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But I also know that human progress cannot be denied. There need not be contradiction between development and tradition. Countries like Japan and South Korea grew their economies while maintaining distinct cultures. The same is true for the astonishing progress within Muslim-majority countries from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai. In...
As Commencement approaches, Harvard likes to think it has helped to produce another class of leaders. But are leaders born or made? Is nature or nurture more important? I address these questions in my recent book, The Powers to Lead. How often have you heard someone say that a political...
We all reflected on our own priorities. I listened, as a professor affiliated with two departments that have scant resources to start with and are constantly pleading for augmentation. For years, the tiny Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies has been trying to get the study of South Asia on...
But to give you an idea, the other day I was on the phone with an FBI agent about a wanted terrorist. I'd heard he was holed up in some city in the Middle East. The FBI agent asked how I knew this. A rumor, I answered, adding I...
Perhaps “pandering” to those who like effective government, he also intended to measure the effectiveness of U.S. ambassadors and embassies abroad. Bill Clinton would undoubtedly endorse this approach, since he said at Harvard in 2001 that “almost nobody in the Middle East...