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Fletcher’s Sung-yoon Lee is quoted about the potential mass humanitarian crisis as North Korea navigates a COVID-19 outbreak. 

Fletcher Dean Rachel Kyte comments on the impact that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could have on poorer nations if their fuel is diverted to Europe. Kyte is aiding U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the humanitarian response to Russia’s invasion.

Graduating Fletcher student Frank Sobchak writes this opinion piece examining the impact of a nuclear-armed Iran on further proliferation in the Middle East. 

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.

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.