Azerbaijan’s ultimate goal was never Karabakh, it was Armenia’s capitulation
By Alex Avaneszadeh, MALD 2023 Candidate, The Fletcher SchoolAP Photo/Sergei Grits Peace on Azerbaijan’s terms was never a possibility. As
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Student Blog
Inspirational, emotional, and incredibly rewarding: Fletcher alumnus recollects volunteering trip on the Polish-Ukrainian Border
By Karl Afrikian, MALD 2022 alumnus of The Fletcher School I was standing in the underpass that connects different platforms
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Unlawful Ukrainian Objectives: The War Crimes of Russia
By Lark Escobar, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School Not all acts of aggression are permissible in war, and the
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An analysis of Ukraine’s information strategy
By Alec Dionne, MALD 2023 Candidate, The Fletcher School Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was accompanied by an explosion of public
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Assessing the “Kalibr” of Russia’s Conventional Deterrence Strategy
By Andre Gellerman, MALD 2022 alumnus of The Fletcher School As Russia escalates its nuclear saber-rattling over Ukraine, the question
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High-Tech Import Shortages: The Aftermath of Sanctions in the Russian Shipbuilding Industry
By Maxim Kondratenko, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School On April 7, 2022, Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), together with
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Where do Russian speakers’ allegiances lie in the Baltics now?
By Nastia Kukunova, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School The war in Ukraine has been going on for over two
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Where does the Union State go from here?
By Karl Afrikian, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School In early February during the weeks leading up to the Russian
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With the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Hitting Headlines, Azerbaijan Pushes the Envelope in Nagorno-Karabakh
By Alex Avaneszadeh, MALD 2023 Candidate, The Fletcher School Background The second Nagorno-Karabakh war – initiated by Azerbaijan during the
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Russia, Rape, & Ukraine
By Lark Escobar, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School Unfortunately, in any armed conflict, there is considerable risk for gender-based
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