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Rachel Kyte, dean of the Fletcher School, says “Europe and America are moving slightly apart from each other” in this article on President Donald Trump’s appearance at the World Economic Forum, during which he threatened tariffs against European countries traditionally thought of as allies to the United States.

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 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’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.

Fletcher's Monica Duffy Toft authors this "Cognoscenti" op-ed on the Trump administration's Iran strategy.

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.