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Fletcher Professor Alex de Waal discusses Sudan's pro-democracy movement and the challenge of solving the nation's economic and political problems in an op-ed for BBC News.

Fletcher School assistant professor of cybersecurity policy Josephine Wolff writes on why the FBI should join Europe’s No More Ransom initiative to help victims deal with ransomware attacks and avoid paying cybercriminals.

Fletcher board member and alumna Farah Pandith (F95, H18), author of "How We Win," speaks with The Atlantic to discuss why the United States government and private corporations should do more to combat the recruitment of millennials by radical extremists.

Fletcher School professor Michael Klein discusses why it is important that the Federal Reserve maintains its independence, noting that “politicization of the Fed puts the entire U.S. economy at risk.”

In this “Countdown to the Closing Bell” segment, Fletcher School professor Joel Trachtman discusses how the U.S. may blacklist Chinese surveillance firm Hikvision.

Fletcher’s Monica Duffy Toft explores the USSR’s failed efforts to maintain its perceived “true” national identity, despite a different demographic reality, noting similarities to the current polarized state of the U.S.

Two budding entrepreneurs at Tufts University were recently awarded $15,000 for their proposal to improve health for female Bangladeshi garment workers.

History professor Hugh Roberts comments on the current political situation in Algeria, where the army chief of staff has called for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to “be deemed unfit to rule,” noting that the general’s statement “is probably the best way to go forward” as “[Bouteflika is] not well or legitimate.”

Micro program faculty member Andy Camilli and Sackler alum Minmin Yen explore the use of bacteriophage to control cholera.