Expert Insights
One year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Harvard Kennedy School faculty members reflect on how the conflict has changed the way we think about vital global issues and what lessons it has taught us.
O’Sullivan and Frankel: How the sanctions on Putin’s Russia are reshaping the world economic order
Meghan O'Sullivan & Jeffrey Frankel
Spotlight on Ukraine
Harvard Kennedy School faculty
“I heard hope”: Harvard reacts to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s HKS Forum address
Harvard Kennedy School students
Better coordination and more granular design can make sanctions on Russia much more effective, research finds
Harvard Kennedy School’s Growth Lab
Reform, refugees, and the war next door: President Maia Sandu of Moldova
Maia Sandu MC/MPA 2010
Earnest defenders in the darkest hour
Harvard Kennedy School students
Russia is using rape as a weapon of war against Ukraine
Dara Kay Cohen
These Russia sanctions are different
Jeffrey Frankel
Helping Ukraine Win Against Russia Is a Vital NATO Interest
Paula Dobriansky
What would be signs protests in Russia are making a difference?
Erica Chenoweth
Why China Won’t Mediate an End to the Ukraine War
Joseph Nye
What to know about the threat of nuclear war
Matthew Bunn
It’s going to get worse before it gets better in Ukraine
Ash Carter
How Russians see Russia
Natasha Yefimova-Trilling
Ukraine war prompts surprising unity in Europe on need for bolstered defense
Stephen Walt
Tony Saich on Sino-Russian relations and how Beijing views the invasion of Ukraine
Anthony Saich
Impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine
Belfer Center experts
The case for a punitive tax on Russian oil
Ricardo Hausmann
How democracy drives the resistance in Ukraine
Pippa Norris
Harvard professor warns of misinformation in Russia-Ukraine conflict
Joan Donovan
Cyberattacks against Ukraine have intensified in recent days
Lauren Zabierek
‘A lot at stake’ with oil markets for Russia and the West
Meghan O'Sullivan
Why peace in Ukraine isn’t likely soon
Graham Allison
Autocracy and patriarchy are surging worldwide—but women are pushing back
Erica Chenoweth & Zoe Marks
Ukraine crisis: Will China have Putin’s back?
Graham Allison
Russian invasion of Ukraine would have global impact, specialists say
Paul Kolbe & Paula Dobriansky
The West is sleepwalking into war in Ukraine
Stephen Walt
What happens next in Ukraine?
Kevin Ryan
Watch carefully how China responds to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, says national security analyst
Juliette Kayyem
Wide range of possible targets for Russian cyber strikes, from infrastructure to smartphones
Lauren Zabierek
The economic consequences of the Ukraine war
Jason Furman
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfolds, many analysts question what happens next
Mariana Budjeryn
Why Ukraine gave up its nukes
Mariana Budjeryn
Ukraine attack: Putin target may be democracy, near and far
Pippa Norris
How to think about the risk of nuclear war, according to 3 experts
Matthew Bunn
Summers says ‘more dangerous world’ requires an FDR-like pivot
Lawrence Summers
Can intelligence tell how far Putin will go?
Calder Walton
Russia’s attack is illegal and a wake-up call to the West
Paula Dobriansky
Russian disinformation, propaganda ramp up as conflict in Ukraine grows
Jane Lytvynenko
A hurting stalemate? The risks of nuclear weapon use in the Ukraine crisis
Francesca Giovannini
Why peace in Ukraine isn’t likely soon
Graham Allison
It gets worse before it gets better in Ukraine
Ash Carter, Paul Kolbe, Kevin Ryan
Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter discusses Russia's invasion of Ukraine at IOP Forum
Ash Carter, Eric Rosenbach
What mobilises the Ukrainian resistance?
Pippa Norris
Sanctions will devastate the Russian economy—will they destabilise the west’s?
Megan Greene
Will China's support for Russia hold as condemnation over Ukraine grows?
Tony Saich
Ukraine war drives Europe toward unity on bolstering defense
Steve Walt
Centers, Programs, & Resources
Harvard Kennedy School
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
- Russia Matters
- Intelligence Project
- Geopolitics of Energy Project
- Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
- US-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Center for International Development
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy