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December 29, 2004 - Boston Globe. William Moomaw, Professor of International Environmental Policy, is quoted on the difficulty of counting casualties in the South Asia catastrophe this week. http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/12/29/exact_count_may_never_be_known/

December 28, 2004 - Washington Post. John Deaerdourff, a highly respected political consultant for the Republicans and Fletcher alum, has died of cancer. He was 61. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30397-2004Dec27.html

December 28, 2004 - Atlanta Journal. Cynthia McKinney, Georgia's maverick Congresswoman and Fletcher alum, is profiled. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/1204/28mckinney.html

December 23, 2004 - Voice of America. Adil Najam, Associate Professor of International Negotiation and Diplomacy, was interviewed on Voice of America in its new Urdu service on politics in Pakistan. http://www1.voanews.com/urdu/

December 23, 2004 - National Post [Canada]. Robert Pfaltzgraff, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies, analyzes Tony Blair's "long nod" at Arafat's grave this week. http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=6dc3d42c-5b73-47c8-a6b2-0258c9358753

December 2004 - Egypt Today. Dr. Kamal Ibrahim, an orthopedic surgeon doing post-grad studies at Fletcher runs clinic in Cairo to help Palestinian refugees. http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=2275

December 19, 2004 - The Guardian [UK]. Adjunct Professor of International Politics Scott Thompson weighs in on the issue posed by a new controversial book, prominently featured in last week's New York Times, by C.A. Tripp which argues that President Abraham Lincoln was gay. http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1376919,00.html

December 14, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor. Jeswald Salacuse, Henry J. Braker Professor of Commercial Law, comments on Bush Administration's tentative steps to reaching out to other nations. http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1214/p02s01-usfp.html

December 13, 2004 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Andy Rooney's remarks at Fletcher continue to be picked up by other papers. http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/archive/s_282120.html

December 13, 2004 - Financial Times. Michael Glennon, Professor of International Law, challenges proposal that without Security Council approval, no state should use force to defend itself against a threat that is not imminent. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/5568f97a-4cab-11d9-835a-00000e2511c8.html

December 13, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor. Jeswald Salacuse, Henry J. Braker Professor of Commercial Law, comments on the oil-for-food scandal at the UN. http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1213/p02s01-usfp.html

December 11, 2004 - Jornal do Brasil. Brazilian newspaper. Assaf Moghadam, Fletcher PhD candidate and Belfer Center research fellow, quoted on the Israeli coalition talks.

December 11, 2004 - Bangladesh News Service. Tufts, including Fletcher School, involved in finding ways to problem of arson-tainted drinking water in Bangladesh. http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_14501.shtml

December 9, 2004 - Pakistan Daily Times. Adil Najam, Associate Professor of International Negotiation and Diplomacy, comments on the importance of human security as Pakistan and India struggle to improve relations. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_10-12-2004_pg7_14

December 9, 2004 - Women's ENews. Mariya [Masha] Rasner, Fletcher alum, reports on Ukraine's Yulia Timoshenko, a close but controversial ally of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. Story is headlined "Dissident Raises a Rare Female Voice." http://www.womensenews.com/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2101/context/archive

December 9, 2004 - CounterPunch. Cynthia McKinney, Fletcher alum and recently re-elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives, remains a controversial figure. The Congresswoman is defended in this piece. http://www.counterpunch.org/donham12092004.html

December 8, 2004 - ABC's Nightline. In case you missed it, Rina Amira, a Fletcher student and Afghan activist, was on "Nightline" this week as a representative of the UN talking about the status of women in Afghanistan.

December 5, 2004 - Fletcher alum, Lindy Cameron (F'98), has been given the Royal Treatment -- literally. She has been given an OBE (Order of the British Empire) by the British government this past weekend for her services to the country in Iraq as director of the DfID programme there (the Department for International Development). For more info: http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page498.asp

November 18, 2004 - "The O'Reilly Factor." Transcript of Prof. Antonia Chayes' comments about Hillary Clinton.

November 17, 2004 - "Pakistan's Drift into Extremism" by PhD student Hassan Abbas is reviewed in today's Boston Globe. The BBC's "World Today" interviewed him after reading the Globe review.
http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/20

November 16, 2004 - Los Angeles Times. Alan Henrikson, Associate Professor of Diplomatic History, provided analysis on Colin Powell's tenure as Secretary of State.

November 11, 2004 - Boston Herald. Henry J. Braker Professor of Commercial Law, Jeswald Salcuse, comments on the meaning of Arafat's death.
 http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=53629

November 08, 2004 - Cape Times [South Africa].  Hurst Hannum's strongly worded opinion piece circulated internally to the Fletcher community re: the reelection of President George W. Bush  has been published in South Africa as a piece headlined:  "The United States has exchanged its ability to inspire for its power to threaten."

October 21, 2004 -  Toronto Globe & Mail -  Henry J. Braker Professor of Commercial Law, Jeswald Salcuse, is cited in the business section concerning "inter-cultural negotiations."  

October 19, 2004 - The Daily Times [Pakistan]. Harvard and Fletcher's Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution [CHRCR] mentioned on joint effort on Kashmir question.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_16-10-2004_pg7_53

October 19, 2004 -  BBC. The World Today. Prof. Sung Yoon Lee interviewed on President Bush signing off on humanitarian aid for North Koreans.

October 2004 -  Richard Shultz, Professor of International Politics, Douglas Farah, and Itamara Lochard, Fletcher PhD candidate, have recently had their monograph , "Armed Groups: A Tier-One Security Priority," published by the INSS (Institute for National Security Studies -- a think tank of the US Air Force Academy based in Colorado.
http://www.usafa.af.mil/inss/occasion.htm 

October 7, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor. Hurst Hannum, Professor of International Law, comments on the CIA-led Iraq Survey Group report on WMD.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1007/p01s04-usgn.htm

October, 2004 -  Lincoln [Mass.] Journal. William Moomaw, Professor of International Environmental Policy, was part of a discussion of the film called The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream."

October 14, 2004 - The Moscow Times.  Professor Hurst Hannum comments  on Russian companies and political figures making millions while helping Saddam Hussein subvert the oil-for-food

October 17, 2004 - Jakarta Post.  Op-ed by Adj. Prof. Scott Thompson on what Indonesia's new president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono can learn from former President Ramos of the Philippines. [link]

October 5, 2004 -  La Prensa Grafica [El Salvador] published   an interview with Prof. John Hammock  this past Sunday about Xenophobia against Immigrants. [Story in Spanish]
http://www.laprensagrafica.com/enfoques/enfoques2.asp

October 1, 2004 -  New York Times. Reports that Thailand's foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai, with degrees from Harvard and Fletcher  has emerged as "an early favorite" to succeed Kofi  Annan when his term expires in 2006. [Similar stories appeared in AP, The Miami Herald, The Washington Times and The Nation [Thailand].

September 24, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor - Andy Hess is quoted about interim prime minister Allawi's  visit to the United States.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0924/p01s03-woiq.htm

September 12, 2004- Boston Herald -  Adil Najam  quoted
http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid

September 12, 2004 - Metrowest -Hassan Abbas, PhD candidate has written a book called "Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army and America's War on Terror," which is expected to generate media attention about U.S. flawed policy toward Pakistan.
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/artsCulture/view.bg?

September 13, 2004 -  Bloomberg News Radio. Hurst Hannum on today at noon discussing crisis in Sudan.

Sept. 10, 2004 - Bloomberg News - Hurst Hannum comments on the Powell "genocide" statement regarding Sudan.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aGJoMUUGRCrE&refer=top_world_news#

September 10, 2004 -CNN.com. Hurst Hannum quoted on Powell "genocide" statement.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/09/sudan.powell/index.html

September 09, 2004 - Jakartka Post -  Adj. Prof. Scott Thompson has some provocative things to say about presidential candidate John Kerry. <http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20040909.E03&irec=4>

August 31, 2004 -Asia Timesop-ed by Yevgeny Bendersky on Iraq as a test for Russia.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/FH31Ag02.html

August 21, 2004 -  Asia Times.  Asia Times. op-ed by Yevgeny Bendersky on India as a rising power by Master's candidate
http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FH21Df04.html

August 24, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor Hurst Hannum comments on the reports on Abu Ghraib

August 22, 2004 - Boston Sunday Globe magazine. Letters: A Globe reader supports Bob Pfaltzgraff's position to retain the draft.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/08/22/letters?pg=2

August 19, 2004 -  Asia Times - Alan Wachman comments on the  controversy over whether the ancient, ethnically Korean kingdom of Koguryo was historically Korean or historically part of China.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/FH19Dg01.html

August 11, 2004 -. Boston Globe. PhD candidate Hassan Abbas quoted on suspected terrorism arrests by Pakistanis.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2004/08/11/qaeda_arrests_called_lucky_break?mode=PF

August 11, 2004 -  NPR. "Tavis Smiley Show"- Robert Pfaltzgraff, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies on European monitors for presidential election.
http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=14&prgDate=11-Aug-2004

July 30, 2004 -  Washington Times. Alan Wachman cited on proposed Taiwanese
constitution. http://www.washtimes.com/world/20040729-094152-6089r.htm

May 31, 2004 - Andrew Hess, Professor of Diplomacy, was quoted in The Boston Globe in an article entitled "Harvard Medical School plans a center in Gulf
United Arab Emirates project continues a US-Arab trend". [ Read Article ]

May 11, 2004 -Robert Pfaltzgraff, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies  will be on "Greater Boston" tonight in connection with the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.

May 11, 2004 - Los Angeles Times - Michael Glennon quoted on prison scandal
in Iraq on effects it might have on detainee case being considered by
U.S. Supreme Court. [ Read Article ]

May 11, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor - Professor Robert Pfaltzgraff quoted on military miscalculations and Iraqi prisoner abuse.

May 4, 2004 - Boston Globe - Professor Robert Pfaltzgraff quoted on fierce debate regarding war coverage in Globe media column. [ Read Article ]

May 1, 2004 - Tulsa World - Professor Hurst Hannum on torture story

May 3, 2004 - Financial Times - GMAP II program mentioned in connection with
story about military programs at universities.

May 3, 2004 - Atlanta Journal Constitution -  Alan Henrikson comments on Canada
and G8 summit.

May 1, 2004 - AP Cairo -  Hurst Hannum comments on torture of Iraqis by American
military. Story appeared in Miami Herald, and in newspapers in Scotland, Australia and Cairo.

April 29, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor -  Professor Bob Pfaltzgraff comments on today's Bush-Cheney appearance before 9/11 commission.

April 29, 2004 - Boston Globe, The remarkable story of Amal Jadou--who grew up in a Palestinian Refugee camp and is now working on her PhD at Fletcher, is chronicled in today's Living/Arts Section in a peice called " Give Peace a Chance." [Article]

April 22, 2004 - Reuters, Professor Soon Yoon Lee is quoted on why Kim Jong II went to China.

April 22, 2004 - Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Associated Press, the Jewish Advocate, WBUR-FM and Tufts Daily sent reporters to yesterday's talk by Israeli Amb. Daniel Ayalon.  Quotes in Globe story from Fletcher students offering their views on the Ayalon talk. [Article]

April 21, 2004 -  BBC Worldwide Service. Steve Bosworth is scheduled to be interviewed tonight about Kim Il's visit to Beijing.

April 21, 2004 - Ch. 5 News. 6-630 p.m. Bob Pfaltzgraff interviewed by Janet Wu re: reports of possible violence at Democratic National Convention in Boston in July.

April 21, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor. Jes Salacuse interviewed re: UN's expanded role in Iraq.

April 20, 2004 - Reuters Foundation. Peter Uvin's book re: genocide in Rwanda selected as one of 10 best on the subject.

April 20, 2004 - Boston Sunday Globe. Michael Glennon quoted in Ideas section story about detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay.

April 20, 2004 - Army Times. Ap. IFPA-Fletcher conference cited re: sea basing.

April 20, 2004 - Wall Street Journal/Asia. Al Rubin interviewed yesterday about law of the sea regarding dispute between Australia and E. Timor.

April 20, 2004 -BOSTON - State Rep. Paul C. Demakis, a Democrat who has represented Boston and Cambridge for five terms, said Tuesday he will not seek re-election so he can study at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

April 21, 2004 - Hurst Hannum on NPR's "All Things Considered" talking about sovereignty issues and Iraq [which Senate Armed Services Committee has taken up today]. Locally, 4-6 p.m. on WBUR-FM or 90.9.

April 18, 2004 -Washington Post.  Michael Glennon: Supreme Court dealing with cases concerning detainees suspected of terrorism he U.S. being held at U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.[reprinted in Oregonian and Contra Costa Times in CA].

April 18, 2004 -Chicago Tribune. Adil Najam on US change of tactics in Iraq -- moves toward negotiation.

April 18, 2004 -Euroasianet. Congrats to Evan Tracz has just had published an op-ed in an online news source covering South Asia, Middle East, former Soviet Union . His piece was a short analysis of water issues in Turkmenistan and how the president is handling them.  [Article]

April 15, 2004 - Chicago Tribune [& Knight-Ridder newspapers] Andy Hess was interviewed from Baghdad by Chicago Tribune reporter regarding Iran's unusual role in Iraq. [Article]

April 15, 2004 - BBC. The World Today. Thanks to Hurst Hannum for doing an interview re: Tony Blair's meeting with President Bush today. Interview took place live at around 10:30 last night. We know it aired because Yoni Bock, a confessed BBC junkie, heard him.

April 15, 2004 - The Nihon Keizai Shimbun. [circ. 3 million] Interview with Steve Bosworth on Feb.'s six-party talks about North Korea. if you want to see Dean's photo in Japanese paper, see Dean Bosworth Interview on Nikkei Daily 20040414.pdf

April 13, 2004 - Voice of America. Adil Najam provided analysis re: Bush news conference.

April 13, 2004 - Dutch Radio. Antonia Chayes on Prime Minister Sharon's meeting with President Bush.

April 12, 2004 - The Washington Times. Tom Pickering, prominent diplomat and Fletcher alum, is profiled as part of a series called "America's other Army: Inside the Foreign Service." [Article]

April 8, 2004 - Reuters. Al Rubin is one of the analysts commenting on Condi Rice's testimony before the 9/11 Commission.

April 8, 2004 - Boston Herald. Adil Najam on US attack on a mosque killing worshippers.

April 8, 2004 - Pakistan Press Information Services. Adil Najam who organized the visit of Pakistan Amb. to Fletcher cited for helping to organize conference at Boston College.

April 5, 2004 - Urdu News. Pakistani news service picked up Amb. Qazi's talk at Fletcher last week.

April 2, 2004 - The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Lisa Lynch analyzes the latest unemployment figures with Margaret Warner. [transcript].

April 2, 2004 - Tufts Journal. PhD candidate Amal Jadou is profiled. [Article]

April 2, 2004 - Lisa Lynch will be on "The NewsHour" with Margaret Warner tonight analyzing the latest employment numbers. Locally, segment airs at 6:08 p.m. on Ch. 2.

April 1, 2004 - Ch. 2's Greater Boston. Adil Najam  on re: latest fighting Falluja, Iraq.

April 1, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor. Bob Pfaltzgraff quoted on Bush's new world vision.

April 1, 2004 - Pakistan Times. Amb. Qazi's talk at Fletcher made news abroad. [Article]

April 1, 2004 -  Harvard Business Review. April issue. Nathalie Laidler-Kylander, PhD candidate at Fletcher, coauthored an an article about branding and non-profit. Congratulations!

April 1, 2004 - Far Eastern Economic Review. Steve Bosworth on declining foreign enrollment in graduate schools.

March 31, 2004 - AP. Pakistan Amb. Ashraf Qazi spoke at Fletcher yesterday. Good media turnout -- AP, Christian Science Monitor, Fletcher Forum editors and Tufts Daily all came.

March 31, 2004 -Tufts Daily. Pak. Amb. got the front page treatment.

March 31, 2004 - On PBS' Charlie Rose Show tonight, subject will be "U.S.-Japanese Relations, Politics and Economics: The First 150 Years." Among guests is and Masatsugu Nagato, head of Mizuho Bank in the Americas and a Fletcher alum ['F76].

March 31, 2004 -  BBC/Scotland. Al Rubin on public affairs program  re: ethics and international law. You should be able to listen. [Listen]

March 30, 2004 -  Washington Post. In the did-you-know? department, David McKean, John Kerry's chief graduated from Fletcher.

March 29, 2004 - Mar. 29. Adil Najam op-ed analyzing the recent Spanish election that appeared in Pakistan's largest newspaper. [Article]

March 25, 2004 - Far Eastern Economic Review. Alan Wachman on Taiwanese elections.

March 24, 2004 - WBIZ. Larry Harrison on Boston's business station re: his op-ed on immigration and jobs.

Finally, an explanation. If you tuned into last night's ABC's World News Tonight, you will have noted that our own Dick Shultz was not on. Though he was taped in Tel Aviv yesterday and the satellite feed went to DC, as scheduled, the program was long by 13 seconds. And, alas, they had to trim. Sorry for any inconvenience.

March 24, 2004 -Asahi Shimbun. Michael Glennon met today at Fletcher with New York bureau chief on international law issues.

March 23, 2004 - ABC World News.  Barring late-breaking news, through the magic of technology, Dick Shultz, traveling in the Mideast, will be interviewed for the news tonight re: his research on why President's Bush and Clinton failed to act on AlQaeda before 9/11.

March 23, 2004 - CNBC. Steve Bosworth on from Asia, addressing tensions in that region.

March 22, 2004 - Boston Globe. Larry Harrison [with Vernon Briggs of Cornell] have an op-ed in the Boston Globe's business section today on the relationship between business and immigration. [Article]

March 22, 2004 - BBC News. Al Rubin on what international law has to say about the assassination of Hamas founder.

March 21, 2004 - Newark Star-Ledger. PhD candidate Tom Kean [son of terrorism commission head by the same name] may run for U.S. Senate [vows to finish his PhD this year.]

March 20, 2004 - South China Morning Post. Steve Bosworth on why Korea sent some troops to Iraq.

March 19, 2004 - Boston Herald. What the capture of the elusive Ayman al-Zawah would mean for war on terrorism.

March 19, 2004 - Ch. 4.  Bob Pfaltzgraff on Iraq: One Year After.....

March 19, 2004 - New England Cable News. R.D. Sahl cover story with Andy Hess on same subject.

March 19, 2004 - The Jakarta Post ran a letter from Dean Bosworth in response to Scott Thompson's earlier op-ed about Washington's relationship with Israel which ran March. 16.

March 19, 2004 - New England Cable News. R. D. Sahl taped Andy Hess for cover story to air on NECN this Friday, Mar. 19 at 9 p.m. on Iraq invasion: one year later.

March 18, 2004 - Also, NECN interviewing Bob Pfaltzgraff about the No. 2 man in Al Qaeda whose forces have surrounded in Pakistani border.

March 18, 2004 - New York Times. Our faculty members are quoted in the news. But it isn't often that their cutting edge research is the subject of a column in The New York Times. Today, a Times' business writer devotes his entire column to a coauthored study by Klein on the benefits and costs of free trade vs. outsourcing/loss of jobs. Congratulations. One cautionary note: the emphasis on the costs of free trade are stronger than the authors' argue. [Article]

March 17, 2004 -Antonia Chayes on New England Cable's NewsNight talking about Iraq.

March 16, 2004 - New England Cable News. Adil Najam interviewed on NewsNite [Chet Curtis and Jiim Braude hosts].

March 16, 2004 - Foreign Policy. Congratulations to Katrina Burgess who coauthored a study cited in the cover story by Sam Huntington about immigration policy. [Note that she does not endorse the Huntington view.} [Article]

March 14, 2004 Los Angeles Times.  Steve Bosworth quoted in a story about Iraq: One Year After.

March 14, 2004 - Boston Sunday Globe. Mar. 14. Tufts' University College of Citizenship and Public Service includes a nice mention of Fletcher. Article

March 14, 2004 - Boston Sunday Globe. In Campus Insider column, item on Fletcher alums as news makers: Karamanlis' elected prime minister of Greece; and James B. Foley, U.S. Amb. to Haiti in the thick of turmoil there. Article

March 12, 2004 - Rand report on Koreas. Steve Bosworth part of a team for Rand report issued on continuing differences between the United States and South Korea on dealing with North Korea’s nuclear threat.

