Panel Discussion: How Has the Russia-Ukraine War Changed the International Security Environment?
The Center for Strategic Studies and the Fletcher Eurasia and Russia Program hosted a panel discussion at the Fletcher School
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Director’s Welcome 2021-2022
by Monica Duffy Toft What a year it has been. Between pandemics, the ending of endless wars, and climate crises,
Read moreEngaging Practitioners with Dean Susana Malcorra
Dean Malcorra has invaluable experience in diplomacy, including international negotiations with the Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Chad, Somalia, and
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ENGAGING PRACTITIONERS: Lunch with Arnaud Mentré, Consul général à Boston
THURSDAY, November 14, 2019 12:30-2:00pm Cabot 703 Prior to his assignment in Boston, Arnaud Mentré was Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Read moreIntroducing CSS Postdoctoral Fellows 2019-2020
Benjamin Denison
Karim Elkady
Nils Hagerdal
Megan McBride
Sidita Kushi
ENGAGING PRACTITIONERS: COFFEE with AMBASSADOR MITCHELL
Thursday, October 24, 2019 4:00-5:30pm Murrow Room Derek Mitchell is the third president of the National Democratic Institute. Mitchell has had a distinguished career
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MIP Conference 4-5 October 2019
Register Now Find the Conference Details and Two-days Agenda here!
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DIPLOMACY BY FORCE. U.S. special forces are taking the place of ambassadors. That’s a problem. Monica Toft in Tufts Magazine
A STRONG LEGACY OF U.S. LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT IN GLOBAL POLITICS has been reduced today to what I call kinetic diplomacy—diplomacy by armed force.
As of March 2018, the Trump administration had appointed only 70 of 188 U.S. ambassadors. Meanwhile, it increased the deployment of special operations forces to 149 countries, up from 138 in 2016 during the Obama administration (the use of military force also expanded under Obama). By October, after a concerted effort by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, 127 ambassadors had been appointed. Still, ambassadors are operating in just two-thirds of the world’s capitals, while special operations forces are active in three-fourths of them.
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MONDAY, December 10, 2018
5:30-7:00pm, 703 Cabot
Xiaodon Liang, PhD Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Studies
The Politics of Arms Production in Industrialized States
Discussant: Meg Guliford, PhD Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Studies
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ENGAGING PRACTITIONERS: LUNCH WITH PHILLIP SMYTH
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES
in Partnership with
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES PROGRAM &
FARES CENTER
Hosted by Fletcher Countering Violent Extremism Working Group
“The Middle East’s Shia Militias: Militancy, Iran, and What These Groups Mean for the Region”
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