen, US Senator from New Hampshire, Fernande R.V. Duffy, Associate Justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and Amy Schulman, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, joined moderator Jay Newt ...

  5. A Conversation with The Honorable Tarja Halonen

    Former President of Finland Tarja Halonen joined Harvard Kennedy School Dean David Ellwood in conversation at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. President Halonen discussed the history of Finland under her leadership along with her personal history, highlight ...

  6. Tunisia: A Start-up Democracy

    The Honorable Mehdi Jomaa, Former Prime Minister of Tunisia, addressed the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on the process of transforming Tunisia into a democracy, after the events of the 2011 Arab Spring. Prime Minister Jomaa also discussed Tunisia’s upcoming ...

  7. 50 Years after the Voting Rights Act: Strategies for Moving Forward

    Panelists Robert C. “Bobby” Scott,  House of Representatives (D-VA) and Penda D. Hair, Co-founder and Co-Director of the Advancement Project, joined moderator Alex Keyssar for a panel discussion to reflect on the impact of the Voting Rights Act on its fif ...

  8. Challenges to Democracy: The Future of Policing

    Panelists Charles Ramsey, Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department, Annise Parker, Mayor of the City of Houston, and Phillip Atiba Goff, Visiting Scholar of the Malcolm Weiner Center for Social Policy joined moderator David Ellwood, Dean of the ...

  9. Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York

    Brandon Stanton, curator of the popular blog, “Humans of New York” addressed the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on the behind the scenes work required to run one of the most popular sites on the Internet. The Forum was moderated by the Institute of Politics Di ...

  10. From the Frontlines: Women Battle War

    HKS Lecturer and former U.S. Ambassador to Austria (1993-97) Swanee Hunt moderated the 16th annual Institute for Inclusive Security Colloquium panel discussion with female leaders and activists Jacqueline Pitanguy of Brazil, The Honorable Martha Karua of ...

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