February 28, 2005
Lessons From Washington: Alumni Say, "Help Us Help You"
"I am living proof that you can get a job from this type of event," declared John Greco, F'88, to a room full of eager Fletcher students at last week's career trip to Washington, D.C.Posted by jessica at 12:24 PM | Comments (0)
February 22, 2005
Building Business With Value: A Conversation with one of China's most Successful Young Entrepreneurs Yi Bo Shao
After graduating from college, Yi Bo Shao was unsure of his future plans. If he pursued physics—one of his majors at Harvard College, the path was clear: "invent something fantastic and win a Nobel Prize," he joked.Posted by jessica at 12:30 PM | Comments (0)
February 19, 2005
Disappeared: A Journalist Silenced
In October, 1980 Guatemalan journalist Irma Flaquer, 42, was riding in a car driven by her eldest son, Fernando, when they were intercepted by assailants who shot Fernando in the face, killing him. Witnesses say Irma was dragged by the hair and thrown into a station wagon. She was never seen again.Posted by jessica at 01:05 PM | Comments (0)
February 18, 2005
Building Prosperity in Afghanistan
"Right now, how many of you would want to go to Afghanistan to work on a development project?" asked Mike Brennan, Chief of the Afghanistan Competitiveness Project for The OTF Group. Brennan finished posing his question and looked around at a room of assembled Fletcher students. A dozen hands were raised.Posted by jessica at 01:02 PM | Comments (0)
Consul General of France addresses US-France relations
A handful of Fletcher Students had the opportunity on Thursday to speak informally with Thierry Vankerk-Hoven, the Boston-based Consul General of France. Thierry began his remarks by saying that "the climate between France and the United States is one of cooperation."Posted by jessica at 12:41 PM | Comments (0)
Environmental Security, International Environmental Policy, and How Science Informs Public Policy
Beth Chalecki can remember the precise moment when she became an environmentalist. It was in 1993, while she was working as an International Trade Analyst for the US Department of Commerce. "I was on a business trip to Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan," Beth recalls, "and I was inspecting former Soviet uranium mines. They were in terrible shape, leaking sulfuric acid and other chemicals right into the ground and the streams, because of course the former Soviet Union wasn't big on enforcing environmental regulations."Posted by jessica at 10:00 AM | Comments (0)
February 14, 2005
Bridging A Divide In Europe
A Fletcher School graduate student says that tensions between Turkey and Armenia won’t subside as long as the border between the countries remains sealed.Posted by jessica at 01:07 PM | Comments (0)
Fletcher Grad Named Adviser To Rice
Philip Zelikow, a political scholar who served as executive director of the 9/11 Commission, will become a senior adviser to the new secretary of state.Posted by jessica at 12:21 PM | Comments (0)
February 13, 2005
"From Flight to Freedom?" - The 2005 Inter-University Forced Migration Conference
Government advisers, NGO leaders, academics, and senior statesmen gathered for two days in ASEAN auditorium to discuss a critical problem that is, in the words of one panelist, "as old as the hills" - how to address the worldwide plight of refugees and internationally displaced persons (IDPs) as part of the 2005 Inter-University Forced Migration Conference at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.Posted by jessica at 12:34 PM | Comments (0)
From the Hinterland to the High Seas: Thinking About Oceans and International Relations
Scott Borgerson arrived at Fletcher in 2001 fresh from life at sea. The Coast Guard lieutenant began his graduate education with a general interest in international affairs, but, he says, has since developed into "a student of the art of statecraft, a military officer with a yearning to better understand U.S. foreign policy, and a sailor fascinated with how the world's oceans shape global processes."Posted by jessica at 10:05 AM | Comments (0)
February 10, 2005
New Research on Women’s Contribution to the Peace Process
On February 9, 2005, the Fletcher School along with the Boston Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights hosted Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini who discussed "New Research on Women’s Contribution to the Peace Process."Posted by jessica at 12:39 PM | Comments (0)
February 08, 2005
Fletcher Students Assess Bush's Vision
When President Bush gave the first State of the Union address of his second term, the world was watching – including a group of students from the Fletcher School.Posted by jessica at 01:19 PM | Comments (0)
China and India: A Tiger Overtaking a Dragon
"The inhabitants of India and China make up two fifths of the world's populace," noted Dr. Wolfgang Schürer at a February 7 talk at The Fletcher School, and growth in both countries "will challenge all of us—regardless of where we live—to [develop] a new assessment process."Posted by jessica at 01:13 PM | Comments (0)
February 05, 2005
The "Triple A" Theory in Pakistan's Drift to Extremism
Fletcher PhD candidate Hassan Abbas originally set out to disprove the popular "triple A" theory of Pakistani power and politics: that most events in Pakistan were attributable to either "Allah, the army, or America."Posted by jessica at 01:15 PM | Comments (0)
February 04, 2005
"Religiously Killing Civilians": Hugo Slim Discusses Faith, Militant Islam, and the Death of the 'Civilian' Category
The thinking that breeds extreme religious violence ignores the category of 'civilian,' as referenced in the Geneva Conventions, Slim explained: "Religious faith and hopes of God's conquest of the world can override the idea that there are such things as 'civilians' in war."Posted by jessica at 01:17 PM | Comments (0)
Linking Intelligence to Decisions: Thought leadership from IBM
Four hundred pages of sophisticated statistical data would seem to be a mark of intelligence in market research, but not so according to competitive intelligence guru David Harkleroad, Vice President of Marketing, Brand & Competitive Strategy at IBM.Posted by jessica at 01:06 PM | Comments (0)
February 03, 2005
The Legality Of Torture
The decision to use torture raises a complicated set of moral and legal questions that are not easily resolved, say Tufts experts.Posted by jessica at 01:23 PM | Comments (0)
February 02, 2005
Iraqis Hold Free Elections
Despite continued concerns about security in the region and the ongoing presence of American troops, Tufts experts are cautiously optimistic about the first free Iraqi elections in 50 years.Posted by jessica at 01:27 PM | Comments (0)
