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Fletcher’s Tom Dannenbaum comments on Israel’s attack on a World Central Kitchen aid convoy saying, “In the case of doubt as to a convoy or person’s status, one is to presume civilian status. And so, attacking in the context of doubt is itself a violation of international humanitarian law.”

HNRCA’s José Ordovás comments on a new study indicating that individuals with a higher genetic risk of obesity need higher daily step counts to reduce the risk of obesity noting, “These findings could lead to more personalized recommendations, where physical activity guidelines take into account a person's genetic susceptibility to obesity.”

Elizabet Stites of the Friedman School’s Feinstein International Center discusses the factors contributing to the rise in aid worker attacks and the implications of the World Central Kitchen workers’ deaths.

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal comments on how cutting Gaza off from aid is a violation of social norms set during conflicts over the past few decades, noting that death from starvation won’t end when hostilities cease. De Waal is the author of Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine.

In this two-part On Point radio segment, Fletcher CIERP faculty affiliate Alvin Camba discusses the online series of scams by Chinese organized crime groups known as pig-butchering as well as his experience being harassed online by these groups for his research into the scams.

A&S quantum computing researcher Sola Mahfouz discusses her efforts to bring awareness to the Taliban’s law banning Afghan girls from attending school, including developing online educational resources for women in Afghanistan and curriculum for teachers in the U.S. to educate students. Mahfouz is the author ofDefiant Dreams: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for an Education

Fletcher’s Barbara Kates-Garnick comments on why private industrial sector industries are reluctant to take action to decarbonize on their own saying, “They see huge risks, they see huge investment. You need to have government funding in all of this.”

Paul Howe, director of the Friedman School’s Feinstein International Center, joins Weekend Edition Sunday to discuss the “common denominator” of conflict that is contributing to imminent famines across the globe including Gaza, Haiti, and Sudan.

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal joined this All Things Considered segment to discuss the imminent famine in Gaza.