UPDATE:
Starting July 1, the Tufts International Travel Policy will require advanced registration through the Tufts Travel Registry for university business-related international travel.
A New Uncertainty on the Global Stage
A lack of rising powers and the headwinds faced by existing powers signal a new era of global competition, with potential upsides and downsides, according to a political scientist
15 Years After the Eradication of Rinderpest, Lessons Still Ring True
Research from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine helped rid the world of a deadly virus. That experience may help prevent future disease outbreaks
Shai Tratt’s Hope for Argentina’s Stolen Children
An internship in Buenos Aires led to a deep connection with a movement to help families torn apart by military dictatorship
A Professional Headstart: Fletcher’s Combined Degree Program
As they learn alongside diplomats and military officers, Tufts undergraduates can earn a master's degree—and gain early access to the Fletcher network
How to Lose a War
Overconfidence is the Achilles’ heel of leaders who think they’ve got an easy victory—and other lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Ukraine
Tufts Global In the News
Upping the ante in Iran
The World
Fletcher Distinguished Professor Daniel Drezner discusses various high-stakes political strategies, such as brinkmanship and the “madman strategy,” being employed by President Donald Trump in the conflict with Iran.
Will force be used to reopen Strait of Hormuz?
Al Jazeera
Fletcher’s Rockford Weitz joins this Inside Story panel to discuss Iran’s blockage of the Strait of Hormuz and how crucial shipping routes should be governed in times of war versus peace.
In Iran, a US win will take more than just claiming victory
Christian Science Monitor
Fletcher’s Donald Heflin discusses the possibility of regime change in Iran, noting that United States military actions in the country “may bear fruit in the future.”