March 3, 2004 - A former British Cabinet minister, Clare Short, has alleged that the British government bugged the office of the United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, as part of its efforts to secure a UN resolution authorizing war against Iraq. Hurst Hannum is interviewed today on the controversy on:
NPR. by intelligence reporter Mary Louis Kelly.
BBC. World Today.

March 3, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor. One year report card on U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security. Bob Pfaltzgraff comments. Article.

March 2, 2004 - Tufts Daily. Front page story on yesterday's marvelous CFA speaker Matthew McAllester.

March 2, 2004 - NPR 's Talk of the Nation. Transcript of Ian Johnstone's appearance on program.

March 2, 2004 - Ian Johnstone will be on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" to discuss recent allegations that Kofi Annan's office was bugged.

March 2, 2004 - KDKA [Pittsburgh] Adil Najam will be on the nation's oldest radio station to discuss the hunt for Osama bin Laden. KDKA radio. 

February 29, 2004 - Boston Sunday Herald. Hunt for Osama.

February 26, 2004 - Boston Globe. Mark Malloch Brown, the UN Development Administrator who spoke at Fletcher last week, had an op-ed in the Globe entitled "After Iraq, America Needs UN Even More."

February 26, 2004 - WBIX Radio. Michael Klein interviewed about trade issues and the presidential campaign

February 26, 2004 -  NPR. by intelligence reporter Mary Louis Kelly.

February 26, 2004 -  BBC. World Today. [airs in Great Britain and US East Coast]

February 26, 2004 -  Christian Science Monitor. Antonia Chayes quoted on the need to attack root causes of terrorism. Article.

February 26, 2004 -  Christian Science Monitor. Graduate student Erin English has an op-ed in today's paper arguing that nuclear proliferation should be made a punishable crime. Congratulations! Article.

February 24, 2004 -  Christian Science Monitor. Andy Hess is quoted in an interesting page 1 story about El Hurra, the new US government-sponsored satellite news service, now beamed to 22 Arab countries. Article

February 24, 2004 -  The Jakarta Post. Scott Thompson, now a Fletcher adjunct professor, has an op-ed on what Indonesia can learn from Manila's experiences.

February 23, 2004 -  Boston Globe. Feb. 23. The talk luncheon by Ralph Bunche Jr today about his father's legacy received a nice mention in tht Names' column. [Bunche Jr. is a graduate of Fletcher and his talk was sponsored by the Ralph Bunche club. Article

February 23, 2004 -  PhD candidates Assaf Moghadam and Matt Levitt are the co-authors of "RADICAL ISLAMIST GROUPS IN GERMANY: A LESSON IN PROSECUTING TERROR IN COURT," which appeaars in the latest issue of Washington Institute for Near East Policy

February 23, 2004 -  As we follow the growing crisis in Haiti, Alan Henrikson informs us that James B. Foley, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, is a Fletcher graduate. Article

February 21, 2004 -  Azerbaijan News Agency. Energy and jobs were on the agenda at a seminar at Fletcher that Elin Suleymanov helped organized. Article

February 19, 2004 - USA Today.  Adil Najam has an opinion piece in today about non-proliferation, taking on the Bush Administration's proposal. With 2.25 million subscribers, USA Today is the largest weekday circulation in the country. Article

February 19, 2004 - To read USA Today's editorial basically agreeing with President Bush on PSI, see Article

February 19, 2004 - Turkish Policy Quarterly. Congratulations to Elin Suleymanovon whose article on Turkey and the Caucasus at the Edge of EU and NATO Enlargement [co-authored with Taleh Ziyadov] is in the latest issue. Abstract of the article is available at: Abstract

February 19, 2004 - Fletcher alum Dan Fahey will be in town on Mar. 6 speaking Depleted Uranium. He's just been accepted into the PhD program in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley.

February 16, 2004 -  Daily Malaysian News.  Datuk Mohamed Annuar Zaini [F91] has been appointed chairman of the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama).

