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Jul 18
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Learning about Chinese-led development by Emily Ng

by tuftsigl

In the developed world where news is often North American- or European-centric, learning about Chinese-led development has been a wonderful context change. “China has never been a heavy recipient of foreign aid,” the director of the office Yinuo Li told me and the other interns.

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Jul 14
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Department of State Bureau of Oceans and Environmental and International Scientific Affairs by Lily Hartzell

by tuftsigl

My name is Lily Hartzell and I’m a rising junior majoring in International Relations and Environmental Studies. Thanks in part to funding from the IGL, I’m spending my summer in Washington DC interning at the Department of State Bureau of Oceans and Environmental and International Scientific Affairs (OES) in the Front Office.

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Jul 11
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Reflection: On meeting driven people by Khuyen Bui

by tuftsigl

Context: This is the second reflection from Hive Global Leadership program, a three-day gathering of passionate people who are “creating a better world and solving humanity’s biggest challenges”.

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Jun 23
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Finding Elpis in Lesvos, Greece by Ariel Barbieri-Aghib and Owen Martin

by tuftsigl

One day last week, Ariel and I sat at our usual spot in front of an Internet cafe on the corner of our street and the main road, writing emails and tweets to potential interviewees and reading the latest on the human crisis from major news sources.

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Jun 20
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Humanitarian Technology Research in Lesvos, Greece by Ariel Barbieri-Aghib

by tuftsigl

This past week and half, Owen and I have been in Athens and Lesvos trying to get hold of various tech companies an

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Jan 14
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Update from the Baltics

by tuftsigl

Fletcher School students Victoria Barber, Andrew Koch and Kaitlyn Neuberger recently traveled to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Germany to conduct research on the risks of Russian hybrid warfare, focusing on the Baltics.

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Jan 07
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In Managua By Rebecca Cooley

by tuftsigl

This is me with my research assistant Gabe, standing in front of the flowered fence outside the El Molino café in Managua.

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Sep 30
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Insights into Identity by Samantha Karlin

by tuftsigl

Two months later, I don’t know how much closer I am to an answer.

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Sep 29
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Briefing the UN Security Council on Security Sector Reform by Ameya Naik

by tuftsigl

Officially, I completed my internship with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at the UN on 14 August. I was back in on Monday the 17th, though, because I happened to be there in what had become the busiest time of the year.

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Sep 28
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Disability Inclusion by Mandana Nakhai

by tuftsigl

I want to turn back to disability inclusion to conclude my time in India, and think beyond financial inclusion a bit. I’m lucky to have had the opportunity to get a glimpse into a program that’s supporting not just the base of the pyramid in India, but a particularly vulnerable segment of it.

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