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In his article “Where Have All the (War) Powers Gone?”, Professor Michael J. Glennon argues that Congress’s war-making authority has largely collapsed, leaving the president with expansive, mostly unchecked power.

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The October issue of AJIL is now available online! This issue places special focus on the CPUS section, where members of the Board have written essays on the various policies and changes under the second Trump administration. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"An unlikely coincidence of ballots, in a forty-five-day period from the middle of September to the end of October, has cast a new light on the state of democratic governance in Africa," says Professor Chidi Odinkalu.

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Forty-five days that changed elections in Africa?, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
It took the Constitutional Council 15 days to tabulate the figures in an election which had 8.1 million registered voters in Cameroon.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Academic Dean @dandrezner.bsky.social questions the strategy driving U.S. activity in the western hemisphere in his column for @wpr.bsky.social.

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Trump’s ‘Bunch of Stuff’ in the Western Hemisphere
Trump’s whirlwind of policies, initiatives and proclamations concerning the Western Hemisphere are not even concepts of a plan.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Senior fellow @climatemorgan.bsky.social speaks to Canadian public radio from the sidelines of #COP30 in Brazil, starting at (6:27). @cop30brazil.bsky.social #COP30noBrasil

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November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In an interview with ABC News, Professor Alex de Waal discusses how Sudan's paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, gets its weapons. @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social

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Is the UAE involved in Sudan's war? - ABC listen
Sudan is the world's largest humanitarian crisis but its civil war is being fuelled by weapons flown in from other countries.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
With #COP30 named an "Implementation COP," how are countries doing in meeting their climate targets?

Fletcher's Climate Policy Lab's policy briefs identify implementation gaps in major emerging economies. @cop30brazil.bsky.social #COP30noBrasil

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November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“A concern is the tendency of heads of state to allow this to blow over, and then go back to business as usual,” says Professor Chidi Odinkalu on recent acts of violence against protestors in Tanzania. @newhumanitarian.bsky.social

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Tanzania election killings: Outcry and calls for international investigations
The death toll in election violence, which may run into the thousands, has left the country traumatised.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Professor Chris Miller quoted in a piece on a global semiconductor shortage following a trade dispute between a Dutch company and China. @nytimes.com

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How Trade Tensions Sent Automakers Scrambling for Chips
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November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Senior fellow Gina McCarthy is quoted in this piece about how state & local U.S. leaders are taking initiative on climate policy. @theguardian.com @cop30brazil.bsky.social #COP30noBrasil #COP30

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Over 100 US leaders to attend Cop30 climate summit as Trump stays away
Dozens of US state and local leaders will be at talks in Brazil with president’s team expected to send no representatives
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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Professor Monica Duffy Toft discusses her theory on spheres of power on Metamorphosis, a podcast by Fletcher student Hamed Al Ghaithi.

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Metamorphosis 003 | Monica Toft: Spheres of Power
YouTube video by Metamorphosis with Hamed Al Ghaithi
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November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Visiting scholar Pavel Luzin weighs in on Russia's nuclear weapons capability. @aljazeera.com

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‘Nothing revolutionary’ about Russia’s nuclear-powered missile: Experts
Putin has touted cruise missile Burevestnik and torpedo Poseidon as game-changing weapons as the Ukraine war rages on.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
In his new piece comparing U.S. and Chinese economic strategy, Fareed Zakaria references research from Fletcher PhD student @vikingbohman.bsky.social. @washingtonpost.com

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Opinion | Trump now plays by China’s rules
The U.S. wins through openness and innovation, not tariffs and centralized planning.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Fletcher experts offer insight into the politics and priorities driving international climate talks at @cop30brazil.bsky.social. @tarungk91.bsky.social @katehkchi.bsky.social #COP30noBrasil #COP30

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November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Ten years after its birth, [The Paris Agreement] is at once the most successful climate accord in history and, so far, unable by itself to drive sufficient action to avert catastrophe," says Professor Nigel Purvis. @foreignpolicy.com #COP30noBrasil

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Will Belém Kill Paris?
COP30 in Brazil tests the 2015 climate accord at a pivotal moment.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Professor Alex de Waal analyzes the paramilitary group RSF, which now controls half of Sudan’s territory, and its leader, Hemedti. @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social

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Sudan conflict: Who is RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemedti' Dagolo?
Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo will either lead a breakaway state or seek to take control of the whole country, Sudanese say.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Senior fellow Jennifer Morgan joins BBC Newshour to discuss the state of global efforts against climate change.

Listen below, starting at 14:00.

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BBC Audio | Newshour | Jamaica braces for Hurricane Melissa
The strongest storm Jamaica has ever known is about to hit: we hear from people at risk
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October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Federal Reserve policy slightly favors supporting growth over fighting inflation, Professor Michael Klein tells @andyreports.bsky.social for @aljazeera.com.

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US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates as labour market weakens
The US central bank cut rates by a quarter of a percentage point, its second cut for the year.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Could the Nobel Committee choose Donald Trump for a future peace prize?

Professor Eileen Babbitt provides analysis for Jessica Gardner at the Australian Financial Review.

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Trump can make case for the Nobel Peace Prize – but not this time
The US president should get credit as a “peace-striver”, scholars say, but believe he is unlikely to win the big honour when it is awarded this week.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Strategic AI investments could “lift populations and economies around the world out of poverty,” writes Dean of Global Business Bhaskar Chakravorti.

Read his new piece in @foreignpolicy.com.

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How to Make AI More Useful
The obsession with powerful large language models overlooks the developing world.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM