In the News

Fletcher’s Sulmaan Wasif Khan joins Bloomberg's Businessweek Podcast to discuss his new book The Struggle for Taiwan: A History of America, China, and the Island Caught Between.

Fletcher Dean Emeritus James Stavridis examines how coming exercises in the Baltic Sea will give NATO a chance to work Finland and Sweden into its complex web of defenses.

This article highlighting the collaborative work of Cummings School’s Jonathan Runstadler and Wendy Puryear to track bird flu also links to an April 2 Boston Globe piece focused on their efforts in Massachusetts.

Fletcher’s Karen Jacobsen outlines the main types of humanitarian admissions for immigrants to the United States, provides background on settling patterns, and shares ways that local and federal governments can support new humanitarian arrivals.

Friedman School’s Paul Howe explains his famine systems model, which identifies five elements that describe how famines develop.

Fletcher’s Chris Miller is quoted about Apple’s efforts to diversify its manufacturing and assembly chains away from China, investing in countries such as Vietnam, India, and Indonesia.

Fletcher’s Tom Dannenbaum comments on Israel’s attack on a World Central Kitchen aid convoy saying, “In the case of doubt as to a convoy or person’s status, one is to presume civilian status. And so, attacking in the context of doubt is itself a violation of international humanitarian law.”

Elizabet Stites of the Friedman School’s Feinstein International Center discusses the factors contributing to the rise in aid worker attacks and the implications of the World Central Kitchen workers’ deaths.

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal comments on how cutting Gaza off from aid is a violation of social norms set during conflicts over the past few decades, noting that death from starvation won’t end when hostilities cease. De Waal is the author of Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine.