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The Fletcher community, including faculty, leadership, students, and alumni, is actively engaged on the international stage as analysts and advisors for elected officials, policy makers, organizations, and industry. Read more about their ongoing research and work in global business and international affairs.

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Bhaskar Chakravorti evaluates if the nations with better digital readiness experienced greater economic resilience during the COVID-19 meltdown, via his Foreign Policy column.

In the News


Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Visits Fletcher

May 1, 2019

The Fletcher School was honored to host former Fletcher Fellow, Colombian President, and winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for peace, Juan Manuel Santos, for a screening of the short documentary film “Port of Destiny: Peace.” Dean ad interim Ian Johnstone hosted a conversation with President Santos followed by a Q&A with the audience.

China Leads Solar Power Race as Canada Crawls

May 1, 2019

Kelly Sims Gallagher discusses China’s climate change goals, with Cleantech Investing News. The research, published in March 2019 by a team led by Sims, director of The Fletcher School’s Climate Policy Lab at Tufts University, notes that China needs to address policy gaps to meet its climate change targets.

What if AI is Just BS?

May 1, 2019

Dan Drezner debates the true impact of artificial intelligence, via his Washington Post column.

Leading Global Investors Top for Responsible Investing Practices

April 25, 2019

SovereigNet research on responsible asset allocators is featured in Investor Relations Magazine. Leading global investors CalPERS, Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund and the UK’s Strathclyde Pension Fund are among some of the most responsible asset allocators in the world, according to a new ESG ranking and report.