February 12, 2004 -  Kyodo News. The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appointed Toshiyuki Niwa [Fletcher alum] a high-ranking United Nations Secretariat official, to the vacant post of deputy secretary general. He is the first Japanese to hold the post.

February 12, 2004 - Wall Street Journal contains a p. 1 story about Libya and the man expected to succeed Col. Gadhafi -- Shukri Ghanem [F '73]. Here is the Fletcher citation: "The other big player in Libya's future is prime minister Shukri Ghanem, who was called back from Europe two years ago to help repair Libya's failing economy. A 61-year-old economist with a Ph.D. from Tufts University's Fletcher School and a mastery of American slang, Mr. Ghanem preaches capitalism in a country officially committed to Col. Gadhafi's Green Boo."

February 11, 2004 - Tapei Times. Scott Thompson [and a former Reagan official] has an op-ed that raises question of whether John Kerry can hold onto his lead in the Democratic primaries. Article

February 9, 2004 - Louisville Courier-Journal.  Antonia Chayes is one of the experts quoted on Iraq's prospects for democracy. Article

February 3, 2004 - Greek TV. Next week, a news magazine called "The Files," which airs on a major Greek network called Mega Channel, will have an hour-long [or 90 minute] profile of Constantine Karamanlis, PhD Fletcher graduate who may well be the next prime minister after the March 7 elections. Profs. Henrikson and Pfaltzgraff were each interviewed about what it was like to have Mr. Karamanlis as their student. The program is tentatively scheduled to run on Thursday, Feb. 12, beginning at 11:30 p.m. [Greek prime time starts later than U.S.]

February 3, 2004 - BBC Alan Henrikson was interviewed today about the Oval office meeting between President Bush and Kofi Annan re: agreement to send UN political experts to Baghdad in June.

January 29, 2004 - The New York Sun. Mary Robinson, former UN Human Rights Commissioner and an organizer of the conference in Durban three years ago, was recently hired as a professor by Columbia University's Department of International and Public Affairs. Her appointment is now stirring some controversy. [Nice reference to The Fletcher Forum which is cited in connection with the Durban conference.]

January 26, 2004 - Follow-up: ABC News. Re: his article in last week's Weekly Standard, Dick Shultz received a call from ABC News Investigative Unit for a project they are working on with the BBC and also appeared on "The syndicated "Linda Chavez Show" which airs out of Washington, D.C.

January 26, 2004 - Follow-up: WBUR-FM. You may hear Robin Young of WBUR's "Here and Now" show mentioning Fletcher in a promo. She is referring to an appearance by our Visiting Professor George Prevalakis who will speak at WBUR on Feb. 2 to a group of listeners gearing up for a WBUR-sponsored cruise to Greece. Please let us know if you hear the promo.

January 26, 2004 - The Weekly Standard. Dick Shultz has authored an important 7,000 word article on the failings of the U.S. military. Called "Showstoppers," he lays out nine reasons why the United States never sent our Special Operations Forces already in place after al Qaeda before 9/11. The piece is based on his own research and newly declassified documents released by the Pentagon. Article

January 26, 2004 - The New York Times. Fletcher alum J. Alexander Thiers, who was a legal adviser to Afghanistan's judicial reform and constitutional commissions, has an op-ed today in which he argues that a "renegade" Supreme Court threatens that country's stability and democracy. [On Jan. 14, the judiciary declared a concert by an Afghan pop singer was "un-Islamic" and illegal.]

January 24, 2004 - Newsweek. Michael Glennon quoted on Dick Cheney speech at Davos.

January 21, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor. Hurst Hannum quoted on how United Nations being "used" by U.S. Article

January 21, 2004 - Daily Star [Lebanon]. Kevin Gallagher reports a gloomy assessment of NAFTA's effects on the environment.

December 15, 2004 - Down to Earth. Adil Najam and Bill Moomaw analyze the state of climate negotiations in a major Indian magazine. Article

January 21, 2004 - CNN's Newsnight with Aaron Brown. Tonight between 10-11 pm. When Jamie Rubin spoke at Fletcher last Monday, he was trailed by CNN correspondent Jason Bellini to a profile being prepared for the Aaron Brown Show. Whether Rubin's appearance at Fletcher is in the story, we can't say. But the segment [always subject to change] is scheduled for tonight .

