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Fletcher Dean Kelly Sims Gallagher comments on the impact of the United States’ absence from the COP30 climate summit saying, “I think it’s just getting harder to make the case that global ambition is going to rise without pretty substantial engagement from the United States.”

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal examines the rise of Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemedti' Dagalo, the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which currently controls most of Sudan.

Fletcher’s Birhan Mezgbo co-authors this article explaining how “famine was used as a weapon in a campaign of destruction in Tigray.”

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal, director of the World Peace Foundation, is quoted about the humanitarian atrocities at the hands of Rapid Support Forces in the Sudanese city of El Fasher noting that the “[RSF] has been conducting exactly this type of military operation, which involves large-scale abuses of civilians, for more than 20 years.”

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal comments on the indirect deaths due to hunger and disease in Gaza, saying that he’d “be very surprised if there’s anything less than 50,000 nontrauma deaths.”

Fletcher’s Chris Miller joins The China Connection to discuss China’s latest moves in the trade rivalry with the United States, the country’s AI strategy and shift towards semiconductor chip self-sufficiency.

The Friedman School’s Merry Fitzpatrick comments on the “amazing” scientific work by Jewish doctors cataloging data and observations of the biological effects of starvation in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942.

Fletcher Ph.D. student Kate Hua-Ke Chi writes this piece on why fossil fuels still power much of the world, examining how countries are balancing the pressures of rising electricity demand with the global need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet.

Fletcher’s Chidi Anselm Odinkalu says that the Nigerian government must address the “rampant violence” targeting its civilians, both Muslim and Christian.