Bridging the Health Care Gap: Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina

Publication Date: June 18, 2025

In 2017, newly elected North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper inherited a state deeply divided over Medicaid expansion. Though the Affordable Care Act had offered states the opportunity to expand coverage to low-income residents years earlier,...

Eradicate or Contain? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Navigates the M. Bovis Outbreak (B)

Publication Date: May 28, 2025

This B case is a companion document to HKS #2299.0 "Eradicate or Contain? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Navigates the M. Bovis Outbreak (A)," which also includes five short video supplements featuring Jacinda Ardern.    It...

Eradicate or Contain? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Navigates the M. Bovis Outbreak (A)

Publication Date: May 28, 2025

When Jacinda Ardern became prime minister of New Zealand in October 2017, she immediately faced a major crisis: an outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis), a serious cattle disease threatening the country's dairy industry. With the dairy...

Fanning the Flames: Chile's Pandemic-Era Battle with Inflation, Civil Unrest, and Political Polarization Epilogue

Publication Date: May 14, 2025

This epilogue is paired with case 2298.0, which ends with President Boric facing immense pressure to identify the root cause of his country's 2022 inflation crisis. Through a short narrative and several exhibits, it reveals several key...

Fanning the Flames: Chile's Pandemic-Era Battle with Inflation, Civil Unrest, and Political Polarization

Publication Date: May 14, 2025

Fanning the Flames describes a period of unrest in Chile spanning from 2019 to 2022. During this time, a mass protest movement, the COVID-19 pandemic, skyrocketing inflation, and political upheaval presented deep challenges to...

Dan Doctoroff and the Power of Collaboration: Target ALS Accelerates the Race Against a Deadly Disease

Publication Date: January 10, 2025

The case study examines Dan Doctoroff, an innovative leader in the public and private sectors, and his efforts to turbo-charge philanthropy and find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease...

Development Diplomacy in Action: The CASA-1000 Electricity Grid

Publication Date: February 6, 2025

Scenario:This eight-party development diplomacy simulation, set in late 2024, places students in a complex negotiation to revive the stalled regional energy infrastructure project known as CASA-1000. This transmission line seeks to create a regional...

The Economic and Political Drivers of U.S. Tariff Policy

Publication Date: January 29, 2025

This 10-min. video case is designed to illustrate the role that economic considerations and political calculations play when a large country decides to impose tariffs on imported foreign goods. It uses a real-life example, a trade dispute...

Dallas Independent School District Changes the Default: Interview with Shannon Trejo

Publication Date: January 8, 2025

In 2019, the Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD) decided to change its policy regarding enrollment in middle school Honors classes. The change was driven by a need to increase participation in these advanced courses by students of...

The Belgrade Waste Management PPP: Balancing Adequacy, Affordability, and Sustainability in Solid Waste Management

Publication Date: October 8, 2024

The case traces the actions by the city of Belgrade (Serbia) to replace a waste landfill that was an environmental disaster with both an Energy from Waste (EfW) plant, a new landfill, and a methane-driven district heating facility. The city...

Shimla City High School & Camp Sunshine: Negotiating Over Limited Resources

Publication Date: November 13, 2024

Scenario:In this fictional simulation, Shimla City High School has been dealing with financial troubles and is leasing its fleet of five school buses during the summer holidays to raise funds. Camp Sunshine, an environmentally oriented children’s...

Giant of the Region, Microcosm of Latin America: The History and Political Economy of Brazil

Publication Date: October 3, 2024

Topics covered in the issue brief include: Brazil’s history of extractive colonialism and slavery, unequal land distribution and oligarchy, and key twentieth century periods of democracy, military dictatorship, and re-democratization...