January 21, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor. Jan. 21. Hurst Hannum has some provocative thoughts about the UN's role in Iraq. Article

January 20, 2004 - The Boston Globe. Nice mention in the "Names" column about Jamie Rubin's roundtable conversation on foreign policy here at Fletcher yesterday organized by Alan Henrikson. CNN reporter also attended the event in connection with a profile he is working on for the Aaron Brown show expected to air later this week. Article

January 15, 2004 - Le Monde.  The question is this: "Les jours de l'Euro sont-ils comptes? Or, "Is the Euro Doomed? Find out in an provocative op-ed coauthored by Laurent Jacque and investment banker Anthony Gribe. [An English translation will be posted on the Fletcher Web.] Article

January 13, 2004 - Wall Street Journal. Lengthy article on Greece's upcoming elections featuring Costas Karamanlis, head of the opposition New Democracy party [and Fletcher alum] who might become the next prime minister of Greece.

January 13, 2004 - On Monday, Jan. 13, the first in a series of news briefings, called "Tufts on Tuesdays," was arranged for professors from across the university to brief reporters on Iraq. It is part of a university-wide outreach effort to the media.

The professors who participated gathered at the Tufts' New England medical Center. They consisted of Antonia Chayes, Hurst Hannum, Leila Fawaz, Andrew Hess, Malik Mufti [poli. sci. dept.], Bill Moomaw, George Saperstein [Vet School] and Jeff Taliaferro [poli. sci. ]. The large panel was moderated by Steve Bosworth.

As part of this ambitious effort, there was a national telephone hookup allowing reporters from all over the country to call in and participate. Reporters from The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Christian Science Monitor, Worcester Telegram & Gazette and Arlington Access Cable showed. up.

January 10, 2004 - Washington Post. Jan. 10. Michael Glennon comments on Friday's Supreme Court announcement that it will decide whether the Constitution authorizes President Bush to order the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens captured abroad fighting for terrorist groups, a much-debated element of his legal strategy in the war on terrorism. Article

January 9, 2004 - Washington Times. Jan. 9, Nice mention of Fletcher from the military conference held last month with the Institute of Foreign Policy Analysis in Washington DC, which said: "Guests and paying customers are giving high marks to last month's Fetcher School conference, a yearly event that attracts some of the top national security figures, including members of the Joint Chiefs. Article

January 7, 2004 - BBC World Service.  Steve Bosworth was interviewed today about the US citizens' delegation now in North Korea.

January 6, 2004 - WBUR-FM. Here and Now. Jan. 6. Adil Najam interviewed about India-Pakistan rapprochement.

January 4, 2004 - The Sunday Times of London. Jan. 4. Another mention of Fletcher alum now prime minister of Libya.

January 2, 2004 - Times in Pakistan. Congratulations to Ijlal Naqvi who had an op-ed published this week about Pakistan's recent constitutional amendments. Note the one line description at the end identifying him from Fletcher. Article

January 5, 2004 - Washington Post. Jan. 5. Dick Shultz is quoted in today's story about a split between the Pentagon and CIA using special operations forces in the war on terrorism. His forthcoming study is also cited.

January 2, 2004 - New York Times. While it is big news that Libya and the United States are inching their way to an agreement on nuclear weapons, the other news [admittedly not quite as big] is that Libya's prime minister Shukri Ghanim was interviewed by the NY Times last Friday which mentioned he received his PhD from Fletcher. According to The Times: "The prime minister, a leading reformer among Colonel Qaddafi's advisers, spoke in his large new office near the palm-studded waterfront of Tripoli's ancient harbor. A large portrait of Colonel Qaddafi looks out over the carpeted expanse of his work area. Mr. Ghanim, 61, spoke in the English that he perfected in the Boston area while he completed doctoral studies at The Fletcher School at Tufts University."

January 2, 2004 - Boston Herald. Adil Najam is quoted on the "hydra-headed beast" known as Al Qaeda.