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Fletcher’s Monica Duffy Toft examines the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement, noting the multilevel pressures at play.

Fletcher’s Michael Glennon comments on why it “is a watershed event, politically,” for the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate to approve a measure demanding that President Donald Trump halt the war in Iran or seek congressional approval before continuing military action.

Engineering's Fiorenzo Omenetto, director of the Silklab, is quoted about his lab’s collaborative new research to develop a featherlight, silk-based sticker for newborns in incubators that reads four critical health signals at once by changing color.

Fletcher’ Visiting Associate Professor Arash Reisinezhad writes this opinion piece on the implications of the competition between Saudi Arabia and the UAE for regional primacy.

The Friedman School’s Sean Cash joins this episode of The Curiosity Desk to explain the economics behind the cost of bananas, which remain cheap while other grocery costs rise. (Cash’s segment begins at the 15:45 mark.)

Fletcher’s Rockford Weitz comments on why it could take months before shipping returns to normal levels in the Strait of Hormuz.

Fletcher’s Donald Heflin is briefly quoted about U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor’s role in the termination of a brand new embassy in New Delhi.

Fletcher’s Michael Klein discusses on how the war with Iran is contributing to rising household costs for American consumers.

Fletcher’s Michael Glennon comments on the US House of Representatives’ passage of a measure seeking to halt Trump from taking further military action amid growing opposition to the war.