Fletcher Focus: A Conference on The Global Repercussions of Russia-West Economic Warfare
Release Date: 09/25/2024
Where Have All the (War) Powers Gone?
The Fletcher Forum Podcast
Matt Livesay (MGA '26) sat down with Professor Michael Glennon to discuss his recent article titled, “Where Have All the (War) Powers Gone?” which is his latest in a series of publications analyzing the rapidly changing international and domestic legal environments.
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Fletcher Focus: Conference on Gender and International Affairs 2025
The Fletcher Forum Podcast
On this "Fletcher Focus" episode, Shabnam Waheed (MALD '26) was joined by the student organizers of the 2025 Conference on Gender and International Affairs (Emily Ruhm PhD, Maeve Murphy MALD '26). Through a discussion of this year's conference, Emily and Maeve address misconceptions of how gender is viewed in international affairs, the wide range of applications for the lens, and why it is so salient today. The conference will take place on campus November 13 and 14th. Please see the links below for more details. Conference Website: Article Referenced: -The views shared on the...
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Diplomatic Negotiations and Strategic Considerations in the Russo-Ukrainian War
The Fletcher Forum Podcast
Matt Livesay (MGA '26) sat down with Professor Mikhail Troitskiy to discuss the current state of diplomatic negotiations in the Russia-Ukraine War, the challenges of negotiating with authoritarians, nuclear risks arising from this conflict, and events at the Russia-Eurasia Center at Fletcher.
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Fletcher Focus: Decolonizing International Relations Conference 2025
The Fletcher Forum Podcast
The Decolonizing International Relations Conference is back at Fletcher October 16 and 17! DIR 2025 intends to highlight transformative practices that unsettle imperial legacies and challenge the rearticulation of colonial modes of control in policy, scholarship, and everyday life.
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Arms Smuggling and the Future of Colombia
The Fletcher Forum Podcast
Katherine and Lorenzo sat down with Professor on September 12th to discuss Arms Smuggling, International Law, and the future of education in Colombia. Professor Juan Carlos is an internationally recognized speaker specializing in anti-money laundering and the global fight against transnational financial crime. He received an L.L.M. from Fletcher and currently teaches International Financial Law at Sabana University School of Law in Chia, Colombia. (Image courtesy of Professor Juan Carlos)
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Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone
The Fletcher Forum Podcast
The civil war in Sierra Leone ended more than two decades ago, but that’s no reason for Theresa Betancourt and Moses Zombo to turn their eyes away. In this episode, we speak about their decades of work in Sierra Leone and their most recent book, Shadows into Light: A Generation of Former Child Soldiers Comes of Age, where they present findings from tracking more than 500 former child soldiers over the course of twenty years. Their insights are surprising but hopeful: despite immense suffering, this is not a lost generation. Theresa and Moses take us on a journey to Sierra Leone to...
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Fletcher Focus: Climate Policy Lab Symposium
The Fletcher Forum Podcast
KP and Katherine sit down with Climate Policy Lab scholars - Bethany Tietjen, Hengrui Liu and Nora Hampl to discuss the upcoming Symposium themed “Mind The Gaps: Climate Policy Integration and Implementation” happening September 18 and 19 on campus! REGISTER HERE:
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The Growth of Chinese Digital Norms
The Fletcher Forum Podcast
Michael Caster, Head of Global China Programme at ARTICLE 19, joins the podcast to discuss the growth of Chinese norms in digital governance and cybersecurity. Check out Article 19! : Report on Cybersecurity with Chinese Characteristics: Report on the Digital Silk Road:
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The Mean Reversion on AI
The Fletcher Forum Podcast
Bhaskar Chakravorti is the Dean of Global Business at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is the founding executive director of Fletcher’s Institute for Business in the Global Context, where he established and chairs the Digital Planet research program. His recent book Defeating Disinformation (co-edited with Joel Trachtman) was published by Cambridge University Press in January 2025. Dean Chakravorti is joined by Veeradittya Podder and Alexander Wolfe for a frank discussion on the theoretical limits of AI and the politics which lurk behind it.
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The Coming Mean Reversion on AI
The Fletcher Forum Podcast
Bhaskar Chakravorti is the dean of global business at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is the founding executive director of Fletcher’s Institute for Business in the Global Context, where he established and chairs the Digital Planet research program. His recent book Defeating Disinformation (co-edited with Joel Trachtman) was published by Cambridge University Press in January 2025. Dean Chakravorti joins us for a frank conversation on the different use cases of artificial intelligence, and how artificial intelligence may disrupt and displace work as we know...
info_outlineOur inaugural 2024-2025 episode features members of Fletcher's Russia and Eurasia Program discussing the upcoming conference on Russian sanctions and the broader economic impacts of economic warfare resulting from the war in Ukraine. Arik Burakovsky, Assistant Director of the Russia Eurasia Program, Pavel Luzin, a fellow at the program, and Akshat Dhankher, a graduate assistant and second year MALD student at Fletcher join us to discuss how they had the idea for a conference entirely focused on sanctions against Russia.