How the United Nations Tries to Promote Peace in a World Full of Wars
A book about former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s leadership offers insights into the organization’s successes and challenges
The Ocean Gives Up Its Secrets
In a Tell Me More podcast episode, faculty and alumni plumb the depths to better know our watery planet, from sea-level rise to shipwrecks to giant squid
Her Crimes? Speaking Up for Justice and ‘Giving Paper and Pencils to Girls’
In a new memoir, doctor and human rights advocate Sima Samar describes how she has withstood discrimination and death threats to fight for accountability in Afghanistan
Kelly Sims Gallagher Named New Dean of The Fletcher School
The scholar, policy expert, and seasoned leader is eager to steer Fletcher toward new horizons as she steps into the permanent deanship
Is It the 1930s All Over Again?
A historian sees parallels between the world today and the economic uncertainties and rise of authoritarian rule in the pre-World War II era
Tufts Global In the News
Devastating floods in Spain could have immediate effects on Europe's food
Marketplace
In this Marketplace segment, Friedman School’s William Masters comments on the global impact of devastating floods in the Valencia region of Spain noting that “Spain is an important agricultural producer—olives and many other crops, tomatoes, for example.”
Henry Kissinger Requested a Monument in Arlington National Cemetery. He Won't Get One.
Politico
Fletcher Distinguished Professor Daniel Drezner comments on former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s request for a monument in his honor at Arlington Cemetery saying, “That he would request this is just further evidence of that insecurity and a desire to rewrite his legacy.”
Israel Demolished Hundreds of Buildings in Southern Lebanon, Videos and Satellite Images Show
New York Times
Fletcher’s Tom Dannenbaum notes how international law applies to the targeting of nonmilitary structures in military conflicts.