Harvard Kennedy School provides perspective
As the 2024 U.S. presidential election approaches, HKS faculty draw from their research and expertise to explain the issues at stake and how they affect the United States and beyond.
Presidential Election
After an attempted assassination, how to turn back a rising tide of political threats and violence
Harvard Kennedy School Professors Archon Fung and Erica Chenoweth say leaders can lower the political temperature without chilling democratic debate—but only if they speak with one voice against violence.
HKS experts evaluate media coverage of the careening U.S. Election
Harvard Kennedy School professors, Nancy Gibbs and Thomas Patterson, reflect on the challenges news media creators and consumers face, and whether we are likely to get away from the usual horse race coverage of the presidential election.
HKS security expert Juliette Kayyem sees a heightened security environment with Kamala Harris campaigning. Is the Secret Service prepared?
Harvard Kennedy School security expert, Juliette Kayyem considers what security measures will look like after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
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