Harvard International Review

Harvard International Review America's first barcoded international relations journal. Find us on newsstands or follow us for inci Notable alumni of the undergraduate staff include Philip A.

The Harvard International Review (HIR) is an undergraduate online and quarterly print publication of international relations, with content contributed by the world's leading experts as well as staff writers. The HIR features under-appreciated topics in the international affairs discourse and novel perspectives on more widely discussed topics. The publication is a source of critical analysis, disti

nguishing itself from other publications by serving as a forum for academic debate, applying theory to case studies, analyzing historical trends, and making informed predictions. The HIR has readership spanning six continents and can be found at newsstands and major bookstores. The HIR has featured contributions from a number of established scholars and policymakers from around the world, including Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, Jeffrey Sachs, Paul Krugman, Condoleezza Rice, Amartya Sen, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Ban Ki-Moon, Benazir Bhutto, Al Gore, Kofi Annan, and The Dalai Lama. Brimmer, Bernard Hebda, Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty, Simpsons writer Jeff Martin, Marc Rotenberg, Phillip Steck, and David Laibson.

UNESCO has called for international bans on smartphones in schools. Many teachers are concerned as well: a survey shows ...
01/01/2026

UNESCO has called for international bans on smartphones in schools. Many teachers are concerned as well: a survey shows that 72 percent of high school teachers in the United States view cellphones as a major distraction for students. The growing use of smartphones in schools, along with increasing awareness of their negative effects, has led many countries to restrict their use and support policies that reinforce these measures. Despite this, some see such actions as unnecessary, or as an infringement upon individual rights.

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It’s 2025, and the echoes of war continue to linger across Eastern Europe. For three years, Russia has waged a full-scal...
01/01/2026

It’s 2025, and the echoes of war continue to linger across Eastern Europe. For three years, Russia has waged a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Since its start in 2022, human losses in the ongoing conflict have continued to skyrocket for both sides. Beyond manpower, military equipment is also being rapidly depleted. Since 2022, Ukraine has lost over 1,100 tanks. For Russia, more than 1,400 main battle tanks (MBTs) and 3,700 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and armored personnel carriers (APCs) have been destroyed. Along with these losses, Russia has reevaluated its nuclear policy, simultaneously leaning on forming new strategic partnerships to signal power abroad. But how exactly have these developments affected the security of other nuclear powers? More specifically, how has this nuclear proliferation altered pre-existing nuclear doctrines for other nuclear powers in Asia?

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A new mother travels to Tijuana for body contouring surgery and a “mommy makeover” procedure. A middle-aged man travels ...
12/19/2025

A new mother travels to Tijuana for body contouring surgery and a “mommy makeover” procedure. A middle-aged man travels to Phuket for a lower facelift and abdominal liposuction. A group of teens eagerly plans their all-inclusive plastic surgery package in the Dominican Republic: tummy tucks and tanning on the beaches of Puerto Plata. Google Trend data shows an over 100 percent increase in queries about liposuction in Turkish clinics from 2020 to 2023.

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Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, Harvard ‘09, is the CEO of Zipline, a global logistics company pioneering autonomous drone deli...
12/19/2025

Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, Harvard ‘09, is the CEO of Zipline, a global logistics company pioneering autonomous drone delivery for medical and commercial supplies.

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Although a cure was discovered in 1945, tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s most fatal infectious agent—only briefly o...
12/19/2025

Although a cure was discovered in 1945, tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s most fatal infectious agent—only briefly overtaken by COVID-19 for three years. With increasingly effective treatments discovered from 1952 onward, it would be expected if TB no longer posed a major threat. Nevertheless, despite being preventable and curable, TB was the direct cause of 1.25 million deaths out of 10.8 million infections in 2023 alone. While other diseases may claim more lives overall, TB’s persistence is unique in the fact that it could have been eradicated decades ago if provided the political attention and global investment it requires, rendering it a critical global health issue.

