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August 3, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. Associate Professor of International Politics Alan Wachman quoted on rise of a car boom in China. In land of bicycle, car boom brings freedom of open road

July 8, 2005 - Boston Herald. PhD candidate Erik Dahl is one of the experts quoted on yesterday's terror attack in London. Analysts see boost for Bush: G-8 leaders unite to condemn terror

July 8, 2005 - Boston Globe. Professor of International Politics Richard Shultz was quoted on transportation security issues in the aftermath of London terrorist attack. Fast response to US transit's security needs

June 28, 2005 - Times of Tibet. Warren Smith, Fletcher PhD and writer with the Tibetan Service of Radio Free Asia wrote this interesting story. US Congress to Investigate China's Theft of Tibetan Art

June 24, 2005 - Down to Earth. Adil Najam wrote op-ed entitled “Transcending Kyoto: Time to Move Beyond the Protocol’s Shadow.”

June 23, 2005 - Xinhua News Service. Hugo Shong, Fletcher alum, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of a leading Chinese online financial information and data provider. China Finance Online Announces Changes in Senior Management Team

June 23, 2005 - Bangor Daily News. Interview with Fletcher alum Elizabeth Moran on rise from CIA operative to crusading Camden, Maine librarian, to new head of the Camden History Center. Camden librarian spies new horizons

June 23, 2005 - Wellesley Townsman. Kathy McGraw Bentley, Fletcher alum, has been appointed to the board of the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Hospital appoints four Wellesley residents to board

June 21, 2005 - Voice of America. Adil Najam, Associate Professor of International Negotiation and Diplomacy, was interviewed about water and poverty. http://www.voa.gov

June 21, 2005 - CBS Channel 4 Boston, 11 p.m. News. PhD candidate Erik Dahl was on to discuss Gentlemen's Quarterly story about the two National Guard officers assigned to cover Saddam Hussein in his jail cell. http://cbs4boston.com

June 16, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. Hurst Hannum, Professor of International Law, is quoted on the legal aspects of Guantanamo. Debate deepens over Guantánamo

June 15, 2005 - Steve Flynn, Fletcher PhD alum, speaks on homeland security conference. New Strategies to Protect America: Safer Ports for a More Secure Economy

June 15, 2005 - Godfrey Smith, Fletcher alum, has been named the new minister of tourism in Belize. Belize tourism takes a new turn

June 11, 2005 - San Francisco Chronicle. PhD candidate Hassan Abbas comments on Pakistan's complex role in the war against terrorism. Lodi inquiry highlights Pakistan's complex role in war on terrorism

June 8, 2005 - CBS Evening News. Matthew Levitt, who just received his PhD from Fletcher was interviewed on the CBS Evening News concerning his speciality, terrorism. Sleeper Cells Waiting To Strike?

June 8, 2005 - United Press International [UPI]. PhD candidate and Pakistan expert Hassan Abbas was interviewed on two Pakistani-Americans arrested and charged with lying about undergoing terror training in Pakistan.Terror case raises fears of sleeper cells

June, 2005 - Sorin Lungu, a Fletcher PhD has just had an article published in Strategic Insights, Vol. 4, No. 6 (June 2005).European Perceptions of U.S. High-Technology and Defense Strategies since the Final Days of the Cold War: A Sine Qua Non Research Agenda?

May 31, 2005 - Boston Globe. A Chinese paper exposing "the lies of the Communist government," has popped up around the world and is now distributed in Boston, may be connected to a mysterious movement in China called Falun Gong. Alan Wachman comments. Time for a Change; International Paper Puts an Emphasis on Universal Freedoms

May 30, 2005 - The Nation. [Thailand] Dr Surakiart Sathirathai, Fletcher alum and Thailand’s candidate as the next UN Secretary-General, describes his intense overseas campaigning as a "listening tour." TOP UNITED NATIONS POST: It’s ‘so far, so good’ for Surakiart’s campaign

May 30, 2005 - Ghana News. Professor Michael Glennon quoted in this African publication. Bribery and Corruption- Evidence of Leadership Failures?

