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Oct 03
ALLIES

LTG Charles D. Luckey by Samuel Weitzman

by tuftsigl

On Monday, October 2, 2017, LTG Charles D. Luckey visited Tufts for a wide-ranging conversation about the U.S. armed forces, the future of conflict, and the state of American civil-military relations. As the Chief of the U.S. Army Reserves and Commanding General of the U.S.

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Sep 28
IGL

Watch a video as Abi Williams talks with Fletcher School Dean James Stravidis about his career

by tuftsigl

Abi Williams (Fletcher MALD ’86, Ph.D. ’87), Director of the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) and Professor of International Politics at The Fletcher School, sat down with Fletcher’s Dean James Stavridis to chat about his career and his return to Fletcher.

Williams discussed the following:

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Sep 21
Global Research

Waving the Saffron Flag by Douglas Berger and Jackson McGlinchey

by tuftsigl

India’s 70th anniversary of independence seemed a strikingly local affair in Mumbai. The flags of the local right-wing Marathi party, Shiv Sena, and Maharashtra state proved far more numerous than the national standard.

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Sep 15
Global Research

Japanese College Students on the Role of the Self-Defense Forces by Michael Olesberg

by mdillard

We had the pleasure to visit a political science class at Keio University, the oldest private university in Japan. There we did a panel discussion between the JRP and Keio students. While much of the information we got out of the meeting was anecdotal, it was still fascinating.

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Sep 15
EWB

EWB Conducts Research in Malawi by Dylan Jones

by mdillard

Having spent the first day of EWB’s inspection trip to Solomoni Village, Malawi checking into our hotel (and quickly passing out onto our beds), I was, along with a faulty Wi-Fi-card, unable to remark on my thoughts and send them back to Medford. However, Day 2 has proved to more propitious.

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Aug 30
ALLIES

Welcomed by 2,000 Japanese Self-Defense Force Cadets by Daniel Lewis

by tuftsigl

When undergraduates enter a college cafeteria, they often don’t expect much. A few miscellaneous vegetables, various sets of fried foods and a reliably consistent mediocrity.

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