Magazines and websites covering current international affairs
- The Economist (Harvard Login)London-based weekly news magazine (which somehow still likes to refer to itself as a "newspaper") that contains excellent coverage of current events around the globe.
Note: Please disregard any prompts to register or subscribe as this will limit your access. If you experience any difficulty with access you can also get articles in ABI/Inform or by using the unproxied Economist website while on the Harvard VPN. - Foreign Affairs (HKS Login)Perhaps the most influential American magazine in foreign policy and international relations, published bimonthly by the Council on Foreign Relations.
- Foreign Policy (Harvard Login)Website of the bimonthly magazine, updated daily; contains news, analysis, and opinion—as well as some very interesting, informative podcasts.
- Project Syndicate (Harvard Login)Billed as "the world's opinion page," publishes commentary and op-eds from major international scholars and intellectuals on a vast array of topics in international politics, economics, etc.
Newspapers
The HKS Library offers access to daily newspapers—e.g., New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Financial Times—to all current HKS students, faculty, and staff. Check our guide to top news sources for information on how you can sign up for an account.
Additional newspapers (including international ones) are accessible through aggregator databases such as Factiva (Harvard Login), Nexis Uni (Harvard Login), or ProQuest International Newsstream (Harvard Login). HKS affiliates also have access to region-specific news coverage through a variety of subscription databases and websites.
Podcasts
HKS PolicyCast
Regular podcast featuring discussions about current issues in public policy with HKS faculty and fellows.
Justice Matters
From the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, critical discussions on wide range of human rights issues.
Global Dispatches
Interviews with international leaders and foreign policy experts on current world affairs, hosted by Mark Leon Goldberg of the UN Dispatch blog.
Pod Save the World!
Weekly discussions on international politics and (U.S.) foreign policy with "Pod Save America" co-host Tommy Vietor and former National Security Council official Ben Rhodes.
Undercurrents
Interviews about current international affairs with experts from Chatham House, the London-based Royal Institute of International Affairs.
The World
International news and analysis from Public Radio International (PRI).
The World Next Week
Preview of world events in the week ahead, presented by the Council on Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs magazine [access to foreignaffairs.com restricted to HKS and HLS IP addresses].
World Politics Review Podcast
News and opinion on international politics and international relations, with a self-described "liberal internationalist" but otherwise nonpartisan and politically independent outlook.