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Feature: The Democratic Necessity of Reckoning

Erica Chenoweth reviews scholarship that overwhelmingly shows the Black Lives Matter movement generated high levels of public awareness about systemic racism and increased support for criminal justice reform.

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Feature: Against Rule-of-Thumb Economics

Dani Rodrik argues against neoliberalism’s universal rule-of-thumb approach and for economic analyses grounded in contextual dependencies.

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Feature: Leaders’ Psychological Bravery

Dana Born explores what skills leaders need to cultivate psychological safety on their teams and across their organizations.

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Feature: Dollar vs. Euro as International Reserve Currencies

Jeffrey Frankel explores the strengths and weaknesses of using the Dollar and the Euro as international reserve currencies.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

How International Relations Theory on Norm Cascades Can Inform the Politics of Climate Change

Sikkink, Kathryn. "How International Relations Theory on Norm Cascades Can Inform the Politics of Climate Change." PS: Political Science & Politics 57.1 (January 2024): 36-39.

The Data of Transitional Justice

Dancy, Geoff, and Kathryn Sikkink. "The Data of Transitional Justice." The Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice. Ed. Jens Meierhenrich, Alexander Laban Hinton, Lawrence Douglas. Oxford University Press, 2023.

Can Justice Bring Peace to Ethiopia? How to Heal Divisions After Decades of War

Vinck, Patrick, Tadesse Simie Metekia, Geoff Dancy, Kathryn Sikkink, and Phuong N. Pham. "Can Justice Bring Peace to Ethiopia? How to Heal Divisions After Decades of War." Foreign Affairs (November 15, 2023).

What Made John Ruggie's World Transformation Theory and Practice Hang Together

Emanuel, Alder, and Kathryn Sikkink. "What Made John Ruggie's World Transformation Theory and Practice Hang Together." International Organization 77.4 (Fall 2023): 871-880.

Russia’s Willing Collaborators: Ukraine Needs a Measured Lustration Policy to Strengthen Security and Rebuild Democracy

Dancy, Geoff, Kathryn Sikkink, Mykhailo Soldatenko, and Patrick Vinck. "Russia’s Willing Collaborators: Ukraine Needs a Measured Lustration Policy to Strengthen Security and Rebuild Democracy." Foreign Affairs. June 8, 2023.

Political Science Did Not Provide Us with the Insights We Needed. An Interview

Sikkink, Kathryn. ""Political Science Did Not Provide Us with the Insights We Needed." An Interview." Embattled Visions: Human Rights since 1990. Ed. Jan Eckel, and Daniel Stahl. Wallstein Verlag, 2022, 297-342.

Diálogos con Shevy sobre derechos humanos, responsabilidades y ciudadanía

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Diálogos con Shevy sobre derechos humanos, responsabilidades y ciudadanía." Pensamientos y afectos en la obra de Elizabeth Jelin. Ed. Sergio Caggiano, Silvina Merenson, and Sebastian Pereyra. Mono y Davila, 2022.

Meditating on rights and responsibility: remarks on ‘the limits and burdens of rights’

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Meditating on rights and responsibility: remarks on ‘the limits and burdens of rights’." International Theory 13.3 (November 2021): 574-580.

Elements in International Relations

Price, Richard, and Kathryn Sikkink. Elements in International Relations. Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Latin American Countries as Norm Protagonists of the Idea of International Human Rights

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Latin American Countries as Norm Protagonists of the Idea of International Human Rights." Understanding Global Cooperation. Ed. Kurt Mills, and Kendall Stiles. Brill, 2021.

Practice What You Preach: Global Human Rights Leadership Begins at Home

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Practice What You Preach: Global Human Rights Leadership Begins at Home." Foreign Affairs, May/June.

Practice What You Preach

Shattuck, John, and Kathryn Sikkink. "Practice What You Preach." Foreign Affairs 100.3 (May/June 2021): 150-160.

Introductory Remarks

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Introductory Remarks." Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting 115 (March 2021): 257-265.

The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities

Sikkink, Kathryn. The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities. Yale University Press, 2020.

Strategizing for Human Rights: From Ideals to Practice

Johnson, Douglas A., and Kathryn Sikkink. "Strategizing for Human Rights: From Ideals to Practice." The Limits of Human Rights. Ed. Bardo Fassbender and Knut Traisbach. Oxford University Press, 2020.

Behind Bars and Bargains: New Findings on Transitional Justice in Emerging Democracies: Research Note

Sikkink, Kathryn, Geoff Dancy, Bridget Marchesi, Tricia Olsen, Leigh Payne, and Andrew Reiter. "Behind Bars and Bargains: New Findings on Transitional Justice in Emerging Democracies: Research Note." International Studies Quarterly 63.1 (Spring 2019): 99-110.

