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The following articles, representing academic and opinion-based writing, were authored by Fletcher community members—faculty, staff, students and alumni—and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Fletcher School, or indicate its commitment to a particular course of action.


11.15.09 Foreign Policy Journal Michael Mylrea, F09
Brazil’s Next Battlefield: Cyberspace
11.12.09 The New York Times Karl F. Inderfurth and Theodore L. Eliot Jr., Dean Emeritus
Listen to the Afghan People
11.12.09 Recent Publication Joel Richard Paul, F82
Unlikely Allies
11.12.09 Axis of Logic Andreea C. Zugravu, F11
Charismatic Leadership Theory - or How to Turn a Terrorist into a Respectable Diplomat
11.11.09 Los Angeles Times David Abraham, F03
On Veterans Day, Feeling the Cost of War
11.09.09 Foreign Policy Joshua Gross, F10
The Forgotten Front
11.05.09 The Boston Globe Paul C. Demakis, F09
Who Ended the Cold War?
11.02.09 Foreign Policy Natalie Parke, F08
Terrorizing Aid to Somalia
10.30.09 The Washington Post Zeba Khan, F07
The Women of the Web
10.28.09 GlobalPost Galen Murton, F10
China's Sunrise, Tibet's Sunset
10.24.09 Newsweek Professor Nasr
Economics Versus Extremism
10.22.09 Forced Migration Review Todd Wassel, F06
Protecting Housing Rights for IDPs in Sri Lanka
10.22.09 Foreign Affairs Fred Bergsten, F62
The Dollar and the Deficits
10.20.09 GlobalPost Joshua Gross, F10
Dark Side of Democracy
10.19.09 Iran and the Caucasus Geoffrey Gresh, F10
Iranian Kurds in an Age of Globalisation
10.15.09 Tufts Magazine Professor Salacuse
Frames of Mind
10.13.09 The Christian Science Monitor Joshua Gross, F10
The Road to Stability in Afghanistan Runs Through Pakistan and India
10.13.09 Recent Publications James R. Tanenbaum, F72
Exempt and Hybrid Securities and SEC Reporting Issues for Foreign Private Issuers
10.01.09 Foreign Service Journal Robert McMahon, GMAP04
Channeling The ColdWar: U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
9.28.09 Automotive News Kjell Bergh, GMAP04
Three Decades of American Amnesia
9.25.09 IP Global Edition Mehrdad Khonsari, F76
Iran at a Crossroads
9.24.09 Forthcoming Publication Michael Klein
Exchange Rate Regimes in the Modern Era
9.24.09 The Detroit Free Press Bradford Frost, F11
Why I’ll Say I’m From Detroit
9.23.09 New Voices Asher Berman, F11
Book Review: "One State, Two States"
9.22.09 The Huffington Post Zeba Khan, 07
Muslim Americans Missing From the Political Fray
9.22.09 The Hill Joshua Gross, F10
Why Afghanistan is Not Vietnam
9.18.09 Arab News Michael Mylrea, F09
Peace and Prosperity in Palestine
9.16.09 The Christian Science Monitor Rachel Brown
Middle East Peace Effort's Missing Key: Female Negotiators
9.16.09 New Routes Journal Peter Uvin
Corruption and Violence in Burundi
9.16.09 New Routes Journal Cheyanne Church and Kirby Reilling, F09
Lilies That Fester: Seeds of Corruption and Peacebuilding
9.16.09 New Routes Journal Amy Margolies, F09
Peacebuilding and Anti-corruption: Room for Collaboration?
9.16.09 New Routes Journal Matt Herbert, F10
Corrupted Militaries: Criminality, Conflict, and Coercion
9.16.09 New Routes Journal Daniel Friedman, F09
Grand Corruption in Colombia’s ‘Parapolitics’
9.15.09 The Washington Times Lawrence Harrison
Lessons From Nicaragua - on Making Friends With the Left
9.14.09 Foreign Policy Journal Michael Mylrea, F09
A New Security Paradigm is Needed to Protect Critical US Energy Infrastructure From Cyberwarfare
9.14.09 The Huffington Post Elin Suleymanov, F04
Making History in Person: A View From Azerbaijan
9.11.09 The New York Times David Abraham, F03
Waiting for Answers
9.11.09 World Politics Review Jamie Lynn De Coster, F10
Somaliland Faces a Tipping Point
9.08.09 Los Angeles Times David Abraham, F03
Turning Around on Wall Street
9.04.09 La Nacion Jaime Daremblum, F64
A Negotiated Solution in Honduras
9.03.09 The Washington Post Andrew Freedman, F10
Response to Climate Depot's Distortions
9.02.09 Recent Publication Vali Nasr
Forces of Fortune
9.02.09 Recent Publication Emma Belcher, F10 (Ph.D. Candidate)
A Tighter Net: Strengthening the Proliferation Security Initiative
9.02.09 ETF XRAY Carl Delfeld, F81
Red, White & Bold: The New American Century
8.31.09 Energy Policy Professor Gallagher and Hengwei Liu
Catalyzing Strategic Transformation to a Low-carbon Economy: A CCS Roadmap for China
8.31.09 International Journal of Operations & Production Management Lawrence Weiss
On the Relationship Between Inventory and Financial Performance in Manufacturing Companies
8.31.09 Foreign Policy Daniel Drezner
Is Paul Wolfowitz for Real?
8.28.09 The Diplomatic Courier Joshua Gross, F10
Why Nepal Matters
8.26.09 Economic Development and Cultural Change Steven Block and Patrick Webb
Up in Smoke: Tobacco Use, Expenditure on Food, and Child Malnutrition in Developing Countries
8.24.09 Foreign Policy Sung-Yoon Lee
Ain't No Sunshine
8.24.09 The United States Institute of Peace Louis Aucoin
Building the Rule of Law in Haiti: New Laws for a New Era
8.19.09 The Financial Times Fred Bergsten, F62
America Cannot Resolve Global Imbalances on Its Own
8.14.09 U.S. News & World Report Ari Axelrod
Biofuels' Technology and Performance Issues Could Slow Acceptance
8.12.09 Recent Publication James F. Alexander, F00
The International Criminal Court and the Prevention of Atrocities: Predicting the Court's Impact
8.11.09 iCi CEMAC (Cameroon) David Clalude, F10
Paul Biya’s Regime is one of the Most Corrupt in the World
8.10.09 World Politics Review Natalie Parke, F08
Time to Stop Meddling in Somalia
8.09.09 The Jakarta Post Anak Agung Gde Agung, F73
Bali is Reaching a Crossroads
8.07.09 Le Monde Diplomatique Ibrahim Warde
King of the Sting
8.05.09 The Mideast Monitor Benedetta Berti, F'10 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Electoral Reform in Lebanon
8.05.09 Foreign Policy Journal Michael Mylrea, F09
The US Will Lose its Battle in Cyberspace Without a Leader at the Helm
8.03.09 The Mideast Peace Pulse Benedetta Berti, F'10 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Lebanon in the aftermath of the June 2009 elections: Facing the National-Unity Government Challenge
7.30.09 The Christian Science Monitor Lawrence Harrison
Reflections on Race
7.30.09 The Huffington Post Matt Herbert, F10
Islamic Finance and Mobile Banking: Could, Would, Should
7.26.09 The Washington Post Edward Schumacher-Matos, F72
Inflaming Honduras
7.23.09 Newsweek Mohammed J. Herzallah, F10
Civil Sore
7.23.09 The Christian Science Monitor Joshua Gleis, F05, F09
Watch out for an Iranian Backlash
7.20.09 The Far Eastern Economic Review Sung-Yoon Lee
Target Pyongyang's Palace Economy
7.15.09 The National Interest Daniel Drezner
The False Hegemon
7.13.09 The Huffington Post Joshua Gleis, F05, F09
Religious Divisions in Iran's Leadership -- More Than Meets the Eye
7.10.09 Business Daily Toru Mino, F10
Will The Real Banks, Please Stand Up?
7.06.09 The Jakarta Post Anak Agung Gde Agung, F73
Balinese Cosmology for a Universal Code of Behavior
7.02.09 The Huffington Post Joshua Gleis, F05, F09
Technology Rules the Day Again in Iranian Uprising
7.01.09 USA Today William Martel
Pull Back, No Matter What
7.01.09 Recent Publication Erich Wagner, F08
Sojourning Sacred Ground: Tips on Visiting Isandhlwana and Rorke’s Drift
6.23.09 The Financial Times Fred Bergsten, F62
Obama Needs to be Bold on Trade
6.23.09 World Politics Review Marcia Greenberg, F91
The Challenges and Opportunities of Gender Equality in Development
6.15.09 Real Clear World Joshua Gross, F10
Hezbollah, Engagement, and U.S. Options
6.08.09 Newsweek Daniel Drezner
Can China Topple The Dollar?
6.01.09 Foreign Affairs Elizabeth C. Economy and Adam Segal, F93
The G-2 Mirage
5.31.09 The News Zahid F. Ebrahim, F93
Regulate Not Strangulate Media
5.30.09 The Independent Nadim Rouhana
This Suppression is Symbolic of a State That Fears its Past
5.28.09 The Christian Science Monitor Lawrence E. Harrison
What Will America Stand for in 2050?
5.26.09 Eurasian Home Analytical Resource Maria Yulikova, F10
Is it Possible to Improve Russia-US Relations?
5.27.09 Business Daily Matthew Herbert, F10
How M-Banking can Reduce Laundering
5.14.09 The National Interest Daniel Drezner
Dead Elephants
5.14.09 Recent Publication Fred Bergsten, F62
The Long-Term International Economic Position of the United States
5.13.09 Recent Publication Sailesh S. Radha, F07
Five Days in White Flannels
5.08.09 The Huffington Post Rachel Brown, F10
On Mother's Day: A Message of Hope and Survival
5.08.09 Recent Publication Kwang Kim, F99 and Ken Hynes, F02
In the River They Swim
5.06.09 RGE Monitor Michael Klein
Not Yet an Inflation Nation
5.01.09 America.gov Joel P. Trachtman
Global Financial Trouble: Causes, Cures, Responses
5.01.09 The Jakarta Post Mort Abramowitz and Natalie Parke, F08
ASEAN's Continuing Dilemma
4.30.09 U.S. News & World Report William Martel
Tea Party Politics From Colonial Boston to the Obama Bailouts
4.21.09 Asian Journal of Public Affairs Ivan Rasmussen, F09
Torture in the United States and China: Comparing American and Chinese Exceptionalism with Respect to the United Nations Convention Against Torture
4.16.09 Foreign Policy Journal Michael Mylrea, F09
Winning the War on Drugs in Mexico: Sí, se Puede!
4.15.09 Investopedia Brian Perry, F10
Riding The Market Bubble: Don't Try This At Home
4.08.09 The Financial Times Fred Bergsten, F62
We Should Listen to Beijing’s Currency Idea
4.08.09 Eurasian Home Analytical Resource Maria Yulikova, F10
Reset at the Expense of Rule of Law and Human Rights?
4.07.09 Risk Management Magazine Vincent H. O'Neil, F96
Rebuilding Financial Risk Management
4.05.09 The Hartford Courant Timothy A. Ridout, F10
Window Open On Thawing Relations With Cuba
4.02.09 The Huffington Post Pedro C. Moreno, F87
Men and Boys in Gender Equality: a Report from Rio
3.30.09Le Monde Saeed M. Feyz, F78
The Importance of Moral Considerations and Ethical Behavior in Economic Recovery
3.30.09Newsweek Daniel Drezner
One More Chance
3.24.09 The National Interest Mort Abramowitz and Natalie Parke, F08
Bashing Bashir
3.28.09 The New York Times Scott Borgerson, F03, and Caitlyn Antrim
An Arctic Circle of Friends
3.23.09 Opinion Lawrence E. Harrison
Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital, and the End of Multiculturalism
3.18.09 The New Straits Times Online W. Scott Thompson
Top Intelligence Pick Hits 'Israel Lobby'
3.09.09 The Christian Science Monitor Joshua Gross, F10
The Right Way to Talk to Iran
3.09.09 The Columbia Spectator Joshua Gleis, F05 (Ph.D. Candidate)
The Hypocrisy of Columbia’s Israeli Divestment Campaign
3.09.09 U.S. News & World Report William C. Martel
Ban on Photographing Military Coffins Protected Grieving Families from Media
3.03.09 The Jamestown Foundation Benedetta Berti, F10 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Assessing the Role of Hezbollah in the Gaza War and Its Regional Impact
3.01.09 Foreign Policy Daniel Drezner
The Long Legs of the Crash: 13 Unexpected Consequences of the Financial Crisis
2.13.09 The Wall Street Journal (Asia) Sung-Yoon Lee
Pyongyang Home Truths
2.12.09 The Financial Times Pankaj Ghemawat and Thomas M. Hout
China and India Take on the Multinationals
2.03.09 Le Monde Diplomatique Ibrahim Warde
Epitaph to George Bush
2.01.09 Le Monde Diplomatique Laurent Jacque
Anniversaire en demi-teinte pour l’euro
1.30.09 The National Interest Mort Abramowitz and Stephen Bosworth
Another Trilateral Commission
1.29.09 World Security Network Benedetta Berti, F'10 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Is the Window of Opportunity to Formulate a National Defense Strategy for Lebanon Closing?
1.29.09 The Christian Science Monitor Natalie Parke, F08
In Uganda, Justice, or Just a Publicity Stunt?
1.28.09 US News & World Report Antonia Chayes and Dipali Mukhopadhyay, F09
Remembering Clausewitz: Restoring the Civil-Military Relationship
1.26.09 Foreign Policy In Focus Joshua Gross, F10
Why Obama Should Meet With Morales
1.26.09 The Christian Science Monitor Marc Sommers and Kathryn Birch
Combat the Terror of Rape in Congo
1.14.09 The New Straits Times Online W. Scott Thompson
The Cracks Widen in Thailand’s Wall
1.13.09 On Line Opinion Benedetta Berti, F'10 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Iran aims to get Shanghaied
1.01.09 Opinion Hind Aboud Kabawat, GMAP03
What the Middle East Needs is the "Audacity of Hope"
1.01.09 Opinion Eileen F. Babbitt
New Approach Needed For Israeli-Palestinian Peace
12.30.08 The Huffington Post Joshua Gleis, F05 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Lessons Learned from the 2006 War Being Implemented in Gaza
12.27.08 The Huffington Post Joshua Gleis, F05 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Needing Coercive Diplomacy to Deal with Iran
12.22.08 The National Interest Daniel Drezner
A Realist Peace?
12.20.08 The Asia Times Sung-Yoon Lee
Patience is North Korea's Virtue
12.11.08 The Los Angeles Times W. Scott Thompson
Bhumibol, Thailand's Remarkable King
12.02.08 The Jerusalem Post Joshua Gleis, F05 (Ph.D. Candidate)
The Lesser of Two Evils
12.01.08 National Geographic Magazine Dan Dimancescu, F66
Test of Fire: A Nation and an Officer Turn of Age in the Romanian Trenches of WW-I
11.27.08 The Jerusalem Post Benedetta Berti, F'10 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Homegrown Terror or International Jihad?
11.24.08 The EU Observer Alexandros Yannis
EU and US Should Co-operate With Russia
11.24.08 The Ohio Jewish Chronicle Joshua Gleis, F05 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Foreign Policy Decisions - Iran, Israel, Syria and Hezbollah– Here Comes More Conflict
11.19.08 Culture 11 Daniel Drezner
The World Obama Faces: Take Cover
11.13.08 On Line Opinion Benedetta Berti, F'10 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Ahmadinejad and the Shifting Political Environment in Iran
11.08.08 The Philippine Daily Inquirer W. Scott Thompson
America’s Gain, Philippines’ Loss?
11.06.08 Eurasian Home Maria Yulikova, F'10
Will US-Russia Relations Be Restored?
10.28.08 USA Today By William C. Martel
Fanatics Don't Compromise
10.21.08 The National Interest By Daniel W. Drezner
Nouveau Riche
10.20.08 The Middle East Times Benedetta Berti, F'10 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Terror in Lebanon Threatens National, Regional Security
10.13.08 The Wall Street Journal Vali Nasr
Obama is Right About Talking to Iran
10.10.08 The Christian Science Monitor Joshua Gross, F'09
Stabilizing Bolivia Requires Goodwill and Cooperation
10.06.08 The Chronicle of Higher Education Michael W. Klein
Learning from Crises
9.29.08 Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University Joshua Goldstein, F'9, and Juliana Rotich
Digitally Networked Technology in Kenya's 2007-2008 Post-Election Crisis
9.24.08 Parliamentary Brief David Wheeler and Sahba Sobhani, GMAP'09
Public Sector-Private Sector Policy Dialogue Can Benefit Poor
9.14.08 The New York Times David S. Abraham, F'03
One if by Land, Billions if by Sea
9.01.08 The Jerusalem Post Benedetta Berti, F'10 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Can Ahmadinejad Lose the Election?
8.13.08 The BBC News Magdalena Frichova, GMAP'09
Human Cost of Georgian Conflict
8.13.08 The San Francisco Chronicle Mark David Iden, F'80
On Conflict in Georgia, Follow the Pipeline
8.10.08 International Herald Tribune Ko Unoki, GMAP'02
India's Downtrodden
8.09.08 The Boston Globe Joshua Gleis, F05 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Chinese, Russian Stall Tactics on Iran
8.08.08 Policy Review Michael J. Glennon
A Conveniently Unlawful War
8.06.08 The Christian Science Monitor Lawrence E. Harrison
Could Obama's Rise Signal the End of Black Victimology?
8.01.08 International Peacekeeping Susanna P. Campbell, F'10 (Ph.D. Candidate), and Anja T. Kaspersen
The UN’s Reforms: Confronting Integration Barriers
8.01.08 International Peacekeeping Susanna P. Campbell, F'10 (Ph.D. Candidate)
(Dis)integration, Incoherence and Complexity in UN Post-conflict Interventions
8.01.08 The Journal of Geopolitics Behlul Ozkan, F'10 (Ph.D. Candidate)
Who Gains from the “No War No Peace” Situation? A Critical Analysis of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
7.30.08 The Cape Cod Times Bruce Everett
Big Oil Tax Would Hurt Middle Class
7.25.08 The Wall Street Journal Roderick Brazier, GMAP'05
Cambodia at the Ballot Box
7.16.08 Human Events Joshua Gleis, F05, Ph.D. Candidate
What is 'Israel-Palestine'?
7.01.08 Foreign Affairs C. Fred Bergsten, F62
A Partnership of Equals
6.27.08 The Financial Times Robert Hormats, F66
A New World Faces the Next Leader
6.19.08 The Washington Post Vali Nasr
Iran on Its Heels
6.05.08 The Asia Times Sung-Yoon Lee
A New Light on the Korean War
6.02.08 Los Angeles Times Sherif Mansour, GMAP08
Egypt's Facebook Showdown
6.01.08 World Development Roberto Porzecanski, F'09 (PhD Candidate)
The Dynamism of Mexican Exports: Lost in (Chinese) Translation?
