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Engineering’s Farshid Vahedifard discusses the severe drought, and resulting water crisis, impacting Iran warning that "scarcity of water can definitely cause tensions and issues.”

A&S political scientist Fahd Humayun comments on the recent deadly explosions in both Islamabad and Delhi, which are exacerbating political tensions among Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan.

Engineering’s Farshid Vahedifard comments on severe drought, and resulting water crisis, impacting Iran noting that “Ultimately, equitable water management is not just about fairness. It’s fundamental to Iran’s environmental stability and social cohesion.”

The Friedman School’s Elena Naumova discusses her analysis of Medicare hospitalizations after Hurricane Katrina finding a sustained, elevated rate of hospitalizations related to cardiovascular issues, saying, “It’s very hard to connect what happens months later to the hurricane . . . but the risks linger for a long time.”

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal examines the rise of Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemedti' Dagalo, the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which currently controls most of Sudan.

Fletcher Dean Kelly Sims Gallagher comments on the impact of the United States’ absence from the COP30 climate summit saying, “I think it’s just getting harder to make the case that global ambition is going to rise without pretty substantial engagement from the United States.”

Fletcher’s Birhan Mezgbo co-authors this article explaining how “famine was used as a weapon in a campaign of destruction in Tigray.”

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal, director of the World Peace Foundation, is quoted about the humanitarian atrocities at the hands of Rapid Support Forces in the Sudanese city of El Fasher noting that the “[RSF] has been conducting exactly this type of military operation, which involves large-scale abuses of civilians, for more than 20 years.”