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Op-eds & Published Articles

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.


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?
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
7.01.08 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
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
February 2008 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
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