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Fletcher’s Chris Miller joins this episode of Squawk Box to discuss the battle of chip export controls, including why he believes allowing China access to advanced chips puts national security and the U.S. industry at risk.

Fletcher Professor Emeritus Joel P. Trachtman co-authors this opinion piece examining three themes that stand out in the Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy. (

Eliot-Pearson’s Rebecca Fauth is quoted about her Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research evaluation of the violence intervention program Roca, finding that it shifts trajectories and changes the lives of the young women who join.

Fletcher’s Chris Miller joins this segment to discuss the economic and national security implications of the Trump administration’s reversal of a ban on advanced A.I. chip sales to China, now allowing Nvidia to export its H200 computer chip.

HNRCA Distinguished Professor Alice Lichtenstein, identified as a Tufts professor of nutrition science and policy, weighs in on the debate over nutritional guidelines regarding saturated fats, highlighting that guidelines “should focus less on limiting saturated fats and more on swapping them for healthier unsaturated ones.”

A&S Community Health Assistant Professor Liana Woskie is quoted about her new research that found a significant increase in violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) in US states where abortion is prohibited without exception for health reasons.

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal writes this piece examining the conditions under which President Trump could effectively intervene in the war in Sudan.

In this in-depth Q&A, Fletcher’s Donald Heflin discusses the latest in ongoing negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to end their war, including confusion surrounding the U.S.-proposed peace plan.

Friedman School Dean Christina Economos joins this podcast episode to discuss democratizing food and nutrition education, the community-led Food is Medicine research that the Friedman School is advancing in the Mississippi Delta, and creating pathways for the next generation of leaders working to improve food, nutrition, and public health systems.