Student Opportunities
Starting this year, the WPF will offer two grants for students at The Fletcher School: one to support student group initiatives and a second for PhD research support.
Updates
Alex de Waal on famine in DC
Alex de Waal joined a panel of U.S. policy makers, technical experts, and thought leaders on today’s famines and international response hosted by CSIS in Washington, DC on September 6. Video of the program is available through CSIS.
Reinventing Peace
- Video: How a statue unveiled the PresidentThe below short video [3.5 minutes] is based on Bridget Conley's two part essay, "How a statue unveiled the President."Bridget Conley
- September Employee of the Month: Aung San Suu KyiFrom "Open Letter to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi" written by Burmese activists: "Given the memory of your father and the supreme leadership position that you now hold in the country, we are appealing to you to draw a firm line based on democratic principles and human compassion. Burmese society is sleep-walking into the abyss […]World Peace Foundation
Research
Coming this Fall
Alex de Waal’s new book, Mass Starvation (Polity Books, 2017).