5.20.08 The Wall Street Journal C. Fred Bergsten, F62
The Democrats' Dangerous Trade Games
5.16.08 Harvard International Review Erik Iverson, F09
Disconnecting the Battle of Ideas From the Battle of Arms
5.15.08 Le Monde Diplomatique Ibrahim Warde
Sovereign Wealth Funds to the Rescue - Are They Saviors, Predators or Dupes?
5.15.08 Le Monde Diplomatique Ibrahim Warde
It’s All in the Bonus
5.12.08 Newsweek International Morton Abramowitz and Stephen Bosworth
Reaching Out to Pyongyang
5.04.08 The Financial Times Wolfgang Ischinger, F73
Europe has Much to Offer the White House
4.30.08 The Christian Science Monitor Russell D. Howard and Erik Iverson, F09
Fight Al Qaeda's Plan, Not its Ideas
4.19.08 The Washington Times Samuel R. Berger and Stephen Bosworth
Forging Closer Washington-Seoul Ties
4.18.08 The Far Eastern Economic Review Jeremy Sarkin
The 'Responsibility to Protect'
4.15.08 The Asia Times Sung-Yoon Lee
Bush, Lee and That North Korea Problem
4.13.08 The Hartford Courant Rockford Weitz, F03, Scott Borgerson, F03, and John Curtis Perry
The Shipping Alternative
4.8.08 The Baltimore Sun Rockford Weitz, F03, Scott Borgerson, F03, and John Curtis Perry
Put Ship in Shipping
4.5.08 The Asia Times Sung-Yoon Lee
Pyongyang Shoots Itself in the Foot
4.1.08 Foreign Affairs Scott Borgerson, F03
Arctic Meltdown
3.31.08 The Detroit Free Press James Palmer, F09
U.S. Blunders by Recognizing Kosovo Independence
3.29.08 The New York Times Edward Schumacher-Matos, F79
Killing a Trade Pact
3.21.08 The Providence Journal Ben Mazzotta, F05, Ph.D. Candidate
Bring Short Sea Shipping to Providence
3.21.08 Newsweek Daniel Drezner
‘A Stupid Conversation’
3.20.08 The National Interest Daniel Drezner
The Realists vs. the Neocons
3.14.08 The Providence Journal Josh Gleis, F05, Ph.D. Candidate
Hezbollah is Angry: A Time for Vigilance
3.13.08 The Asia Times Sung-Yoon Lee
Serenading North Korea
3.10.08 The Providence Journal Scott Borgerson, F03, and  David Abraham, F03
Homeland Security is Like a Poorly Equipped Junior Varsity Squad
3.07.08 The Seattle Times Keith Everett
Democrats Must Demonstrate Decisiveness and Determination
3.07.08 The Asia Times Sung-Yoon Lee
A Blow to the Korean Soul
2.26.08 The Christian Science Monitor Lawrence E. Harrison
The End of Multiculturalism
2.22.08 The Chronicle of Higher Education  Daniel Drezner
Methodological Confusion
2.20.08 Newsweek  Daniel Drezner
The Eagle Still Soars
2.18.08 Marketplace Public Radio  Daniel Drezner
We Can No Longer Afford the Penny
2.02.08 Perspectives on Terrorism  Stacy Reiter Neal
Business as Usual? Leveraging the Private Sector to Combat Terrorism
2.02.08 The Far Eastern Economic Review Jeremy Sarkin
Asia’s Need for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation
2.01.08 Latin American Research Review Roberto Porzecanski, F'09 (PhD Candidate)
China Matters: China’s Economic Impact in Latin America
1.18.08 Tehelka Amlan Saha
Failing Our Women
January 2008 CTC Sentinel Hassan Abbas
A Profile of Tehrik-i-Taliban [pdf]
1.1.08 The Guardian Hassan Abbas
Benazir's sacrifice may yet save Pakistan
January/February 2008 Foreign Affairs Vali Nasr
The Costs of Containing Iran