Brighter than Albright
Republican foreign policy experts speak out
By Jeff Letalien
Advertising Manager

Amid U.S. involvement in the Balkans, a policy which has come under criticism from conservative Republicans, Harvard welcomed two foreign policy experts from the last two Republican presidencies.

On Monday, April 5, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeanne Kirkpatrick, now a senior fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute and a professor at Georgetown University, gave an address on her experiences in Ronald Reagan's Administration. Her appearance was part of a series of guest lectures in the Kennedy School of Government Ph.D. candidate Aaron Lobel's IOP study group "Presidential Decision-Making and Foreign Policy." On the following day, Lobel welcomed another important figure from recent Republican administrations, General Brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor under Nixon and Bush. [more...]

Letter from Vienna
Anti-Americanism gets ugly in Central Europe


By Jennifer Monti
Staff Writer


It was a hazy day, comfortable enough to spend wandering the streets of Vienna. My spring break had taken me across the Atlantic to the world of Hapsburg memories, palace courtyards, and history that predates that of the United States by centuries. Amid the sights and sounds of the city, there was little of America to be seen. Except our flag lying on the ground covered with spittle. And our flag hanging lifeless from a stake as flames devoured it. In the streets of the former Hapsburg capital, I saw how our country has extended its influence further than any classical empire, and has inspired dissatisfaction, anger and hatred towards our policies and flag. [more...]


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