International


Geopolitics and the Energy Transition

International relations during the shift to a net-zero economy

by Jonathan Shaw

Can Financial Crises Be Predicted?

Contrary to expert belief, some financial crises can be predicted—and perhaps averted.

by Jonathan Shaw

Understanding Ebola

The 2014 epidemic was rooted in centuries of exploitation and war, Paul Farmer argues.

by Jonathan Shaw

Caroline Buckee: Can Mobile-phone Data Help Control the Spread of the Coronavirus?

Anonymized location data can help guide strategies for protecting public health in a pandemic.

Mayra Rivera

How apocalyptic narratives help make sense of the modern world

by Lydialyle Gibson

Controlling the Global Thermostat

Coming to terms with climate change’s relentless, long-term fallout

by Jonathan Shaw

Family History

A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Claudia Jones

Brief life of an intersectional activist: 1915-1964

by Clarissa Atkinson

At Home with Harvard: Harvard in the World

Harvard Magazine’s coverage of the University’s expanding global reach

How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Fall semester interrupted, a century ago

by Matteo Wong

The Indispensable Power

On restoring American leadership through diplomacy

by Nicholas Burns