On April 13, the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School hosted a conversation between Mitt Romney—former U.S. Senator from Utah, governor of Massachusetts, and presidential candidate—and Jill Lepore, the David Woods Kemper Professor of American History at Harvard College. The event marked the second installment in “America at 250 and Beyond,” a series […]
It’s 7:30 a.m. in Havana, Cuba, and the sun is slowly rising above the malecón, the highway that runs along the city’s northern coastline. The orange glow of the sunrise reflects off the waves beating against the seawall. I run north, then east toward the harbor’s edge. After turning around, I pass the U.S. embassy […]
On Dec. 30, 2025, the People’s Liberation Army launched what it called “Justice Mission 2025”—a two-day operation during which PLA artillery units fired 27 rockets into the waters surrounding Taiwan while Chinese ships and aircraft reportedly practiced repelling an approaching enemy force. The operation marked a sharp escalation in a long-standing trend of aggression from […]
