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Russian foreign influence is slowly encroaching on the Sahel’s people, governments, and defensive mechanisms. Though originally limited to armed forces that aimed to defend countries and their ...

Alexander De Croo served as Prime Minister of Belgium from October 2020 until February 2025. He previously served as the Belgian Minister of Finance and Development Cooperation. De Croo studied at ...

Mati Carbon Removals has made tremendous progress in the last few years, and has already begun operations in India, Tanzania and Zambia. Why has the Global South been the priority frontier for this ...

The Flight School has chosen to reimagine the gap year, instead, calling it a “launch year.” Could you share the message and purpose behind this rebranding? The transition after high school shouldn't ...

Yanxi Fang Yanxi Fang is a junior at Harvard studying Government and Economics, and serves as an Executive Content Editor at the HIR. He is interested in transportation and logistics in an ...

Will Schrepferman Will Schrepferman is an Associate Editor and Staff Writer for the HIR. He is interested in international law and has previously written about multilateral agreements on space ...

Talia M. Blatt I am a rising sophomore at Harvard, considering a joint concentration in Social Studies and Integrative Biology with a citation in Chinese. I specialize in East Asian geopolitics and ...

Jelena studies history and literature with a secondary in economics and a citation in Russian. She specializes in Eastern European politics and military intelligence.

Paul Apostolicas Paul Apostolicas is Editor-in-Chief of the HIR. He is particularly interested in political economy, national security, and human rights.

Kate Bigley Kate Bigley is a staff writer for the HIR and is studying linguistics. 3 posts Energy & Environment ...