Nuclear Power & the Language of Diplomacy: Negotiating a Game-Changing Nuclear Trade Agreement with India

Publication Date: June 18, 2014

This decision-forcing case focuses on a diplomatic challenge faced by US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran between April and July 2005: the writing of a 400-word joint statement...

In the Crossfire: Guns, Legislative Leadership and Recall Politics in Colorado

Publication Date: June 18, 2014

In 2013, democratic Colorado state senators John Morse and Angela Giron were recalled from office in the wake of a successful recall campaign launched by grassroots groups angered by the senators' support for newly-enacted gun control...

Inundation: The Slow-Moving Crisis of Pakistan's 2010 Floods (Epilogue)

Publication Date: June 16, 2014

This epilogue accompanies case 2016.0. In summer 2010, unusually intense monsoon rains in Pakistan triggered slow-moving floods that inundated a fifth of the country and displaced millions of people. This case describes how Pakistan's government...

Inundation: The Slow-Moving Crisis of Pakistan's 2010 Floods (B)

Publication Date: June 16, 2014

In summer 2010, unusually intense monsoon rains in Pakistan triggered slow-moving floods that inundated a fifth of the country and displaced millions of people. This case describes how Pakistan's government responded to this disaster and...

Inundation: The Slow-Moving Crisis of Pakistan's 2010 Floods (A)

Publication Date: June 16, 2014

In summer 2010, unusually intense monsoon rains in Pakistan triggered slow-moving floods that inundated a fifth of the country and displaced millions of people. This case describes how Pakistan's government responded to this disaster and...

Negotiating from the Margins: The Santa Clara Pueblo Seeks Key Ancestral Lands (Video Supplements)

Publication Date: May 22, 2014

These video supplements accompany HKS Case# 2021, "Negotiating from the Margins: The Santa Clara Pueblo Seeks Key Ancestral Lands." This negotiations case describes the approach, over time, of Santa Clara, a small Pueblo Indian tribe in New...

Negotiating from the Margins: The Santa Clara Pueblo Seeks Key Ancestral Lands (Sequel)

Publication Date: May 22, 2014

This negotiations case describes the approach, over time, of Santa Clara, a small Pueblo Indian tribe in New Mexico, to recover a piece of land tribal leaders viewed as integral to their ancestral homeland. Unlike many negotiations cases, which...

Negotiating from the Margins: The Santa Clara Pueblo Seeks Key Ancestral Lands

Publication Date: May 22, 2014

This negotiations case describes the approach, over time, of Santa Clara, a small Pueblo Indian tribe in New Mexico, to recover a piece of land tribal leaders viewed as integral to their ancestral homeland. Unlike many negotiations cases, which...

Expanding Health Insurance to Millions: Learning from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment

Publication Date: May 22, 2014

In 2008, the state of Oregon had the budget to enroll 10,000 individuals into Medicaid. But officials knew that demand for Medicaid would be far greater. To give all poor, uninsured Oregonians a fair chance at receiving health insurance, the...

Derailed on Arrival? Jay Walder & the NY MTA's Surprise Budget Crisis

Publication Date: June 29, 2012

How to fill a sudden, massive budget deficit with least damage to the public and the long term well-being of the agency? That complex question was at the heart of the dilemma faced in 2010 by Jay Walder, incoming CEO of New York's Metropolitan...

Rebuilding Aceh: Indonesia's BRR Spearheads Post-Tsunami Recovery (Epilogue)

Publication Date: April 30, 2014

This epilogue accompanies Case Number 2010.0, "Rebuilding Aceh: Indonesia's BRR Spearheads Post-Tsunami Recovery." The December 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami caused tremendous damage and suffering on several continents, with Indonesia's Aceh...

Rebuilding Aceh: Indonesia's BRR Spearheads Post-Tsunami Recovery

Publication Date: April 30, 2014

The December 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami caused tremendous damage and suffering on several continents, with Indonesia's Aceh Province (located on the far northern tip of Sumatra Island) experiencing the very worst. In the tsunami's wake--and...