Writing. Convening. Teaching. Training. Modeling. Experimenting. Engaging. Across time zones and international boundaries, members of our community are at work. Our “Insights” gallery is a multimedia guide to intellectual life at the Davis Center.
The professor of Armenian studies and Davis Center Executive Committee member has been honored for excellence in undergraduate teaching, including the use of images to promote her students’ curiosity.
How Moscow reacts if the U.S. walks away from the conflict entirely is now the most important question, particularly for Europe, says Davis Center alumna and former national security official Fiona Hill.
Despite White House attempts to work more closely with the Kremlin, the newly released Worldwide Threat Assessment reaffirms that Russia remains a formidable adversary of the U.S., willing to pay a "very high price" to prevail in Ukraine. Davis Center associate Simon Saradzhyan extracts Russia-related nuggets from WTA-2025.
Former U.S. national security official Richard D. Hooker, Jr., now at Harvard’s Belfer Center, discusses Europe’s options for boosting military readiness as Washington warms up to Moscow.
In our Kyiv Connection series, professors Serhii Plokhii of Harvard and Christopher Miller of Tufts reflect on the current war in terms of historical continuities and change — from technologies to global economy.
Harvard history Ph.D. student Yevhenii Monastyrskyi, in residence at the Davis Center in 2023-2025, leverages his skills as a scholar for the sovereignty and security of his native Ukraine.
Political scientist Nargis Kassenova, director of our Program on Central Asia, analyzes developments in the region's richest country for the Atlantic Council, outlining three scenarios for Kazakhstan's path forward.
One year ago this week, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navanly died, at age 47, under murky circumstances in a prison in the Russian Arctic. His friend Yevgenia Albats, a Davis Center visiting scholar, pays tribute to his life and work.
