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    PAE / SYPA Grants

    A number of HKS research centers and initiatives are interested in supporting students conducting their Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE) or Second Year Policy Analysis (SYPA) by providing small grants to help defray the cost of travel or research in the event the student's client is not able to provide funding. Applications will only be accepted through this process for PAE or SYPA funding.

    This funding is...

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    2017 May 04

    Open Study Group Session: The Democracy Crisis in Europe and the US: A Comparative Perspective" Study Group

    4:00pm to 5:30pm

    Location: 

    Littauer 324, Fainsod Room HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge MA 02138

     

    The next open meeting of the Spring 2017 “The Democracy Crisis in Europe and the US: A Comparative Perspective” Study Group led by Ambassador John Shattuck will be held on:

     

    Thursday, May 4th, 2017, 4:00-5:30PM

    Littauer 324, Fainsod Room, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge MA 02138

     

    Title: "The Attack on Democracy in Europe and the US: The Illiberal Governance Model"

     

    There will be three readings for this session.

    1. " Civil Society Independence - Democracy...
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    2017 Sep 12

    Open House & Exhibition: Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

    3:30pm to 4:30pm

    Location: 

    Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, 4th floor

    We welcome you to join us for our annual Open House event. Learn more about the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and our mission to realize global justice through theory, policy, and practice.

    We will discuss ways to get involved with the Carr Center, including learning and funding opportunities for students. There will also be a chance to meet and network with our faculty and ...

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    Mike Pompeo Is Unfit to Lead the CIA If He Doesn't Reject Torture
    Alberto Mora. 1/12/2017. “Mike Pompeo Is Unfit to Lead the CIA If He Doesn't Reject Torture.” The Guardian .Abstract
    Article in The Guardian by Carr Center Senior Fellow Alberto Mora.

    "Among the flurry of confirmation hearings happening this week in the Senate, one in particular will signal whether President-to-be Donald Trump and his administration are, indeed, serious about restoring the failed and discredited Bush-era torture policy.

    Trump’s pick for CIA chief, the US representative Mike Pompeo, will face the Senate intelligence committee and no doubt will be asked about his past support for cruelty. If he fails to renounce torture at his hearing, the Senate should deem Pompeo unfit for the office and vote down his nomination.

    I know what’s at stake from my own experience. I was the navy’s chief lawyer when, in 2002, I learned that detainees held at Guantánamo were being subjected to cruel and unlawful interrogation practices. This wasn’t a case of “bad apples” – it was a case of officials at the highest levels of government choosing to radically reinterpret, distort or violate the law so as to knowingly apply torture. That can’t happen again."

    Read the full Op-Ed in The Guardian.

    Mark Wolf

    Judge Mark Wolf

    Senior Fellow

    Mark Wolf was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1985, served as its Chief Judge from 2006 through 2012, and...

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