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Panelists discuss nuclear proliferation at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.

After decades of nuclear restraint, new challenges loom

Harvard Kennedy School scholars discuss nonproliferations at the first Carnesale Convening, organized by Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

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Acknowledgment of Land and People

Harvard University is located on the traditional land of the Massachusett people, and the Nipmuc and Wampanoag Nations have long been our neighbors as well. Harvard Kennedy School recognizes and honors the past, present, and future of these Indigenous people and precious lands.