The Nexus Between Refugees and War
By David Kampf The so-called global refugee crisis is not disappearing anytime soon. Venezuelans are fleeing political upheaval and economic
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Author: Xiaodon L. Liang
Elusive Rewards of the Expanding U.S. “Shadow Wars”
Neha Ansari
Any optimism that the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab had been permanently subdued was brutally disabused in mid-January, when an armed assault on an upscale city block in Nairobi left at least 21 people dead. The tragedy should once again raise questions about the United States’ implicit theory of victory underlying its heavy and increasing use of drone strikes in counterterrorism operations in Somalia and beyond.
Read MoreCSS Hosts Democracy Forum Talk on the Liberal International Order
The Center for Strategic Studies hosted a Democracy Forum event addressing the status of the liberal international order on October
Read MorePolina Beliakova’s Research and Policy Seminar
Senior PhD Research Fellow Polina Beliakova presented her dissertation research at the CSS Research and Policy Seminar on November 5.
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Engaging Practitioners Event with Samantha Job
CSS hosted Samantha Job, foreign and security policy counsellor at the British Embassy, for the second Engaging Practitioners event of the semester on October 31. An expert on nuclear nonproliferation, international security, and intelligence, Job discussed the negotiation, implementation, and current status of the Iran nuclear deal.
Read MoreEngaging Practitioners Lunch with Eric Rosenbach
By Brett Northfield
CSS hosted Eric Rosenbach, co-director of the Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, on October 25 for the first Engaging Practitioners lecture of the fall semester. Rosenbach previously served as the Pentagon’s chief of staff and before that as assistant secretary of defense for global security, responsible for leading the department’s cyber activities and other key areas of defense policy.
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Tufts Daily Covers Victims of Communism Event
On Tuesday, October 23, the Center for Strategic Studies, the International Security Studies Program, and the Russia and Eurasia Program co-hosted an event on the legacy of Soviet communism and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Natasha Mayor, a reporter with the Tufts Daily, covered the event. Her report is reproduced below with the kind permission of the author and Tufts Daily. Her article can be found at the following link: Fletcher discussion spotlights 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
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Michael Beckley’s Research and Policy Seminar Presentation
By Thomas Cavanna CSS hosted Professor Michael Beckley as a speaker at its Research and Policy Seminar on October 15.
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