May 25, 2005 - Independent [Ypsilanti, Michigan]. Sam Robit, a leading expert in food industry value-creation strategies, with degrees from Fletcher and HBS has been named chief Swift's executive officer and a member of its board of directors. Sam Rovit Joins Swift & Company as CEO

May 24, 2005 - Providence Journal. Interesting Op-ed by coauothered by Richard Clarke and Fletcherites Evan Pressman and Dan Dolgin which argues against expanding a liquefied-natural-gas facility in Providence. LNG tankers in Providence - Introducing a new vulnerability

May 22, 2005 - Boston Sunday Globe. Associate Professor of International Economics Matthew Khan's recent study on transportation patterns is cited. Headaches over Storrow access closure

May 18, 2005 - NECN 6 p.m. news. Robert Pfaltzgraff, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies, comments on women in the military issue. NECN News

May 18, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. Robert Pfaltzgraff, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies, on the UN's oil-for-food scandal. Oil-for-food probes expose cultural gulfs

May 13, 2005 - Kiplinger Forecasts. Dean Stephen Bosworth comments on the political fallout if North Korea tests a nuclear weapon. North Korea Courts Trouble if Test Happens

May 13, 2005 - Maine Morning Sentinel. Bruce Stronach, a Fletcher PhD made history in April by becoming the first foreigner to head a public university in Japan when he was appointed president of Yokohama City University. Oakland man to head university in Japan

May 11, 2005 - The Christian Science Monitor. PhD candidate Itamara Lochard is one of the experts quoted on patterns of insurgency. Search for patterns in insurgency

May 6, 2005 - Army Brig. Gen. Michael Ferriter, a former military fellow at Fletcher has been appointed U.S. Joint Forces Command's director for operations. Army brigadier general to assume operations director post

May 4, 2005 - allAfrica.com. Last month, Adil Najam, associate professor of international negotiation and diplomacy, gave the keynote address to 13 former African presidents at a Summit meeting in Boston. He was one of only two formal speakers during the day long summit, his topic was "Africa and the Millennium Development Goals." Here is a report of the event: Life After the African Presidency

May 3, 2005 - The White House announced that William Luti, Fletcher alumnus, has beeen appointed to the National Security Council and will serve as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense Policy and Strategy. Statement on NSC Appointment

April 2005 - The Journal of Strategic Studies. PhD candidate Erik J. Dahl's article based on his MALD thesis has been published by The Journal of Strategic Studies, vol 28 no. 1, February 2005. "Warning of Terror: Explaining the Failure of Intelligence Against Terrorism"

April 20, 2005 - The Telegraph [Calcutta, India]. Alan Wachman, associate professor of international studies, is quoted on the rising tensions between China and Japan. Row a complex geopolitical game

April 20, 2005 - Washington Post. Former Costa Rican ambassador and Fletcher doctorate holder, Jaime Daremblum, has joined the Hudson Institute as a senior fellow and director of its new Center for Latin American Studies. Costa Rican Joins Hudson Institute

April 13, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. Eric Dahl, Fletcher PhD candidate and retired naval intelligence officer, on what John Negroponte would need to do as the first true czar of US intelligence. Task ahead: how to be a spy czar

April 12, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. Robert Pfaltzgraff, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies, was quoted about the nomination of John Bolton for US ambassador to the UN. America's legacy of unlikely UN envoys

April 12, 2005 - The Daily Yomiui [Japan]. American Bruce Stronach becomes head of Japanese University. First came to Japan thanks to a joint research project between Fletcher and Keio University. Expanding Role of College Head

April 12, 2005 - New England Cable News. PhD candidate Erik Dahl was on the "Good Morning Live" program providing perspective on the John Negroponte nomination for intelligence director. NECN - Good Morning Live

April 10, 2005 - Times Union [Albany, NY]. Margaret Sloane, Fletcher PhD candidate and former member of Daniel P. Moynihan's staff, argues that the Bush administration is wrong to invoke the late senator's name in support of Bolton and social security reform. The President is no Daniel Patrick Moynihan

April 6, 2005 - Tufts Daily. Joyce Barsam's accomplishments on behalf of Armenians and role in Fletcher program cited. Onward and Upward - Barsam crusades against genocide in Armenia, worldwide

April 4, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. Jeswald Salacuse, Henry J. Braker Professor of Commercial Law, on the meaning of President Yushchenko's trip to Washington. Ukraine visit highlights hope for democracy

April 4, 2005 - Financial Times. An item on Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of British intelligence who has a month-long fellowship at Fletcher. Former MI6 chief to teach at Fletcher

March 30, 2005 - Tufts Daily. Fletcher School Dean Stephen Bosworth introduced former UN Ambassador Nancy Soderberg who spoke in advancement of her book - The Superpower Myth: The Use and Misuse of American Might. Soderberg calls for diplomacy through America and its allies

March 29, 2005 - The World. Ian Johnstone, Associate Professor of International Law, is interviewed on "The World," the nationally syndicated radio program, re: today's report on the UN's oil-for-food scandal. The World airs locally at 4-5 p.m on WGBH-FM [89.7].

March 28, 2005 - Boston Globe. Sung-Yoon Lee, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Politics, spoke at the Belmont Film Festival about the Korean film "Untold Scandal" based on the French "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." Still dangerous after all these years?

March 23, 2005 - The World. Robert Pfaltzgraff, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies, will be on the nationally synidcated radio program called "The World" about protecting our borders from terrorism. Program airs locally on March 23rd from 4-5 p.m. at WGBH [89.7 FM]

March 23, 2005 - Business Week. Richard Shultz, Professor of International Politics, quoted on his study concerning faulty U.S. intelligence. Intelligence, Without Smarts

March 23, 2005 - Birmingham [Alabama] Post-Herald. Richard Shultz, Professor of International Politics, on terrorism and border problems. Concern about border risk grows

March 23, 2005 - Jakarta Post. In this op-ed, Scott Thompson, Adjunct Professor of International Politics, poses the question - Wolfowitz and McNamara: What's the difference?

March 22, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. Richard Shultz, professor of international politics, comments on: US-Mexican border as a terror risk

March 21, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. Adil Najam, associate professor of international negotiation and diplomacy, quoted on how Indian-American community exerts growing clout back home. Indian-American community exerts growing clout back home

March 21, 2005 - Pakistan Daily Times. Alan Wachman, associate professor of international politics, comments on China's "anti-secession" law means in terms of Taiwan. Jury out on what China law means for Sino-US ties

March 17, 2005 - Boston Globe. Story by media critic Mark Jurkowitz about former AP CEO Louis Boccardi's talk at Fletcher: Investigator says CBS report shouldn't stain Rather's care

March 15, 2005 - New England Cable News. Sung-Yoon Lee was on "Good Morning Live" this morning previewing Condoleezza's Rice's trip to Asia. You can listen at: http://www.boston.com/news/necn/Shows/gml/

March 14, 2005 - Working Knowledge, Harvard Business School. A new book on global branding by John Quelch, Harvard Business School, and Nathalie Laidler- Kylander, Fletcher PhD candidate, is discussed. The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

March 11, 2005 - Agence France Presse [French wire service]. Steve Boswoth quoted in DC on six-party talks. US flexibility needed in six-party North Korea nuclear talks: KEDO http://www.afp.com/english/home/

March 2005 - Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (Vol. 28, No. 2, March-April 2005). Congratulations to PhD candidate Assaf Moghadam whose [highly critical] book review is out on Richard Pearlstein's "Fatal Future: Transnational Terrorism and the New Global Disorder." A Routledge Journal: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

March 8, 2005 - Antigua Sun. Congratulations to Joy-Dee Davis, foreign service officer from Antiqua and Fletcher student for her op-ed: Caricom should embrace 'some' of Brazil's vision

March 7, 2005 - Boston Herald. Professor Sung-Yoon Lee admits he compared North Korea's Kim Il to Michael Jackson, he says he was misquoted on North Korea's collapse. With playboy image, N. Korea's Kim a strong, 'shrewd leader'

March 2005 - Robert Micallef who did a Masters degree at Fletcher is interviewed by the Malta Independent on Sunday about his role as National Editor of the Eurobarometer report published by the European Commission in Brussels: http://217.145.4.56/ind/news.asp?newsitemid=12747
European Union's Eurobarometer report: PDF

March 7, 2005 - Erik Dahl, PhD candidate and former naval intelligence officer, will be a guest on Ch. 2's Greater Boston on Monday (March 7, 2005) at 7 p.m. http://greaterboston.tv/index.php

March 6, 2005 - Hassan Abbas recently delivered a book talk at the World Affairs Council in Washington, D.C. His talk will be televised on C-SPAN2 Sunday (March 6, 2005) at 8:45 a.m. http://www.booktv.org/General/index.asp?segID=5227&schedID=335

March 6, 2005 - San Francisco Chronicle. Alan Wachman, associate professor of international politics, "Tension between China, Taiwan on rise Mainland expected to bolster stance against secession". http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/03/05/MNG6PBKQVM1.DTL

March 5, 2005 - Xinhua. Alan Wachman, associate professor of international politics, addresses Chinese attempts to reach out to other countries. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/07/content_2663064.htm

March 5, 2005 - Boston Globe. Alan Wachman, associate professor of international politics, is quoted in the article "Taiwan in focus as Chinese legislators gather". http://www.boston.com:80/news/world/asia/articles/2005/03/05/ taiwan_in_focus_as_chinese_legislators_gather

March 4, 2005 - Tufts Daily. Article on PhD stipends at Tufts includes quote from Jenifer Burchett-Picker: "Ph.D. stipends to rise but effects still uncertain". http://www.tuftsdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/03/04/4227fc65df0cb

March 3, 2005 - Asia Times Online. Sung-Yoon Lee, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Politics, is quoted extensively in a story called "Japan Tests North Korea Sanctions Waters". http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/GC03Dh01.html

March 2, 2005 - Montana Public Radio. Professor of Diplomacy Andrew Hess did a half-hour taping on Iraq for a show called "Home Journal".

