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WCVB Channel 5 (Boston ABC affiliate). Adil Najam, associate professor
of international negotiation and
diplomacy, appeared on Channel 5 to
comment on the execution of Saddam
Hussein.
Fox News. BG (Ret) Russell D. Howard, director of the Jebsen Center for
Counter-Terrorism Studies,
interviewed with Jamie Colby of Fox
TV regarding the threats to the
Chunnel between the UK and France.
General Howard also interviewed with
Jamie Colby of Fox TV regarding the
US Air bomb threat from a flight
traveling between New York's
LaGuardia Airport and Portland,
Maine. The plane was re-routed to
LaGuardia after someone on the plane
delivered a bomb note to the
captain.
National Review Online. This article examines Fletcher alumnus and New
Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who
is viewed by many as a possible
presidential candidate in 2008.
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Washington Times. Insurgents, Terrorists and Militias, by
Richard H. Shultz Jr., director of
the International Security Studies
Program, and Andrea J. Dew, research
associate for the program, has
received yet another rave review.
Read more...
Taipei Times. In an op-ed about the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), a
conference held at The Fletcher
School to commemorate the 20th
anniversary of the TRA is mentioned.
Read more...
The Hugh Hewitt Show. Daniel Drezner, associate professor of
international politics, was on The
Hugh Hewitt radio show to talk about
his Washington Post op-ed on grand
strategy.
Read more...
Washington Post. Daniel Drezner, associate professor of international
politics, wrote an op-ed on the
grand strategy that will guide U.S.
foreign policy.
Read more...
Washington Post. In an op-ed, Professor Lawrence Harrison points out
that there must be deep cultural
change, beyond political change,
before democracy can to take hold
and flourish in some nations.
Read more...
Indiana University East News. Former Fletcher Army Fellow Retired Col.
James R. White has been selected as
the Indiana University East
recipient of the Indiana University
Alumni Association's President's
Award.
Read more...
Christian Science Monitor. William Martel, associate professor of
international security studies, was
quoted in an article on U.S.
President George Bush's response to
the Iraq Study Group's report.
Read more...
Globe and Mail. A list of top 10 business books for the year includes
Leading Leaders by Jeswald Salacuse,
Henry J. Braker Professor of
Commercial Law.
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Boston Globe. Paula Broadwell, deputy director of the Jebsen Center for
Counter-Terrorism Studies, wrote an
op-ed on the increasing involvement
of women in terror campaigns.
Read more...
Washington Post. Michael Glennon, professor of international law, wrote
in an op-ed that U.S. President
George Bush's militariy options in
Iraq are limited by Congress.
Read more...
New Hampshire Public Radio. William Martel, associate professor of
international security studies,
spoke about his new book, Victory in
War: Foundations of Modern Military
Policy.
Read more...
For more about Professor Martel's
book,
click here.
New Hampshire Public Radio. William Martel, associate professor of
international security studies,
spoke with host Laura Gunn about the
Robert Gates confirmation hearings.
Read more...
Fox News. BG (Ret) Russell D. Howard, director of the Jebsen Center for
Counter-Terrorism Studies, was
interviewed with Fox News reporter
Page Hopkins regarding President
Bush's meeting with the Shia Leader,
Abdel Aziz al-Hakim.
See the video.
Fox News. Jebsen Center Deputy Director Paula Broadwell interviewed
with reporter Fox News reporter
Trace Gallagher regarding the
current situation in Lebanon with
Hezbollah leading a sit-in
demonstration in Beirut and the
potential for the country to spiral
into civil war.
See the video.
Cato Institute. Professor Lawrence Harrison wrote the lead essay,
"Culture and Economic Development"
for Cato Unbound, a blog that allows
leading thinkers to write essays
responding to a different lead essay
each month. This month?s topic is
"How much does culture matter?"
Read more...
Reuters. Antonia Chayes, visiting professor of international politics
and law, is quoted in an article on
Patricia Russo, CEO of the newly
formed Alcatel-Lucent. As a U.S.
citizen, Russo is banned from
conducting business with Iran as
Alcatel has in the past.
Read more...
Columbia Daily Tribune. Columnist Bill Clark wrote an article on why
Fletcher alumnus Bill Richardson
would make a great presidential
candidate.
Read more...
PhD candidate Patrick Meier recently co-authored a chapter for a new
book that has just been published:
Bond, Doug and Patrick Meier.
"Peacekeeping Intelligence for the
Stakeholders," in David Carment and
Martin Rudner (Eds)., Peacekeeping
Intelligence: New Players, Extended
Boundaries. Routledge 2006, NY.
TradeArabia News Service. Alumnus Paul Bagatelas has been named
Managing Director for Investor
Relations and Senior Executive
Officer (SEO) in the Dubai office of
the Carlyle Group.
Read more...
Fox News. Anchor Trace Gallagher interviewed BG (Ret) Russell D.
Howard, director of the Jebsen
Center for Counter-Terrorism
Studies, regarding President Bush?s
trip to Indonesia to meet with
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
as well as terrorist activity in
Indonesia.
Fox News. BG (Ret) Russell D. Howard, director of the Jebsen Center,
interviewed with Fox News regarding
the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, led
by former Secretary of State James
A. Baker III and former Democratic
Representative Lee Hamilton of
Indiana. The group is expected to
report its findings and
recommendations before the end of
the year.
Fletcher student Lorenzo Vidino (MALD '07) published an article titled
"Aims and Methods of Europe?s Muslim
Brotherhood" in Current Trends in
Islamist Ideology, volume 4, a
publication of the Hudson
Institute's Center on Islam,
Democracy and the Future of the
Muslim World.
Read more...
Minneapolis Star Tribune. Insurgents, Terrorists and Militias: The
Warriors of Contemporary Combat, by
Professor Richard Shultz and Andrea
Dew, is called "one in a handful of
truly important books to emerge from
the war in Iraq."
Read more...
Philadelphia Inquirer. Robert Pfaltzgraff, professor of international
security studies, is quoted in an
article about the pressure to change
the Iraq war plan in Congress.
Read more...
Fletcher student Lorenzo Vidino (MALD '07) appeared on Al Jazeera on
November 5 to comment on tomorrow?s
US elections and on November 4 he
appeared on the Fox News show "Big
Story" to comment on Arab states
trying to obtain nuclear weapons.
The Evening Bulletin. Fletcher alumnus Dr. Vali Nasr spoke in
Philadelphia about his new book The
Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within
Islam Shape the Future.
Read more...
On November 1, BG (Ret) Russell Howard, director of the Jebsen Center,
comments on Fox News on the
controversy surrounding Senator John
Kerry?s remarks in California last
week.
International Herald Tribune. Richard Shultz, director of the
international security studies
program, comments on the war in Iraq
in an Associated Press article that
was picked up by over 40 news
outlets.
Read more...
In the November/December 2006 issue of Foreign Affairs, the books of
Professor Richard Shultz and ISSP
research associate Andrea Dew,
Fletcher alumnus Robert M. Cassidy,
and Fletcher alumnus Hy S. Rothstein
are reviewed together.
Read more...
Washingtonian Magazine. (November 2006) Fletcher alumnus Douglas
Bailey, a "pioneer in political
consulting," is interviewed on
elections, campaign consultants, and
the US political system.
Christian Science Monitor. William Martel, associate professor of
international security studies, is
quoted in an article on US strategy
in Iraq.
Read more
New York Post. PhD candidate Troy Schnack (MALD '06) wrote a letter to
the editor in response to the column
"Politically Correct War" by Ralph
Peters.
Read more...
BG (Ret) Russell Howard, director of the Jebsen Center for
Counter-Terrorism Studies, was
interviewed by Fox news reporter
Jamie Colby on the rescinded
security clearance of 43 baggage
handlers at France's Charles De
Gaulle airport. General Howard
discussed new procedures being
established by US Airport Security
at Newark Airport which could
translate into changes with US
airports across-the-board.
Paula Broadwell, deputy director
of the Jebsen Center for
Counter-Terrorism Studies, was
interviewed by Fox News reporter
Catherine Herridge regarding the
Internet threat to NFL stadiums this
weekend.
The October issue of Harvard Management Update contains an interview
with Professor Jeswald Salacuse on
his book Leading Leaders: How to
Manage Smart, Talented, Rich, and
Powerful People.
Bloomberg News. Dean Stephen Bosworth is quoted in an article on
cooperation between the U.S. and
China since the North Korean nuclear
test.
Read more...
Bloomberg News. Dean Stephen
Bosworth is quoted in an article on
the United Nations Security Council
sanctions against North Korea.
Read more...
Boston Herald. Michael Glennon, professor of international law, and
Adil Najam, associate professor of
international negotiation and
diplomacy, are quoted in an article
on North Korea's nuclear test.
Read more...
Concord (NH) Monitor. William Moomaw, professor of international
environmental policy, participated
in the newly released study "Climate
Change in the U.S. Northeast" and
was quoted in a number of articles
in newspapers such as the Providence
Journal, Cape Cod Times, Pittsburgh
Post Gazette, and Danbury News
Times.
Read more...
Christian Science Monitor. William Martel, associate professor of
international security studies, is
quoted in an article on the recently
declassified National Intelligence
Estimate.
Read more...
Asia Media. Dean Stephen Bosworth is quoted in a column on the recent
summit between U.S. President George
Bush and South Korean President Roh
Moo-hyun.
Read more...
New York Times. Fletcher PhD candidate Thomas H. Kean Jr., who is
running for Senate in New Jersey, is
featured in an article about his
family's political legacy.
Read more...
Asia Times. Former Fletcher professor Sung-Yoon Lee wrote an article on
South Korean President Roh
Moo-hyun's summit with President
George Bush.
Read more...
Philadelphia Inquirer. Professor William Martel?s upcoming book Victory
in War is called one of the "single
most important non-fiction book[s]"
of the season.
Read more...
Fletcher alumnus and Convocation speaker C. David Welch (F?77),
Assistant U.S. Secretary of State
for Near Eastern Affairs, says the
"road map" for Middle East peace
agreed upon by the United States,
the European Union, Russia and the
United Nations in 2003 remains a
valid starting point for peace
talks.
Read more...
New England Cable News. Robert Pfaltzgraff, professor of international
security studies, and Paula
Broadwell, deputy director of the
Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism
Studies, were both interviewed for
the 6:00pm news.
See the segment.
New York Times. Fletcher alum, current PhD Candidate, New Jersey State
Senator, and Republican nominee for
United States Senate, Thomas H. Kean
Jr., calls for the resignation of
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
G.O.P. Hopeful Says Rumsfeld Should
Resign.
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Fletcher alumnus Jay Bragdon, F64, is coming out with a new book
Profit for Life: How Capitalism
Excels, available at the end of
September.
http://www.solonline.org/PFL/
Professor William Moomaw is the guest editor of a new special issue of
the journal "Southeast European and
Black Sea Studies" (Vol. 6, Issue 3,
September 2006), focusing on the
environment in the Balkans and Black
Sea regions. He authored the
editor?s note "Environmental
Sustainability and Collaboration in
South Eastern Europe." The following
Fletcher students contributed
articles to the journal.
Mihaela Papa (MALD '03, PhD
Candidate). "Rethinking Conflict
Prevention in South Eastern Europe:
An Emerging Environmental Security
Agenda?"
Nicholas A. Ashford and Christi
Electris (MALD '07). "The Role of
the United States - Greek Initiative
for Technology Cooperation with the
Balkans in Constructing a Unified
Environmental Technology Plan."
Ioli Christopoulou (MALD '04, PhD
Candidate) and Vivi Roumeliotou.
"Uniting People through Nature in
Southeast Europe: The Role (and
Limits) of Nongovernmental
Organizations in the Transboundary
Prespa Park."
Devin Jessee, Ph.D. Candidate published his article, "Tactical Means,
Strategic Ends: Al Qaeda's Use of
Denial and Deception" in the latest
issue of Terrorism and Political
Violence.
New York Times. Professor Dick Shultz and Andrea Dew have an op-ed in
today?s New York Times.
Read More...
International Herald Tribune.
Professor Richard Shultz and Andrea
Dew?s New York Times op-ed was
picked up by the International
Herald Tribune. Counterinsurgency,
by the book.
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On July 31st The Weekly Standard published Intelligence Dominance, A
better way forward by Professor
Richard H. Shultz and Professor Roy
Godson. Professor Shultz is the
Director of International Security
studies at the Fletcher School of
Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University,
and Director of Research at the
Consortium for the Study of
Intelligence (CSI) and Roy Godson is
a Professor of Government at
Georgetown University and President
of the National Strategy Information
Center. The research for this
article was drawn from CSI's Armed
Groups Project.
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Ivan Marovic, Trainer for the Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and
Strategies (CANVAS), Design
Associate with York Zimmerman Inc.,
and current GMAP II student, is
quoted in this piece from the New
York Times about using interactive
media to convey the complexity of
solving international political
crises.
Read More...
Today?s Wall Street Journal features a terrific review of ?Insurgents,
Terrorists, and Militias: The
Warriors of Contemporary Combat? by
Fletcher?s Dick Shultz and Andrea
Dew. The reviewer praises the book,
noting that the authors ?have
produced a wise and cogent briefing
book about who our enemies are and
how to anticipate their field
tactics.?
Read More...
Fletcher alumnus Claudio X. Gonzalez Guajardo was named the recipient
of the prestigious James L. Fisher
Award for Distinguished Service to
Education by CASE at its annual
national conference in NYC on July
10, 2006.
Throughout his career, González
has worked to improve education in
Mexico. Under his guidance, the
not-for-profit organization UNETE
has provided computer equipment to
more than 2,800 public schools in
Mexico, helping more than one
million students. As president of
Televisa Foundation, he has directed
the launch of a number of national
educational initiatives, including
campaigns to promote teacher
training and reading. For example,
based on findings that many
individuals in Mexico read only one
book a year, the foundation launched
a promotion to encourage the use of
dictionaries, encyclopedias and
other books in public elementary
schools. As a result of that
campaign, nearly 450 public
elementary schools have received
nearly 135,000 books since 2002.
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The National Crime Victim Law Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School
honored the work of three
individuals, a law firm, and a
county prosecutor's office on behalf
of victims of crime. The institute
presented the advocacy and service
awards during its recent national
conference titled "The Power of One,
the Strength of Many: Advancing
Victims' Rights." The institute
honored the Cynthia Hora, a victims'
rights attorney from the state of
Alaska; James L. Huffman, Erskine
Wood Sr. Professor of Law, Lewis &
Clark Law School; Diane Moyer, legal
director, Pennsylvania Coalition
Against Rape, Moses Lake, Wash., law
firm Dano, Gilbert & Ahrend; Grant
County, Wash., prosecutor's office
and victim/witness unit.
James L. Huffman received the
Service Award for his "commitment to
crime victims' rights." Huffman
joined Lewis & Clark Law School's
faculty in 1973 and was appointed
dean in 1994. In 2001, he became the
school's first Erskine Wood Sr.
Professor of Law. He is an expert in
areas of constitutional law and
history, natural resources law, and
water law. He has been a visiting
professor at Auckland University in
New Zealand, the University of
Oregon, the University of Athens in
Greece and Universidad Francisco
Marroquin in Guatemala. He was a
fellow at the Humane Studies
Institute and a Distinguished
Bradley Scholar at the Heritage
Foundation. Huffman serves on the
boards of the American Judicature
Society, the American Law Deans
Association, the Foundation for
Research on Economics and the
Environment, the Classroom Law
Project, and the Rocky Mountain
Mineral Law Foundation. He is a
member of the Montana Bar
Association and is admitted to
practice before the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit and the United States
Supreme Court. He is the author of
more than 100 articles and chapters
on a wide array of legal topics.
Huffman earned his bachelor's degree
from Montana State University,
master's degree from Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts
University, and his juris doctorate
from the University of Chicago Law
School. He stepped down as law
school dean in July 2006 to returnto
the classroom.
Russell Howard, director of Fletcher's Jebsen Center for
Counter-Terrorism Studies, was
quoted in the Boston Globe and the
International Herald Tribune on the
political ramifications of last
week's Israeli air strikes on Gaza's
sole power plant.
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Asia Times. June 23rd. A look at policy group called Committees on the
Present Danger (CPD) includes
membership by well-known
conservatives, including Bob
Pfaltzgraff.
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Stories in media outlets in India and Dubai about Fletcher PhD alum and
UN Under-Secretary Shashi Tharoor as
candidate as Kofi Annan's successor.
India names Tharoor to succeed
Annan
Reuters India - Mumbai, India
"Educated in India and the United
States, Tharoor received a doctorate
and two masters degrees at the age
of 22 from Tuft University's
Fletcher School of Law..."
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India may back Tharoor for UN
top job
Hindu - Chennai, India
"He has done PhD from the
prestigious Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy at Tuffs University of
the United States and has authored
several novels including a..."
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India's man for top UN job
wears many hats
Khaleej Times - Dubai, United Arab
Emirates
"A graduate from Tufts University's
Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy, he also has a doctorate
and two masters degrees and is
considered among the most..."
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Shashi Tharoor is India's
candidate for UN chief
The Times of India - New Delhi,
India
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New York Times. June 19th. Steve Flynn, PhD Fletcher alum and terrorism
expert, is questioned about his
links to a Hong Kong security
protection company.
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Boston Sunday Globe. June 18th. Daniel Benaim, who recently graduated
from Fletcher and who has been
writing for The Globe has filed a
story about the Moroccan
ambassador's visit to Boston, which
included a nice mention of Professor
Andrew Hess' students in the
Armenian diplomatic training
program.
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Shashi Tharoor, Fletcher PhD graduate and UN Under-Secretary for
Communications, looking to get
nominated to be Kofi Annan's
successor. Thailand's Deputy Prime
Minister Surakiart Sathirathai,
another Fletcher grad, is also a
candidate.
Read More »
Fletcher's own Manager of Media Relations Terry Ann Knopf was recently
the subject of a Tufts Journal story
about the reissue of her 1975 book
Rumors, Race and Riots.
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Daniel Drezner, who will join Fletcher this fall as an associate
professor, has written a provocative
op-ed about the political effects
[or lack thereof] of the World Cup
that originally appeared in The Post
and has additionally been picked up
by the following papers.
New York Times. June 11th. Lorenzo Vidino and his much-praised book, Al
Qaeda in Europe, were quoted/cited
in The New York Times regarding
al-Zarqawi.
Read More »
Assaf Moghadam, Phd candidate has a new book out called The Roots of
Terrorism (New York:Chelsea
House/Infobase, 2006), a textbook
for high-school and college
students.
Read More »
Chicago Tribune. May 29th. Professor Jeswald Salacuse's much-praised
book, Leading Leaders: How to
Manage Smart, Talented, Rich, and
Powerful People, continues to
generate reviews.
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