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Fletcher’s Rockford Weitz discusses the impact of Iran's airstrike on global oil flow following Iran's airstrikes on US military targets in Iraq.

Fletcher student Devang Shah authors this piece on the significance of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone’s responses to a recent attack on unarmed students and faculty at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in India.

Fletcher School Professor of the Practice Rockford Weitz discusses the impact of Iran’s airstrike on U.S. military targets in Iraq on global oil flow. Weitz begins speaking around the 3:40 mark.

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.

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 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.