Breaking the Ban? The Heterogeneous Impact of US Contestation of the Torture Norm

Sikkink, Kathryn, and Averell Schmidt. "Breaking the Ban? The Heterogeneous Impact of US Contestation of the Torture Norm." Journal of Global Security Studies 4.1 (January 2019): 105-122.

Here’s What Erick Erickson Gets Wrong about Dictators and Migration

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Here’s What Erick Erickson Gets Wrong about Dictators and Migration." Washington Post, December 4, 2018.

Partners in Crime: An Empirical Investigation of the CIA Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation Program

Sikkink, Kathryn, and Averell Schmidt. "Partners in Crime: An Empirical Investigation of the CIA Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation Program." Perspectives on Politics 16.4 (December 2018): 1014-1033.

A Cautionary Note about the Frame of Peril and Crisis in Human Rights Activism

Sikkink, Kathryn. "A Cautionary Note about the Frame of Peril and Crisis in Human Rights Activism." Rising to the Populist Challenge: A New Playbook for Human Rights Actors. Ed. Rodríguez-Garavito, César and Krizna Gomez. Dejusticia, 2018.

Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century

Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century

Sikkink, Kathryn. Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century. Princeton University Press, 2017.

Human Rights Data, Processes, and Outcomes: How Recent Research Points to a Better Future

Sikkink, Kathryn, and Geoff Dancy. "Human Rights Data, Processes, and Outcomes: How Recent Research Points to a Better Future." Human Rights Futures. Ed. Stephen Hopgood, Jack Snyder, and Leslie Vinjamuri. Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Timing and Sequencing in International Politics: Latin America’s Contributions to Human Rights

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Timing and Sequencing in International Politics: Latin America’s Contributions to Human Rights." International Politics and Institutions in Time. Ed. Orfeo Fioretos. Oxford University Press, 2017, 231-250.

(Re)discovering Duties: Individual Responsibilities in the Age of Rights

Sikkink, Kathryn and Fernando Berdion del Valle. "(Re)discovering Duties: Individual Responsibilities in the Age of Rights." Minnesota Journal of International Law 26 (January-February 2017).

Response to David L. Richards

Clark, Ann Marie, and Kathryn Sikkink. "Response to David L. Richards." Human Rights Quarterly 38.2 (May 2016): 493-496.

Evaluating Transitional Justice: The Role of Multi-Level Mixed Methods Datasets and the Colombia Reparation Program for War Victims

Pham, Phuong Ngoc, Patrick Vinck, Bridget Marchesi, Doug Johnson, Peter J. Dixon, and Kathryn Sikkink. "Evaluating Transitional Justice: The Role of Multi-Level Mixed Methods Datasets and the Colombia Reparation Program for War Victims." Transitional Justice Review 1.4 (March 2016): 3.

Human Rights

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Human Rights." Why Govern? Rethinking Demand, Purpose and Progress in Global Governance. Ed. Amitav Acharya. Cambridge University Press, 2016, 121-137.

Latin America's Protagonist Role in Human Rights

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Latin America's Protagonist Role in Human Rights." Sur International Journal on Human Rights, English ed. 12.22 (December 2015): 207-219.

Latin America and the Idea of International Human Rights

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Latin America and the Idea of International Human Rights." Routledge Handbook of Latin America in the World. Ed. Jorge I. Dominguez and Ana Covarrubias. Routledge, 2015, 349-361.

Nothing but the Truth:
Brazil's Truth Commission Looks Back

Sikkink, Kathryn, and Bridget Marchesi. "Nothing but the Truth: Brazil's Truth Commission Looks Back." Foreign Affairs. February 26, 2015.

Latin American Countries as Norm Protagonists of the Idea of International Human Rights

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Latin American Countries as Norm Protagonists of the Idea of International Human Rights." Global Governance 20.3 (July-September 2014): 389-404.

Human Rights Prosecutions and the Participation Rights of Victims in Latin America

Michel, Verónica, and Kathryn Sikkink. "Human Rights Prosecutions and the Participation Rights of Victims in Latin America." Law & Society Review 47.4 (December 2013): 873-907.

The Justice Cascade: The Origins and Effectiveness of Prosecutions of Human Rights Violations

Sikkink, Kathryn, and and Hun Joon Kim. "The Justice Cascade: The Origins and Effectiveness of Prosecutions of Human Rights Violations." Annual Review of Law and Social Science 9 (November 2013): 269-285.

Information Effects and Human Rights Data: Is the Good News about Increased Human Rights Information Bad News for Human Rights Measures?

Clark, Ann Marie, and Kathryn Sikkink. "Information Effects and Human Rights Data: Is the Good News about Increased Human Rights Information Bad News for Human Rights Measures?" Human Rights Quarterly 35.3 (August 2013): 539-568.

The Persistent Power of Human Rights: From Commitment to Compliance

Risse, Thomas, Stephen C. Ropp, and Kathryn Sikkink, eds. The Persistent Power of Human Rights: From Commitment to Compliance. Cambridge University Press, 2013.