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In this opinion piece, Fletcher postdoctoral scholar Benjamin Denison examines how forcible regime change rarely achieves the goal of advancing U.S. interests. Denison is the author of “The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: The Failure of Regime-Change Operations.”

Fletcher's Monica Duffy Toft authors this "Cognoscenti" op-ed on the Trump administration's Iran strategy.

Fletcher's Monica Duffy Toft is part of this panel discussion on the events following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Suleimani and the future of U.S.-Iran relations.

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal and Friedman’s Helen Young are both quoted in this article exploring why the democratic movement in Sudan, which recently overthrew President Omar al-Bashir, has not taken hold in the Darfur region.

Fletcher’s Daniel Drezner is quoted from his Washington Post column regarding best and worst case scenarios for what can happen between the United States and Iran as a result of the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Suleimani.

Fletcher’s Rockford Weitz discusses Iran’s use of hybrid warfare in the Strait of Hormuz, the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean, in response to the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Suleimani.

This article cites collaborative 2018 research involving A&S economist Gilbert Metcalf on the importance of collaborative climate policies across governments to help encourage and increase efforts toward mitigating global climate change.

Fletcher's Daniel Drezner participates in this discussion on the rising global tensions between the U.S. and Iran following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Suleimani.