February 28, 2005 - Tufts Daily. William Moomaw, professor of international environmental policy, was honored for his work on climate change during the EPIIC symposium. http://www.tuftsdaily.com/vnews/display.v?TARGET=printable&article_id=4222b1996575d

February 28, 2005 - Tufts Daily. Andrew Hess, professor of diplomacy, spoke on an EPIIC Symposium panel: "Corruption, need for reform are some reasons for oil crises around the world".http://www.tuftsdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/28/4222b1232d471

February 2005 - Mass High Tech. Read about a successful Fletcher-HBS alum from Iran named Azita Sharif who founded a successful software company. http://www.masshightech.com/displayarticledetail.asp?art_id=67961

February 25, 2005 - Tech Central Station. [Canadian publication]. A critical mention of Kofi Annan's speech on Kyoto protocol at Fletcher from a few commencements ago. http://www.techcentralstation.com/022505B.html

February 22, 2005 - Boston Globe. Reporter Susan Milligan, traveling with President Bush called Robert Pfaltzgraff, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies, from Brussels to get his perspective. Story begins p. 1. http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/02/22/ bush_admonishes_russia_to_commit_to

February 22, 2005 - Philippine Daily Inquirer. Professor of International Law Hurst Hannum, who attended the Davos conference, is quoted in the story with the intriguing headline: Why humans are human http://news.inq7.net/lifestyle/index.php?index=1&story_id=28075

February 21, 2005 - Financial Times. Dean Stephen Bosworth, with Morton Abamowitz, are co-authors of this op-ed that analyzes the six-party talks re: North Korea. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0862366a-8445-11d9-ad81-00000e2511c8.html

February 16, 2005 - Asia Times. Sung-Yoon Lee, professor of international politics, headlines Asia Times with his 2000 words-long commentary on occasion of NK leader Kim Jong-il's 63rd birthday. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/GB17Dg02.html

February 9, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. Hurst Hannum, professor of international law, on Condoleeza Rice's trip to Europe. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0209/p01s02-woeu.html

February 9, 2005 - Asia Times. Sung-Yoon Lee, professor of international politics, has an op-ed called "Bush's bid for a Wilsonesque legacy." http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GB09Aa01.html

February 8, 2005 - Moscow Times. Fletcher student Harout H. Semerdjian has written an op-ed headlined "An Iron Curtain at Mount Ararat" which deals with the conflict over Nagorny Karabakh. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/08/006.html

February 6, 2005 - New York Times. Sunday Book Review section. PhD candidate Hassan Abbas' book Pakistan's Drift into Extremism was reviewed - Chronicle: Political Islam: Global Warning http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/books/review/06FELDMAN.html

February 5, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. Profile of humanitarian worker Kirsten Gelsdorf, who graduated from Fletcher. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0207/p01s03-woap.html

February 1, 2005 - Fletcher alum Raymond Farrow was recently named Executive Director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC Chapel Hill. http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/News/DetailsNewsPage.cfm?id=2450

February 2005 - Policy Review. Michael Glennon, Professor of International Law, argues the UN report on the use of force issued last December rests on "wishful thinking rather than empirical evidence." http://www.policyreview.org/feb05/glennon.html

January 2005 - Far Eastern Economic Review. The book by PhD candidate Hassan Abbas on extremism in Pakistan is reviewed in the latest issue. Incidentally, Hassan will give a book talk this Thursday, Feb. 3 at 4:30 in Ginn Library.

January 31, 2005 - New York Times News Service. Interview Adriana Bosch, Cuban-born filmmaker and PhD alum, whose PBS documentary on Castro aired earlier. Includes why she didn't do her Fletcher thesis on Cuba. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/ae/tv/3016372

January 31, 2005 - Boston Herald. Adil Najam, Associate Professor of International Negotiation and Diplomacy, on Iraq elections. http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=66058&format=text

January 31, 2005 - Tufts Daily. Jan. 31. Coverage of the speech at Fletcher by Quentin Peel, Financial Times int. affairs editor.http://www.tuftsdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/01/31/41fdd21cbf28f

January 30, 2005 - Boston Globe Magazine. Alfred Rubin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of International Law, takes the "pro" side in a debate on whether torture is ever justified.

January 29, 2005 - Miami Herald. Adriana Bosch, who got her PhD from Fletcher and has become a well-known documentary filmmaker has a two-hour documentary onto PBS's American Experience" profiling Fidel Castro. Program airs on PBS' "American Experience" tonight. Exile's documentary on Castro lets her confront feelings

January 20, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. John Hammock, the Alexander N. McFarlane Associate Professor of Public Policy, comments on the UN's Millennium Report on confronting world poverty. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0120/p02s01-usgn.html

January 19, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. "The prohibition against torture must remain - it is absolute," says Hurst Hannum, Professor of International Law, in a fascinating story on torture. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0119/p11s01-usju.html

January 19, 2005 - International Herald Tribune. Hurst Hannum, Professor of International Law, on whether higher ups will be prosecuted in the Abu Ghraib scandal. http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/01/18/news/abuse.html

January 18, 2005 - Boston Globe. Robert Pfaltzgraff, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies, quoted in a story over President Bush's $40 million bash. http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/bush/articles/2005/01/18 /questions_swirl_over_40m_bash/

January 18, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. Hurst Hannum, Professor of International Law, criticizes new U.S. policy on torture. http://search.csmonitor.com/search_content/0118/p03s01-usju.html

January 18, 2005 - Hardbeat News. Word comes that Pamela Cox, a Fletcher PhD alum, has received a promotion at the World Bank, and as vice president for Latin American America and the Carribean, will oversee the bank's lending and poverty-fighting operations in the region. http://www.hardbeatnews.com/details2993.htm

January 18, 2005 - Pakistan Daily Times. Richard Shultz, Professor of International Politics, is the coauthor [with Roy Godson of Georgetown Univ.] of an important new study that asserts armed groups are the biggest threat to democracies around the world. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_16-1-2005_pg7_50

January 11, 2005 - Boston Globe. Jan. 11. Another mention of possible appointment of Robert Joseph to replace John Bolton as the key Bush adviser on nuclear weapons. Charges that Joseph was the person responsible for controversial claim in president's 2003 state-of-the-union address that Saddam was seeking uranium for making nuclear weapons. Taught at Fletcher from 1981-82. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/01/11/ despite_false_claim_his_star_rises_former_bush_aide_eyed_for_state_job/

January 9, 2005 - Baltimore Sun. In a fascinating piece, John Hammock, the Alexander N. McFarlane Associate Professor of Public Policy, is one of the experts quoted on "the NGO phenomenon." http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-pe.ngo09jan09,1,4026620.story? coll=bal-oped-headlines&ctrack=2&cset=true

January 7, 2005 - New Kerala [Indonesian News Service]. Shashi Tharoor, Dep. Under-Secretary General and PhD alum, advocates the right of people of Indian origin to get vote in the Indian Diaspora. http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=56796

January 7, 2005 - The Guardian [UK]. John Bolton, the Bush Administration's top point man on nuclear weapons [and who spoke at Fletcher recently] is leaving. His reported replacement is Robert Joseph who once taught at Fletcher. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4718603,00.html

January 5, 2005 - Christian Science Monitor. John Hammock, the Alexander N. McFarlane Associate Professor of Public Policy, compares South Asia tsunami with Ethiopian famine. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0105/p01s03-ussc.html

January 4, 2005 - Radio Free Europe. Jeswald Salacuse, Henry J. Braker Professor of Law, on whether tsunami will help achieve piece in Sri Lanka. http://www.rferl.org/features/features_Article.aspx? m=01&y=2005&id=5F6D27A7-73AF-4E2D-90D0-D3DEE056E707

January 4, 2005 - WBUR-FM [90.9 FM], On Point. Adil Najam, Associate Professor of International Negotiation and Diplomacy, on development issues. http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2005/01/20050104_a_main.asp

January 4, 2005 - Boston Globe. Hurst Hannum, Professor of International Law, in a story about the George H.W. Bush & Bill Clinton partnership on helping to raise money for tsunami victims. http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/01/04/ex_presidents_to_lead_aid_effort

January 3, 2005 - NPR, Tavis Smiley Show. Hurst Hannum, Professor of International Law, was on the show talking about alleged UN peacekeeping abuses in the Congo. http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=11&prgDate=03-Jan-2005

January 2, 2005 - New York Times. Shukri Ghanem, Libya's prime minister and Fletcher PhD alum was featured in a story about US oil interests in Libya. Ghanem is playing a key role in helping to reform Libya. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/business/02libya.html