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The work of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, which is led by primatologist and Tufts alumna Tara Stoinski, has been a conservation success story.

Fletcher Dean Rachel Kyte discusses five key elements to follow in the coming year as countries move forward on promises made at the U.N. Summit on Climate Change (COP26) talks.

Alumna Jennifer Selendy joined a project through the Tufts Institute for Global Leadership to help evacuate more than 500 Afghans after the U.S. withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in August.

Drawing from his new climate emergency warning paper, Fletcher Professor of International Environmental Policy Emeritus William Moomaw co-authors this piece outlining priority actions that the world must take to “dramatically decrease greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to return to a more stable climate.”

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal discusses the United States’ role in restoring Sudan's democratic transition in the wake of the recent military coup.

Fletcher Dean Rachel Kyte shares her observations of the U.N. Summit on Climate Change (COP26) negotiations as well as responses from external constituents.

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal joins “The World” to discuss the origins of the year-old conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

Mulugeta G. Berhe, World Peace Foundation Senior Fellow, identifies three key mistakes of UN resolution 2216 for addressing the war in Tigray and outlines a route that the UN Security Council could take to securing peace.

Fletcher’s Alex de Waal pens this opinion piece about how General Abdel Fatah al-Burhan’s military coup in Sudan may jeopardize the country’s democratic economic future.