In the News

Fletcher student Polina Beliakova co-authors this piece examining the shift in the war in Ukraine as Russia focuses on the Donbas region.

This remembrance of longtime UEP and TUSM professor Sheldon Krimsky, who passed away on April 23, chronicles his life and career. A link to a Tufts Now in memoriam is included.

Fletcher’s Nils Hägerdal co-authors this piece examining how blowback—violent retaliation at home in response to intervention abroad—is turning civil wars into international ones.

The Friedman School’s Daniel Maxwell examines how the war in Ukraine is impacting the global food system and worsening conditions for countries already at risk of famine

Fletcher’s Amy Myers Jaffe comments on the flat levels of U.S. energy production despite high oil and gas prices saying, “History tells us that oil shocks accelerate a shift to alternative energy, not the opposite.”

TUSM Adjunct Professor Barry Levy is quoted in this article on pollutants that are spreading across Ukraine due to the war.

Fletcher’s Amy Myers Jaffe is among the experts who share which climate-technology breakthroughs they think have the potential to be most transformative. 

Abby Kiesa of Tisch College’s CIRCLE is quoted about the importance of climate change to young voters, noting their “high civic readiness.” CIRCLE research on 2020 youth voting is also included.

Fourth-year A&S student Samuel Gardner-Bird outlines why the United States should encourage Taiwanese leaders to take more responsibility for the island’s defense. This piece is the winner of the 2022 John Quincy Adams Society/The National Interest Student Foreign Policy Essay Contest.