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May 29
ALLIES

Declining Democracies and Protecting Liberties at NAFAC 2018 by Alexandria Hayman, Tufts Class of 2019

by tuftsigl

After a cold, gray weekend in Boston, I was more excited than ever by the opportunity to attend the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference (NAFAC) at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on April 10-12.

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May 29
ALLIES

ALLIES FieldEx 2018: Field Exercise in Peace and Stability Operations by Ariel Serruya

by tuftsigl

On a weekend in April, Tufts students participated in a live, post-conflict simulation known as FieldEx (Field Exercise for Peacekeeping and Stability Operations). FieldEx is an annual event organized by a committee of undergraduate students of the IGL’s ALLIES program.

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May 28
ALLIES

From Challenging the Status Quo to Approaching Obstacles as Opportunities by Samantha Collins

by tuftsigl

The Naval Academy Leadership Conference 2018 on “Breaking Barriers: Obstacles Are Opportunities” brought in speakers including the Honorable Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State; Sherri Brown, Senior Vice President of Humanitarian Services at the American Red Cross; LTG H.R.

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May 25

International Development Hackathon by Emerson Wenzel

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The International Development Hackathon (IDHack) was held in February 2018. Very broadly, hackathons are twenty-four-hour events where groups of students come together to solve a challenge. Typically, this challenge involves using some sort of new technology or software, but IDHack is different.

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May 24

Fletcher Food Symposium “Food & Conflict” by Molly Haragan

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The Fletcher Culinary Diplomacy and Food Policy Group, the Tufts Culinary Society, and the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies held the Fletcher Food Symposium “Food & Conflict” on Friday, 20 April.

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Apr 29
ALLIES

Student Workshop on Civil-Military Operations by Noah Kulak (A’19)

by tuftsigl

War has always included an element of uncertainty, a gray zone, made more intense by the different ways wars are waged today.  Battle lines are murky.  Enemy combatants blend into the urban or rural communities.  Even the end goals may be unclear to both policymakers and commanding officers alike.

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