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Isabel Allende is a Chilean-born novelist, feminist, and philanthropist whose books have sold over 80 million copies wor...
12/18/2025

Isabel Allende is a Chilean-born novelist, feminist, and philanthropist whose books have sold over 80 million copies worldwide. She has written 28 bestselling works translated into more than 42 languages, including The House of the Spirits, Paula, Daughter of Fortune, and A Long Petal of the Sea. After her daughter’s death, she founded a global charity that supports women and girls and continues her human-rights advocacy. Her honors include the Presidential Medal of Freedom and multiple literary awards.

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Ned Price was the Deputy to the U.S. Representative to the United Nations from 2024 to 2025, overseeing the U.S. Mission...
12/18/2025

Ned Price was the Deputy to the U.S. Representative to the United Nations from 2024 to 2025, overseeing the U.S. Mission’s Washington office and serving on the National Security Council’s Deputies Committee. He previously served as State Department Spokesperson and Senior Advisor to Secretary Antony Blinken, and earlier held senior roles at the White House, CIA, and National Security Action. Price holds a Masters in Public Policy, International and Global Affairs from the Harvard Kennedy School and is a resident fellow for The Institute of Politics for Fall 2025.

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Since its 19th-century independence wars from Spain, Latin America has embraced caudillismo: a political system headed b...
12/18/2025

Since its 19th-century independence wars from Spain, Latin America has embraced caudillismo: a political system headed by charismatic, personalist leaders unafraid to obtain power by force. The caudillos of the 19th century were military strongmen who challenged colonial authority, directly shaping the national identities of their nascent countries. Over the centuries—even with the end of independence wars and the region’s shift toward more dispersed, democratic power—caudillismo has persisted in Latin American politics. The caudillos of the 20th and 21st centuries can be found both on the left (Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, Juan Perón) and on the right (Fulgencio Batista, Augusto Pinochet).

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“The Year of Elections” marked the eighth year since US President Donald Trump’s initial, remarkable rise to the America...
11/14/2025

“The Year of Elections” marked the eighth year since US President Donald Trump’s initial, remarkable rise to the American presidency. 2024 saw populist figureheads, from Trump to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, swept back into power, entrenching the paradigm’s grip on many of the world’s most populous democracies. However, recent elections in 2025 have suggested a stark reversal of fortune for the seemingly invincible forces of populism that dominated elections the prior year. In Canada and Romania, the forces of establishment politics have surmounted crises and scandals to maintain their grip on power, narrowly preventing right-wing populists from supplanting them. Meanwhile, in Poland, the anti-immigrant and right-populist Law and Justice Party appeared to bolster its hold on fragile institutions after presidential elections that took place in June. Nevertheless, global trends suggest that populism, while still a potent force, is facing a powerful backlash that is gaining momentum after the second inauguration of Trump.

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Madam Atifete Jahjaga served as Kosovo’s fourth president from 2011 to 2016. She started her career in the military, att...
11/14/2025

Madam Atifete Jahjaga served as Kosovo’s fourth president from 2011 to 2016. She started her career in the military, attaining the rank of Major General of the Kosovo Police. Being just 35 years old when she was elected President of the Republic of Kosovo, Madam Jahjaga was the youngest head of state in the Balkans. During her time in office, Madam Jahjaga was a crucial advocate for greater international recognition of Kosovo’s independence, its involvement in international organizations, women’s empowerment, and post-war reconciliation. Today, she continues her work as a servant of the people through the Jahjaga Foundation.

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Across the world, a new generation of cities is emerging. Egypt’s administrative capital is rising from the desert, inte...
10/29/2025

Across the world, a new generation of cities is emerging. Egypt’s administrative capital is rising from the desert, intended to relieve the congestion of Cairo and attract foreign capital. Indonesia is undertaking an even more radical experiment in relocating its capital from the sinking, overcrowded Jakarta to a newly planned city in the forests of Borneo. In Saudi Arabia, NEOM is perhaps the most audacious vision of all—a multi-billion-dollar futuristic zone featuring vertical living, autonomous transport, and AI-powered governance, heralded as a civilizational leap into Saudi Arabia’s post-oil future.

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As the global energy transition accelerates, the ocean floor has emerged as the next frontier in critical mineral compet...
10/29/2025

As the global energy transition accelerates, the ocean floor has emerged as the next frontier in critical mineral competition between the United States and China, as both countries seek geopolitical and energy dominance.

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