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Fueling pathbreaking social science research that delves deep to examine complex global issues. 

Beyond Paris: Building a Practical Climate Coalition

Epicenter: At the Heart of Research and Ideas

Aluminum, steel, and concrete are some of the most carbon-intensive industries, and many countries already have a tax on them. But not the United States. That fact hasn’t stopped the social scientists in the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Climate Policy from spearheading worldwide cooperation on carbon pricing. 

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Program on US-Japan Relations Seminar

October 5, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT

After Liberalism? Political Myths, Order-Building and The Return of History in East Asia

Speaker: Benjamin Ho, Assistant Professor and Coordinator, China Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore.

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Weatherhead Scholars Program: Coffee and Conversation

October 5, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT

Multipolarity in the Age of Geopolitical Recession: The Many-Body Problem

Speaker: Vuk Jeremić, President, Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD); Professor of Practice, Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs and...

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Press Release for "Imagine: Reflections on Peace"

Imagine: Reflections on Peace opens October 5 at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Cambridge, MA. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Imagine: Reflections on Peace, an exhibition of photographs and short films...

Welcome Message from Center Director Melani Cammett

Our mission is to support pathbreaking research across the social sciences on the most important questions facing societies around the world. We leverage our deep pool of experts to bring their research to bear on complex global issues, and to translate...