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9/11 and Its Aftermath: Fletcher on the Intellectual Frontlines by Te r ry Ann Knopf
T h e o d o re Eliot, Jr., who served as deanf rom 1979 to 1985 and who served as USambassador to Afghanistan from 1973 to1978, was also sought for comment. In anAssociated Pre s s s t o ry (October 16), entitled“ Ex - En voy to Afghanistan Sees To u g h
St ruggle Ahead,” Eliot described the twodecades of strife in Afghanistan as pro b a b l ythe worst tragedy anywhere in the worldduring the last 20 years. “The tragedy ofAfghanistan makes Yugoslavia look likenothing,” he said.
Fletcher faculty’s invo l vement inresponse to 9/11 has taken many forms.
It is highly ironic that in this post-Cold War era of globalization, as countries h a ve become more interdependent, the
United States, the world’s last super powe r,seemed to have become more isolated.
Until September 11, that is, whichshook this nation to its ve ry core. On ab roadcast of PBS’s Ne w s Hour with Ji mL e h re r, senior correspondent Gwen If i l lasked The Washington Po s t’s Jack Ho a g l a n dh ow America’s role in the world hadchanged. “It’s reconnected America to theworld,” Hoagland replied. “We’d gonet h rough a period in the 1990s of ve rymuch concentrating on the domestic fro n t ,and on home affairs, and particularly onthe economy. But September 11 came...and found our foreign policies for us.”
And as the subject of internationalaffairs has moved to center stage, T h eFletcher School has been an active player –informing and educating gove r n m e n tofficials, policymakers, and journalists onvarious issues relating to global terrorism.
Fletcher deans, past and present, havehelped set the tone for the school. Two daysafter the attacks, an editor from The BostonSunday Gl o b e asked Dean Stephen W.B o s w o rth to write a think-piece to answe rthe question: “Why Do They Hate Us?” Inhis essay, Dean Bosworth wrote about thet e r ro r i s t s’ empty, desperate lives and theirassociation of America with modernism,materialism, and secularism, viewing themas threats to their religious purity andtraditional va l u e s .
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“... striking a blow against
ever y thing the terrorists stood for. . .” *
On the day of the attacks, wheninformation was at a premium, RichardShultz, director of the In t e r n a t i o n a lSecurity Studies Program, was on thephone for several hours with NPR duringits special coverage of the events. Arguing
this country had just crossed “a tre m e n d o u st h reshold,” Pro f. Shultz was quick to callfor “a good look” at its counter-terro r i s mp o l i c y, which he criticized as too re a c t i ve .Since the attacks, Pro f. Schultz has beenconsulting with the US De p a rtment ofDefense on security matters.
On October 11, Hurst Ha n n u m ,
*Peter Neisuler (F’02) quoted in The Christian Science Mo n i t o r, Nov. 13, 2001.
Volume 23 Number 1
Spring 2002
The early catalogs of The Fletcher School describe a
curriculum designed to educate an intelligent, tra i n e d
leadership in international affairs by providing instruction
“in those fundamental aspects of international re l a t i o n s
best calculated to provide a clear understanding of the
n a t u re and functioning of the present world ord e r.” To d a y ’s
world order is obviously different from that of Fletcher’s
early years in the 1930s, different even from the world of
September 10, 2001. But Fletcher’s mission remains the
same. We still seek to give our students a clear
understanding of the world in which we live .
To d a y ’s students come to Fletcher because they seek an
international life, one chara c t e r i zed by a desire to learn
about different cultures, to speak different languages, and
to tra vel and explore this world fully. Like those who have
gone before them, Fletcher students today are drawn to and
i n s p i red by Fletcher’s mission of preparing leaders with a global perspective .
Fletcher is uniquely equipped by practice, curriculum, and faculty to help students acquire the
tools needed to lead international lives. The School’s multidisciplinary curriculum is the
foundation that allows students to pursue their interests in fields as diverse as international
law and development, conflict resolution, international trade and business, and international
security studies.
With each incoming class, the School serves as a labora t o ry for individuals from over 60 nations
to consider solutions to the vexing challenges of transnational issues. It offers an opport u n i t y
to explore and understand the connections between ourselves as individuals and the world
a round us. It offers an opportunity to find common values, to build community. Fletcher has
g rown in size in its sixty-nine year history from 30 to 330 students. But as we we re reminded in
the days and weeks after September 11, we remain small enough that students can come to
k n ow and trust each other well enough to risk intimate conversation and to discuss difficult
matters in an atmosphere of civility and mutual re s p e c t .
The essence of a Fletcher education is precisely what the world needs in large quantity. Here ,
students acquire the intellectual capital, human insights, and skills that are necessary in the
pursuit of a safer and more just world. We are confident that our students and alumni will
continue to use their Fletcher education to live a balanced and self-examined life and to
contribute to the resolution of the world’s most critical problems. We are confident that you —
F l e t c h e r ’s alumni and friends — will respond to the School’s needs by participating in T h e
Fletcher Fund, as well as, in many cases, by becoming student mentors and helping students to
find summer internships and jobs after graduation.
We thank you for supporting a mission that is indeed more important now than eve r.
Stephen W. Bosworth, Dean of The Fletcher School
p rofessor of international law, part i c i p a t e din a national Town Meeting co-sponsore dby the United Nations Association, theBetter World Campaign, and the League ofWomen Voters. With UN Se c re t a ry -General Kofi Annan as host and Wa l t e rCronkite on hand as moderator, experts in10 major cities, including Atlanta, Boston,Chicago, and Los Angeles, took part in anational dialogue about terro r i s m .Ac c o rding to the Better World Campaign,the event was either seen, heard, or read byas many as 17 million Americans.
At the end of Nove m b e r, Eileen Ba b b i t t ,assistant professor of international politicsand a conflict resolution expert, flew toBonn, Ge r m a n y, where she was one of thefacilitators of the Civil Society Confere n c efor Peace and Re c o n s t ruction inAfghanistan. Sp o n s o red by the Swiss Pe a c eFoundation [Berne] and the Foundation forScience and Politics [Berlin], the confere n c ewas designed to provide citizens fro mAfghanistan a voice in the peace process.
The conference, which included 80p a rticipants, was attended primarily bymembers of the Afghan diaspora living inPakistan, Iran, Western Eu rope, and theUS. About 40 percent we re Afghanwomen. The meeting took place parallel tothe official UN conference also being heldin Bonn, where re p re s e n t a t i ves met to workout a stru c t u re for an interim gove r n m e n tfor Afghanistan.
A n d rew Hess, professor of diplomacywho also directs the So u t h west Asia andIslamic Civilization program, has briefedmembers of the Ma s s a c h u s e t t s’ At t o r n e yGe n e r a l’s office about terrorism and how tobetter communicate with members of thelocal Arab community. He has been widelyquoted, too, by outlets including The Ne wYo rk Ti m e s, A P, The Boston Gl o b e, Ne w s d a y,The San Diego Un i o n - Tr i b u n e, MSNBC,and the Canadian Broadcasting Company.In a Boston Gl o b e a rticle about the dearth ofMiddle East experts briefing intelligenceagencies, Pro f. Hess was cited as “one of then a t i o n’s top specialists on a suddenly cru c i a lp a rt of the world.”
At times, Fletcher has been caught up inthe swirl of international politics in the
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aftermath of 9/11. When W BU R - F M ,B o s t o n’s NPR station, was under attack forbeing “a n t i - Is r a e l” by a local Jewish gro u p,the station found a way of pro m o t i n gbalanced re p o rting by having the same twoguests on successive shows: the first onYassir Arafat, the second on Ariel Sh a ro n .Thus in a nod tow a rd broadcast diplomacy,Ma rc Gopin, visiting associate professor ofinternational diplomacy at Fletcher and ane x p e rt on the Is r a e l i - Palestinian conflict,joined Serge Schmemann, UN bureau chiefof The New Yo rk Ti m e s, as a guest on thepublic affairs show, The Connection.
Sh o rtly after the terrorist attacks, amidre p o rts of harassment against some of the3,000 Muslims in the Boston are a ,including the stabbing of a BostonUn i versity student from Saudi Arabia,Massachusetts Senator John Ke r ry contactedFletcher officials to ask if the school wouldhost a local Town Meeting. On Se p t e m b e r18, with virtually eve ry local news outlet onhand to cover the event, 100 Mu s l i mstudents and community leaders, along withTufts and Fletcher students, met with thesenator in the Hall of Flags to air grieva n c e sand discuss the pro b l e m .
At the time of the 9/11 attacks on theWorld Trade Center, the US Coast Gu a rdp l a yed a crucial role, evacuating more than amillion people who we re trying to escape byf e r ry from southern Manhattan. Ad m i r a lJames M. Loy, who heads the Coast Gu a rd ,u n d e r s c o red its importance on October 17when he spoke at Fl e t c h e r, warning thatA m e r i c a’s ports and waterways we ree x t remely vulnerable to attack. T h eCommandant stressed the “d i s t i n c tmaritime dimension” of homeland securityin ways that cannot always be handled bytraditional Navy forces, such as appro a c h i n gcivilian vessels that look like legitimatec o m m e rcial or re c reational traffic.
Fletcher students, highly experienced intheir own right, meanwhile have functionedas brokers between policymakers and thepublic. A notable example is Afghan-bornRina Amiri (F’03) who, with her family,fled her native country as a political re f u g e e20 years ago. Both as a Fletcher studentand senior re s e a rch associate at Ha rva rd’sKennedy School of Government, she has
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Quotes of Note
I also think that there’s going to be some realhard looks and finger-pointing in terms of howcome we didn’t know about [the terrorist attacks]and why and what our policy has been, to pre-vent these kinds of actions, not simply to managethem once they happen.
– Richard Shultz, Sp ec i al Rep or t,
NPR, Sept. 11, 2001.
Terrorism is the epitome of a global threat forwhich there is no purely national solution. Weneed to deal with it multilaterally, to deny a safehaven to terrorist organizations, and to imposesevere sanctions on any government that pro-vides support to international terrorism. We alsoneed to redouble our efforts to address the under-lying political and social conditions that createdthe breeding ground for terrorism.
– Stephen Bosworth, “‘Because we
a re so big, so powerful,’” Focus, The
B oston Su nd ay G l o b e, Sept. 16, 2001.
We need to identify much more precisely thanwe’ve done exactly what our goals are. Is the goalto end terrorism in the world? Well, that’s gonnatake a long time, and it doesn’t matter where binL a d e n ’s men are going in the next two weeks. Isthe goal to overthrow the Taliban? Do we want todestabilize Afghanistan…? How do we best dothat? By dealing with the Taliban and attemptingto make them more moderate? Or by imposingdemands that we really are unable to followthrough on, except for the fact that, of course, wecan bomb them anytime we want.
– Hurst Hannum, All Thing s
Co nsi d e red, NPR, Oct. 3, 2001.
The economic sanctions have had a ‘very severe’effect in Pakistan, says Andrew Hess, director ofthe Southwest Asia Program at The FletcherSchool of Law and Diplomacy. They have led tothe near-elimination of direct foreign investmentin the country and have added to the unemploy-ment problem in overcrowded cities. Unemploy-ment among these young has fueled sectarianviolence and threatens the regime, Hess says.
– Andrew Hess, “Pakistan: Enemy of
My Enemy,” Forb es .co m, Sept. 24,
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This is indeed a very unusual turn of events. Keepin mind that those aircraft were originally builtand deployed in Europe because we thought wewould need to protect European airspace. Now
been a forceful presence on Afghanistan,speaking out for women’s rights, the needfor humanitarian assistance for re f u g e e s ,and a broad-based post-Ta l i b a ng overnment. Profiled in The Boston Gl o b e,she has also written op-eds for The Ne wYo rk Ti m e s and The Boston Gl o b e, and hasa p p e a red on CNN and PBS’s Ne w s Ho u rwith Jim Lehre r.
Hy Rothstein (F’01), a Ph.D. candidateand a re t i red Army Colonel in specialf o rces, has served as a military consultant toWC V B - T V, the ABC affiliate in Boston,and also has been quoted on NPR’s T h eWo rl d, the nationally syndicated pro g r a mc o - p roduced by WGBH and BBC radio,and by The Christian Science Mo n i t o r.Michele Ma l vesti (F’00), a Ph.D. candidateand former terrorism analyst at thePentagon, wrote an op-ed for The BostonGl o b e on using the legal system to fightt e r rorism, and has been widely quoted ont e r rorism in outlets ranging from T h eNational Jo u rn a l (Washington, DC) to T h eNew Zealand He ra l d.
Hassan Abbas (F’02), a police officerf rom Pakistan and a Fletcher student, haspublished opinion pieces in The BostonGlobe, The Boston He ra l d , and seve r a lPakistani outlets. He recently returned fro mPakistan where he, along with a group ofjournalists, met with President Pe rvezMu s h a r a f. He is currently working ons e veral freelance pieces for Americann ewspapers.
In an effort to help younger studentsdeal with the events of last Se p t e m b e r,Fletcher students have also played ani m p o rtant role. Ahsen Khan (F’02), aCanadian-born Muslim, and Peter Ne i s u l e r(F’02), both currently studying Is l a m i ccivilization, have traveled to local schools tospeak with students. “In d i re c t l y, we felt thatby making such visits we we re striking ab l ow against eve rything the terrorists stoodfor: the hatred, the division, the fear, theignorance,” Neisuler told The ChristianScience Mo n i t o r ( November 13).
Not immune to the effects of thet e r rorist attacks, Fl e t c h e r, like all schools ofinternational affairs, has also had to dealwith the aftermath of 9/11. In an
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October 26 story in The Chronicle ofHigher Ed u c a t i o n, Ro b e rt Pfaltzgraff said,“We’re going to need to rethink the contentof our courses, to give even gre a t e remphasis to issues of international terro r i s mand the impact of weapons of massd e s t ruction, including biological, chemical,and nuclear warf a re . ”
Not surprisingly, Andrew Hess notesthat his So u t h west Asia program, which hastrained young diplomats from Armenia,Kuwait, and Qa t a r, needs to expandf u rt h e r. “We’ve been educating the fore i g ns e rvices of countries in this part of theworld for well over 10 years,” he re p o rt s .“We now hope to create a similar pro g r a mfor diplomats from Afghanistan and someof the other Central Asian nations.”
It is generally agreed that 9/11 hasf o re ver changed the world. Te c h n o l o g i c a la d vancements have enabled statelessg roups, like the Al Qaeda terrorist network ,to acquire the kind of destru c t i ve forc eonce the sole province of nationalg overnments.
This development, in turn, has raised ahost of new questions for policymakers,journalists, and academics. Are failed statesa humanitarian problem or a nationalsecurity problem? Is a new kind ofimperialism needed to ensure internationals t a b i l i t y, as some experts have asserted, or isexpanding US power the real problem, asothers suggest? Are established groups, suchas the UN, NATO, WTO, and theEu ropean Commission, equipped to handlethe new world ord e r, and where do newe rentities, such as human rights ande n v i ronmental NGO’s, fit in?
These are profoundly import a n tquestions that many in the worldc o m m u n i t y, including those of us atFl e t c h e r, have begun to grapple with, andwill continue to do so for some time toc o m e .
Te r ry Ann Knopf is the MediaR e lations Manager at The Fletc h e rSchool.
the Europeans are sending aircraft under NATO tohelp protect American airspace.
– Ro b e rt Pfaltzgra f f, on the transfer of
f i ve Eu ropean-based AWACS being
m oved to the US, All Thing s Co nsi d e red,
NPR, Oct. 9, 2001.
The Muslims are in dire need of progressive schol-ars, intellectuals, and clerics who can enlightenthem on the true concept of Jihad. The war againstterrorism is increasingly looking like a conflictbetween Osama and the rest of the world – exactlywhat Osama actually wanted.
– Hassan Abbas (F’02), Op-Ed,
I nd ep e nd e nt ( Pakistan), Oct. 18-24,
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Every conflict is also an opportunity – what couldcome out of this is a much, much more concertedeffort on the part of the world of Islam to establishfor itself global Islamic leaders who are deeplycommitted to civil society, democracy, and humanrights and non-violence – in terms of religious tra-d i t i o n s .
There are many Muslims who believe in non-violence, but they are at the mercy in many of thesecountries of extremist clerics who are trying to grabp o w e r, perhaps for the last time, away from moderns o c i e t y, away from capitalist society.
– Marc Gopin, Su nd ay Morn i ng, CNN,
Oct. 14, 2001.
The connections in Southeast Asia are much closerto Al Qaeda than is generally realized. An Osamabin Laden brother-in-law lived in the Philippinesfor two years and helped found the Abu Sayyaf, anAl Qaeda affiliate that has decimated Philippinetourism with its kidnappings and murders.
– W. Scott Thompson, “Champagne in
J a k a rta; Challenges in the US,” Op-Ed,
The Los A ng el es T i m es, Oct. 22, 2001.
You can’t start a bombing campaign, then throw abunch of troops on the ground and think you canget those resistance elements going very quickly.When you have not worked with the folksfor…months together the likelihood of havingwell-coordinated operations is almost zero.
– Hy Rothstein (F’01 and Ph.D. candidate),
“Can Afghan Rebels Really Accomplish
US Aims?” The Ch ri stian Sc ie n ce
Mo n i t or, Nov. 3, 2001.
Addressing the plight of refugees is essential, notonly from a moral but from a strategic standpoint.Afghans are needed as allies to prevail in this war,and the world has to win Afghan hearts and mindsby rectifying a history of using Afghans as militaryallies and abandoning them to their fate when theagenda has been met.
– Rina Amiri (F’03), “The Wa r ’s
‘ D i s p e n s a b l e’ People,” Op-Ed, The
B oston Globe, Nov. 10, 2001.
We’ve not peaked in terms of the unemploymentrate. Unfortunately at 5.7 percent many economistsare forecasting [the] unemployment reaching 6.5percent by the spring.... When we look at the unem-ployment numbers, we see that not only are a lot ofpeople losing jobs but people who lost jobs are stay-ing unemployed for a long period of time.
– Lisa Lynch on post-Sept. 11
u n e m p l oyment, The New s H o u r with Jim
Le h re r, PBS, Dec. 7, 2001.
“The role of the American military on the groundin Japan and in Germany after World War II wasreally quite extraordinary, ’’ said Alan K. Henrikson,professor of diplomatic history at The FletcherSchool of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.Professor Henrikson cited Gen. Lucius D. Clay, thepost-war military governor of Germany, whosebackground in engineering and logistics allowedhim to address the immediate needs of reconstruct-ing a civil society: supplying food and fuel, gettinga market economy walking toward recovery – theissues facing Afghanistan today.
– Alan Henrikson, “The Stripes Are on
Their Sleeves, Not Their Pants,” The
N ew York T i m es, Jan. 13, 2002.
The Philippine priority now should be economicgrowth and the alleviation of poverty, but in orderto bring about a condition in which they can con-centrate on those objectives they have to deal withthis insurgency with the Abu Sayyaf. They also overtime have to enhance the ability of their military tocope with this.
– Stephen Bosworth, Wi ll the
Ph i l i p p i nes be the Next Ta rg e t in the
Wa r on Te rror ? CNN International, Jan.
21, 2002.
You might say that, for better or worse, we'reunleashing an army of lawyers.
– Al f red Rubin, "Wa r, on the Advice of
Counsel," The Los A ng el es T i m es, Fe b.
15, 2002.
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The Fletcher School’s ASEANAuditorium was filled tocapacity on September 10 forthe presentation and inaugurallecture of the KonstantinosKaramanlis Chair in Hellenicand Southeastern EuropeanStudies. A truly internationalaudience was on hand, includingmany members of theKaramanlis family and a numberof Tufts parents who traveledfrom Greece, members of theGreek-American community, aswell as Tufts and Fletcher faculty,students, and staff.
The chair was established as aresult of the dedication and
generous support of acommitted group of Tufts andFletcher parents and friends inGreece and the United States inthe name of KonstantinosKaramanlis, the legendary post-war leader of Greece, who servedhis country as prime ministerfrom 1955 to 1963, and from1974 to 1980, and as presidentfrom 1980 to 1985 and from1990 to 1995.
“President Karamanlis wasone of the most important andinfluential leaders in Greece andin Europe in the 20th century,”said Tufts President Lawrence S.Bacow in his introductory
Karamanlis Chair Named - Veremis Presents Inaugural Lecture by Robert Lindquist
remarks. “It is fitting that hisname be associated with TheFletcher School through anendowed chair that will expandunderstanding of Greece andSoutheastern Europe and therole the nation and region playin world affairs.”
Karamanlis is credited withintegrating Greece into WesternEurope and overseeing thecountry’s extraordinaryeconomic expansion during the1960s. His sixty-year politicalcareer transformed Greece fromperennial poverty and isolationto a thriving member of theEuropean Union.
Karamanlis’s nephew and
Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow, Dean Stephen W. Bosworth, Constanti-nos A. Karamanlis (F’82), and Greece steering committee chairman PeterAlivisatos pose after the inaugural lecture.
Thanos M. Veremis is the firstchairholder of the Karamanlis Chairin Hellenic and Southeastern Euro-pean Studies.
namesake, Constantinos (Kostas)A. Karamanlis (F’82), who holdstwo degrees from Fletcher andhas continued his uncle’spolitical legacy as the leader ofthe New Democracy party inGreece, attended the ceremonyand offered brief remarks.
“President Karamanlis wasone of the most importantand influential leaders in
Greece and in Europe in the20th century. It is fitting
that his name be associatedwith The Fletcher School.”
— President Lawrence S.Bacow
Dean Stephen W. Bosworthpresented the chair to ProfessorThanos M. Veremis, whoselecture was entitled “Elements ofContinuity in Greek History.”
Prof. Veremis, the firstchairholder of the KaramanlisChair in Hellenic andSoutheastern European Studies,earned his undergraduate degreein government from BostonUniversity and his D.Phil. fromTrinity College at OxfordUniversity. He is formerpresident of the Board ofDirectors of the HellenicFoundation for European andForeign Policy (ELIAME) andhas taught at Athens University,the Woodrow Wilson School ofPublic and International Affairsat Princeton, and the PantiosSchool of Political Science inAthens. He is widely publishedon Greek politics and foreignpolicy.
Robert Lindquist is theCampaign CommunicationsManager at Tufts.
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Fletcher Fi l e sMarc Gopin is a Visiting Scholar this year at Har-vard University’s Program on Negotiation, in addi-tion to teaching at Fletcher. He has delivered talkson religion and conflict at Boston University, MIT,Emory University, Brandeis University, and JohnsHopkins University. He has also spoken at the Con-gressional Research Service, Conference onC o u n t e r- Terrorism and before the Israel ArbitrationAssociation, Jerusalem. Prof. Gopin appeared onCNN, NPR’s The Connection, and several localBoston television stations, all in reference to 9/11and the conflicts in the Middle East.
On October 11, Hurst Hannum participated in aUN-sponsored national Town Hall Meeting on Te r-rorism that linked UN Secretary-General KofiAnnan via satellite with panels of internationalaffairs experts in ten cities across the country. Theevent was broadcast nationally.
Alan Henrikson addressed the topic “CulturalDiversity and Interaction” at the Wilton Park Con-ference, “Dialogue of Civilisations: A Key Priorityfor the 21st Century?” in the UK at the end of Octo-b e r. In DC, on December 3, he spoke at the Mar-garet Mead Centennial Conference, “The Interplayof Cultures,” organized by the Smithsonian Institu-tion and held at the Library of Congress. As directorof The Fletcher Roundtable on a New World Order,Prof. Henrikson co-organized, with a group of stu-dent volunteers, faculty members Ian Johnstoneand Eileen Babbitt, and a number of staff members,the first-ever raising of the UN flag on UN Day,
October 24, at Tufts University. The event featuredspeaker Alvaro de Soto, UN Under- S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l .
The Office of Attorney General Tom Reilly recentlypresented Andrew Hess with a citation from theCommonwealth of Massachusetts for his help onMiddle Eastern issues. He has been advising theOffice of the Attorney General of MA since theattacks on 9/11. Prof. Hess chaired a panel on “TheOttoman Empire during the 16 & 17 Century” atthe 116th Annual Meeting of the American Histori-cal Association, San Francisco, CA at the beginningof January. More recently, Prof. Hess delivered a pre-sentation at Newton North High School, Newton,MA entitled “Setting Violence into Historical Per-spective.”
Lisa Ly n c h was interviewed by The Boston Globeand appeared on CNN to discuss the US labor mar-ket outlook at the end of 2001.
During the last quarter of 2001, Ana Margheritisparticipated in the XXIII International Congress ofthe Latin American Studies Association, Wa s h i n g-ton, DC and led a seminar entitled “Pensando arespeito” at CPDA, University of Rio de Janeiro,Brazil, as well as a political economy seminar atTulane University, New Orleans, LA. She also helpedto organize a conference at Fletcher in Novemberon “Current Dilemmas in Latin America’s ForeignEconomic Relations,” which gathered a large num-ber of distinguished specialists from different insti-tutions and countries. Prof. Margheritis is currently
editing a volume that compiles the main papersdelivered at this conference.
W. Scott Thompson presented a book talk atFletcher with his son, Nicholas Thompson, at theend of October for their book, The Baobab and TheMango Tree: African and Asian Contrasts. As ofJanuary 1, 2002, Prof. Thompson – at Fletcher formore than 30 years – has become Adjunct Professorof International Politics at Fletcher. With thischange of status, he will pursue his academic inter-ests at the Asian Institute of Management in Manila,Philippines while maintaining his connection withF l e t c h e r. He will continue to live in the DC area, butwill be based in Bali, Indonesia.
Thanos Ve r e m i s has been spending much of histime co-editing the new Journal of SoutheastEuropean & Black Sea Studies. The first issue(January 2001) focused on “Balkan Recontruction”and also appeared in book form (Frank Cass, Lon-don), edited by Prof. Veremis and Daniel Daianu.The second issue of the journal was published lastM a y, and the third issue will be published shortly.His book, Greece: The Modern Sequel, will beappearing soon.
At the end of November, Alan Wa c h m a n ( F ’ 8 4 )joined a delegation of foreign scholars as guests ofthe government of Taiwan to observe the legislativeelections of December 1. They visited with a broadarray of prominent political figures, including thepresident, foreign minister, and defense minister, aswell as with local scholars. Upon his return to theUS, he spoke about the election at a conference enti-tled “Ta i w a n ’s Legislative Election: Implications forTa i w a n ’s Domestic Politics,” hosted by the Ta i w a nStudies Workshop at The Fairbank Center for EastAsian Research and The Asia Center at Harvard Uni-v e r s i t y. He then delivered a paper, entitled “The ColdWar of Words Across the Taiwan Strait,” at a confer-ence about “Varieties of Sovereignty and China:Challenges and Opportunities in the Cross-StraitRelationship,” sponsored by The Foreign PolicyResearch Institute in Philadelphia. At the end ofJ a n u a r y, he visited Beijing and Taipei as a memberof a small team of Boston-area scholars who werethe guests of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciencesin Beijing and the government of Taiwan in Ta i p e i .
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UN Day F l ag Raising: (l-r) Robert Ki r sch (F’02), UN Und e r-Sec re ta r y- G e ne ral Alva ro de So t o, Ki g a n z iN y a koto Ki ntu (F’02), Pro f. Ian Johnst o ne, Pro f. Eileen Babb i tt, Nathal ie Bouko b za (F’03), Hinako To k i(F’03), and Pro f. Alan Henrikson afte r the ce re m o ny.
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Fletcher has seen a number ofnew student organizations t h i sacademic ye a r. New initiatives byFletcher students include Fl e t c h e rPe r s p e c t i ve s, an online journalabout culture, gender, re l i g i o n ,and expressions of humanity;W I L D, Fl e t c h e r’s new outingclub; a re a c t i vated Fletcher Sk iTe a m; and, an official Fl e t c h e rDiplomats Club.
Also new to the Fl e t c h e rcommunity is Fl e t c h e r’s ow nradio show, broadcast from theTufts Un i versity studios ofWMFO 91.5 FM. Born of ad e s i re to see Fletcher expand itscommunication to both the Tu f t scommunity and the surro u n d i n ga rea, World In Fo c u sb ro a d c a s t sweekly and combines inter-national news and discourse on arange of international topics.Program hosts and guests areFletcher students and faculty.
The 2001-02 Fl e t c h e rColloquium on St r a t e g i cNonviolent Ac t i o n, sponsored bythe International Security St u d i e sProgram, the Tufts Peace andJustice Program, and theInternational Negotiation andConflict Resolution Club, is ane i g h t - p a rt colloquium seriesdesigned to open debate withinthe Fletcher community on thepotential application ofnonviolent action. Taught byacademics and practitioners in thefield of nonviolent action, futuresessions will include discussion ofreligion, culture and nonviolents t ruggle, the anti-corporateglobalization movement, and therole of media in nonviolents t ruggles. (For more details on the
colloquium, please go toh t t p : / / f l e t c h e r. t u f t s . e d u / n e w s /2 0 0 1 / d e c e m b e r / p e o p l e p owe r.h t m l.
On November 16, The Fl e t c h e rS c h o o l’s In t e rn a t i o n a lConsulting Club hosted a one-day symposium on the future ofd e velopment consulting. T h ee vent, co-sponsored in part by theIn t e rnational Business Re l a t i o n sPro g r a m, brought togetherFletcher students, alumni, and ani m p re s s i ve grouping of exe c u t i ve sf rom the field of deve l o p m e n t .The day’s discussion focusedprimarily on the strategicchallenges facing the industry inthe years ahead. The keynotespeaker was Michael Fa i r b a n k sf rom ontheFro n t i e r, who is alsoteaching a course one n t re p reneurship this semester.Panelists included Fletcher alumniThurston Te e l e (F’62) and Ja m e sPa c k a rd - Wi n k l e r ( F ’ 8 7 ) .
As of De c e m b e r, Fl e t c h e r’s Gi n nL i b r a ry is continuing itsp a rtnership with OxfordUn i versity and several otherschools around the world on itsFo rced Mi g r a t i o n On l i n ep roject. Library staff, work i n gwith an advisory group of facultyf rom Fletcher and the Fe i n s t e i nFamine Center, are collecting andcataloging materials on live l i h o o d sas they relate to forced migrationissues.
The library’s Book Talk Se r i e sincluded three events this past fall,featuring A. Ross Jo h n s o n ( F ’ 6 2 )for A Whisper in the Ear: The Ro l eof In t e rnational Broadcasting inAmerican Fo reign Po l i c y; W. ScottT h o m p s o n and his son, Ni c h o l a sThompson, for their book, T h e
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Baobab and The Mango Tre e :African and Asian Contra s t s, andDean Boswort h’s wife, C h r i s t i n eBo s w o rt h, editor of Dinner withAm b a s s a d o r s, a cookbookd e veloped while the Boswort h’swe re at their last diplomatic postin Ko rea, and which includesdinner menus from 67 differe n tc o u n t r i e s .
New residents of Bl a k e l ey Ha l lcelebrated its 75th birt h d a yduring fall orientation. Blakeley isslated for $2.7 million inre n ova t i o n s this summer,including a new sprinkler system,and a new ro o f.
With the celebration of the Tu f t sUn i ve r s i t y’s 150th Annive r s a ry,the Ginn Library staff has caughtthe nostalgic mood. Fletcher hashad innumerable distinguishedspeakers and guests over the ye a r s ,f rom Adlai St e venson to B e t t eBao Lord (F’60), and many ofthem are wonderfully captured inphotographs that have been filedaway for years. They have beenb rought to light again in anonline exhibit at h t t p : / / f l e t c h e r.t u f t s . e d u / p h o t o s . h t m l . W h i l eyo u’re at it, take a look at theTufts sesquicentennial site ath t t p : / / c e l e b r a t e 1 5 0 . t u f t s . e d u.
Off campus
The 31st Annual Fl e t c h e rC o n f e rence on Na t i o n a lSe c u r i t y was held at the Ro n a l dReagan Building and In t e r -national Trade Center inWashington, DC on Nove m b e r14 and 15. The conference, co-s p o n s o red by the US Army, theOffice of the Se c re t a ry of De f e n s efor Net Assessment, and Fl e t c h e r’sIn t e rnational Security St u d i e sPro g r a m , f e a t u red high-rankedm i l i t a ry, legislative, andinternational experts. Please visitw w w. i f p a f l e t c h e rc o n f e re n c e . c o mfor more information.
The second residency for studentsin the Global Master of Art sPro g r a m took place from Ja n u a ry4 to 16 in Avila, Sp a i n .
Fl e t c h e r’s Institute for Hu m a nSe c u r i t y in conjunction with theBu reau for Crisis Pre vention andRe c ove ry (UNDP) and theFeinstein In t e rnational Fa m i n eC e n t e r at Tufts presented ac o n f e rence on “Pro m o t i n gHuman Security in theDemocratic Republic of Congo”f rom Fe b ru a ry 27 to Ma rch 1 atthe Human Nutrition Re s e a rc hCenter in Boston.
Valeria Cal d e ron, Donna Pulini, Aldo Al d a m a - B reton, Pro f. John Hammock(F’67), and Prem Ku m a ra t the GMAP mid-yea r res i d e n c y in Avila, Sp a i n .
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Breathing New Life into the Fletcher Mentor Program by Tamara Golden
The Fletcher Alumni Me n t o rProgram was initiated in 1993 byFletcher Board member Ma rkNichols (F’71), then president ofThe Fletcher Club of New Yo rk .Originally established tof o r m a l i ze the interaction betwe e nstudents and New Yo rk - a re aalumni who stood “ready torender advice and counsel tomembers of the Fl e t c h e rcommunity on their care e rplanning,” this vo l u n t e e rp rogram now boasts over 400alumni working in a wide va r i e t yof industries and organizationsw o r l d w i d e .
An important subset of thetotal Fletcher alumni population,mentors agree to help curre n tFletcher students better pre p a ret h e m s e l ves for the job market by
p roviding general career adviceand industry-specific know l e d g e .In addition, some mentors speakregularly on professional panelsduring the annual career trips toNew Yo rk and DC, while othersp a rticipate in mock interv i ews orassist the Fletcher Office ofC a reer Se rvices (OCS) withre c ruiting efforts at theirp a rticular organizations.
This past ye a r, OCS annexe dthe list of available mentors to itsn ew online re c ruiting system,e Re c ruiting. T h rough the use ofthis new eRe c ruiting mentormodule, OCS hopes to expandthe number of mentors and tomake the program more efficientand easier to use by bothstudents and alumni.
P h D P R O F I L E
Ca r l isle J. Le vine (F’99 )
“I spent October 2000 through April2001 carrying out my dissertationfieldwork in Mexico’s southern-moststate of Chiapas. It is the location of alow-intensity conflict, now more thaneight years old, between the ZapatistaArmy of National Liberation and theMexican government. The Zapatistasseek economic opportunities, socialservices, and political inclusion forthose whom they claim the govern-ment system has forgotten.
The current conflict in Chiapas isby no means the first such uprising inthe state. Yet, it is unusual. First, it islargely a non-violent conflict. Its pri-mary battleground has been the Inter-net and other platforms for masscommunication. Second, although theZapatista army is tiny and poorlyarmed, it has been able to hold its ownsince 1994.
Within this conflict, NGOs – and
predominantly local NGOs – haveplayed an important role. They havefacilitated the dissemination of infor-mation about the conflict, thus mobi-lizing a transnational network of civilsociety organizations whose attentionto the conflict has helped move it tothe negotiating table and discouragehuman rights violations. In addition,NGOs have provided humanitarianand development assistance, offeredaccompaniment and local-level medi-ation, and presented training in con-flict transformation techniques,among other interventions.
Three local NGOs and two localNGO networks were generous enoughto let me study them during my timein Chiapas. With their assistance, I wasable to address the following ques-tions: What can local NGOs contributeto peacemaking? How can they con-structively impact local-level peaceefforts? Even more challenging, canthey have a constructive impact on the
official level of the conflict? Can theyhelp ensure that grassroots concernsare taken into account in officialpeace processes? And if so, how arethey accomplishing this?
As many scholars and practitionersare analyzing the nature of currentviolent conflicts and the tools we have
available to address them, there ismuch focus on the roles of govern-ments, militaries, international orga-nizations, and even internationalNGOs. I hope to add to peace promot-ers’ understanding of how interven-tions by local NGOs can help makepeace processes more thorough ands u s t a i n a b l e .
My dissertation is very interdiscipli-n a r y, incorporating theories from inter-national development – political,economic, and social – with those ofinternational negotiation and conflictresolution, international humanitarianassistance, international finance, andenvironmental policy. Just as Fletcherprepares its students to influence policyin a wide variety of fields through boththeory and praxis, when I return to therealm of practitioners, I hope that mydoctoral studies will increase the con-tribution I will be able to make to thefields of conflict transformation andinternational development.”
From the students’standpoint, the new moduleg reatly expands the amount ofp rofessional and academicinformation listed for eachalumnus/a. In this way, they maymake a more informed selectionwhen re v i ewing pro s p e c t i vementors. For mentors, the newsystem allows them to specifyh ow many students may contactthem each month and by whatmeans, allowing them gre a t e rp r i va c y. In addition, with thementor accounts being ava i l a b l eonline, alumni can easily updatetheir employment and contactinformation wheneve r, and fro mw h e re ve r, they choose.
Especially in this difficultlabor market, students find itp a rticularly comforting to find a
friendly voice at the other end oftheir phone or e-mail. W h e nthat voice belongs to a Fl e t c h e ralum, they can be confident thatthey are speaking with someonewho understands their concernsand can give them first-handinformation and insights –something that even the OCSstaff sometimes cannot offer.
If you wish to become am e n t o r, please write tof l e t c h e [email protected] or callOCS at (617) 627-3060. Being amentor is a meaningful way ofgiving back to Fletcher andassisting us in our mission top re p a re leaders with a globalp e r s p e c t i ve .
Tamara Golden is the OCSA s s o c i ate Dire c to r.
With a backg ro u nd in inte rn a t i o n ald evel o p m e nt in Latin America ,Ca rl i sle Lev i ne is i nte rested in t h ech all e ng es of NGOs a sp ea ce m a -ke r s within co m pl e xv i ol e nt co n-f l i c ts .
F l e t c h e r N e w sRecent P u b l i c at i o n s
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F a c u l t y
Stephen Bosworth. “‘Because we are so big, so powerful.’” The Boston Sunday Globe, 16 September 2001.
Marc Gopin. “This War is About Religion, and Cannot Be Won Without It.” S h m a, November2 0 0 1 .
—-. “Religion and International Relations at the Crossroads.” International Studies Review, Fall 2001.
—-. “Forgiveness as an Element of Conflict Resolution in Religious Cultures: Walking the Tightrope of Reconciliation and Justice.” In Reconciliation, Coexistence, and Justice in Interethnic Conflicts: Theory and Practice, edited by Mohammed Abu-Nimer. Lexington Books, 2001.
Hurst Hannum. “ I t ’s Crime, Not Wa r.” Tempo M a g a z i n e (Jakarta, Indonesia), 4-10 Decem-ber 2001.
Alan Henrikson. “Beyond Global-Regional Thinking.” In The Global Century: G l o b a l -ization and National Security, edited by Richard L. Kugler and Ellen L. Frost, vol. I, 197-213, and CD-ROM. Washington, DC: National Defense University, 2001.
—-. “Can We Improve the Linking of Cultures?” In Current Issues in International Diplo-macy and Foreign Policy, vol. III, edited by Nicholas Hopkinson and Colin Jennings, 566-573. London: The Stationery Office, for WiltonPark, 2001.
—-. “Elitism.” In Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, Second Edition, edited by Alexander DeConde, Richard Dean Burns, andFredrik Logevall, editors in chief, and Louise B. Ketz, exective editor, vol. 2, 17-31. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002.
Ana Margheritis. “Policy Innovation and Leaders’ Perceptions: Building a Reformist Consensus in Argentina.” Journal of Latin American Studies. London: ILAS, 2001. (Forthcoming also in Spanish in Desarrollo Económico, Buenos Aires, 2002.)
W. Scott Thompson. “ Walking a tightrope in the Philippines.” T h e Christian Science M o n i t o r, 25 January 2002.
—-. “Champagne in Jakarta; Challenges in the U.S.” The Los Angeles Ti m e s, 22 October 2001.
Thanos Ve r e m i s, ed. Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, vol. I, no.1 (January 2001) and vol. I, no.2 (May 2001). London: Frank Cass.
—-. “The Ever-Changing Contours of the Kosovo Issue.” What Status for Kosovo? Paris: Insti-tute for Security Studies, Western European Union, Chaillot Paper 50, October 2001.
—- and Daniel Daianu, eds. Balkan Reconstruc-t i o n. London: Frank Cass, 2001.
John Koliopoulos and —-. Greece: The Modern S e q u e l. London: C. Hurst & Co, 2002.
Alan Wa c h m a n. “The United States and the Taiwan Quandary: How Much Does Chen S h u i - b i a n ’s Election Matter?” In Taiwan Presidential Elections: Outcomes and Impli-c a t i o n s, edited by Muthiah Alagappa. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2001.
—-. Review of “Ta i w a n ’s Informal Diplomacy and Propaganda,” by Gary D. Rawnsley. Journal of Asian Studies, 60, no. 4 (Novem-ber 2001).
A l u m n i
R.J. Cook (F’72) et al. Advancing Safe Mother-hood through Human Rights. World Health Organization, 2001.
Andrew Curtis (F’01). “Waco: Failures in Crisis Management and the Misapplication of Coercive Diplomacy.” Low Intensity Conflict & Law Enforcement, 9.1. Frank Cass, 2001.
Mauricio Cysne (F’93) and Teresa Amador, eds. Redacção Normativa e o Direito Interna-cional: Experiências Lusófonas. Bonn, Ger-many: World Conservation Union, Environ-mental Law and Policy Paper, no. 42.
Tim Judah (F’86). “Kosovo and Its Status.” What Status for Kosovo? Paris: Institute for SecurityStudies, Western European Union, Chaillot Paper 50, October 2001.
William Lawrence (F’90 and Ph.D. candidate). “ Translating Moroccan Shaabi and Algerian Rai Music Empathetically.” The InternationalAssociation of Middle Eastern and North African Popular Culture Conference on Popular Middle Eastern Culture. Oxford, UK: The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 2002.
Michele Malvesti (F’00 and Ph.D. candidate). “Explaining the United States’ Decision to Strike Back at Terrorists.” Terrorism and
Political Violence, 13, no 2 (Summer 2001): 8 5 - 1 0 6 .
—-. “Bombing bin Laden: Assessing the Effective-ness of Air Strikes as a Counter- Terrorism S t r a t e g y.” Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, 26, no. 1 (Winter 2002): 17-29.
Rhoda Margesson (F’95 and Ph.D. candidate). “After the war is over in Afghanistan.” San Diego Union-Tr i b u n e, 18 December 2001.
Steven McCoy-Thompson (F’87). Weather Boy: A Story of D-Day. Bloomington, IN: 1stBooks Library, 2001.
John Moore (F’01). “The Evolution of Islamic Terrorism.” PBS series F r o n t l i n e website, h t t p : / / w w w. p b s . o r g / w g b h / p a g e s / f r o n t l i n e /s h o w s / t a r g e t / e t c / m o d e r n . h t m l .
Jim Potts (F’01). “To Help the Wo r l d ’s Poor.” The Washington Post, 13 November 2001.
Lawrence Saez (F’89). Federalism Without a Center: The Impact of Economic Liberaliza-tion on India’s Federal System. Sage, 2002.
Akira Ta s h i r o (F’87). Discounted Casualties: The Human Cost of Depleted Uranium. Hiroshima: The Chugoku Shimbun, 2001.
Dimitrios Tr i a n t a p h y l l o u (F’91), ed. What Status for Kosovo? Paris: Institute for SecurityStudies, Western European Union, Chaillot Paper 50, October 2001.
Michael Zwirn (F’01). “Promise and Failure: Environmental NGOs and Palestinian-Israeli Cooperation.” Middle Eastern Review of International Affairs, 5, no. 4 (December 2001).
S t u d e n t s
Hassan Abbas (F’02). “Countering Osama’s PR campaign.” The International News – S h a ’ b a a n 26,1422 A.H, 13 November 2001.
—-. “Afghanistan must find its ‘lost identity’.” The Boston Herald, 30 December 2001.
Rina Amiri (F’03). “Comprehending the Afghan Quagmire.” Sojourner Magazine, November 2001.
—-. “The war’s ‘dispensable’ people.” The Boston G l o b e, 10 November 2001.
—-. “Muslim Women as Symbols – and Pawns.” The New York Ti m e s, 27 November 2001.
Daniel Fahey (F’02). “U.S. needs to improve medical monitoring of its troops,” letter- t o -t h e - e d i t o r. The New York Ti m e s, 14 January 2 0 0 2 .
A t l a n t a
Wendy Gutierrez (F’96)
wgutierrez@mindspring.
com
The Fletcher Club of Atlanta isgetting back on its feet! If youare in the Atlanta area andwould like to join the activi-ties, please contact We n d yG u t i e r r e z for more infor-m a t i o n .
B a n g k o k
Kusuma Snitwongse (F’57)
On March 2, 25 alumni andfriends attended a lecture byDean Bosworth, followed by areception in his honor, at theSiam InterContinental. Pleasecontact Kusuma Snit-w o n g s e if you are inBangkok and would like toconnect with other alumni.
B e i j i n g
Nicole Monter (F’98)
nicole.monter.escardino
@cn.pwcglobal.com
Agustin Escardino (F’97)
cn.net
If you are a Fletcher alum liv-ing in or near Beijing, pleasecontact Nicole Monter a n dAgustin Escardino to findout about how to connect withother alumni in the area.
B o s t o n
Farah Pandith (F’95)
fapandith@mlstrategies.
com
The Fletcher Club of Bostonhas revamped its efforts!Under the leadership ofFarah Pandith, B y r o nP r i c e (F ‘94), and G r e s hL a t t i m o r e (F’65), the
Boston club is developing newprograms and reconfiguringtheir mission. At the club’spremiere event in October,Dean Bosworth spoke aboutFletcher and moderated apanel on terrorism andAfghanistan, which featuredRina Amiri (F’03), H a s s a nA b b a s (F’02), M i c h e l eM a l v e s t i (F’00), and N e a-matallah Nojumi ( F ’ 0 1 ) .More than 60 alumniattended. Please contactFarah Pandith to get on thec l u b ’s e-mail list and to assistin making the Fletcher Clubof Boston all that it can be!
B r u s s e l s
Jeroen Cooreman (F’97)
jeroen_cooreman@
hotmail.com
Jan-Philipp Goertz (F’98)
The Fletcher Club of Brusselsmet for dinner on February26, with two-thirds of theBrussels alumni in atten-dance. If you are in or nearBrussels, please contactJeroen Cooreman or J a n -Philipp Goertz for infor-mation on upcoming cluba c t i v i t i e s .
B u d a p e s t
Andras Fehervary (F’94)
Tom Schwieters (F’97)
The Fletcher Budapest club ispart of the Hungarian Alumniof International RelationsSchools Association. A n d r a sF e h e v a r y is co-chairperson,and encourages anyone visit-ing or relocating to Budapestto contact him.
C h i c a g o
Daniela Ciuca (F’99)
H. Jürgen Hess (F’86)
Fletcher alumni in theChicago area met with DeanBosworth on October 18 at areception held at the offices ofthe Council on Foreign Rela-tions. If you are in theChicago area and would liketo connect with other Fletcheralumni, please contactDaniela Ciuca or J ü r g e nH e s s.
Hong Ko n g
Tara Holeman (F’97)
Ronnie Chan hosted DeanBosworth and his wife alongwith 25 Fletcher alumni andfriends at the China Club onMarch 8. If you were not atthat event and would like tobe included in alumni activi-ties in Hong Kong, please con-tact Tara Holeman.
Lo n d o n
Cynthia V. Corbett (F’78)
Fletcher alumni in Londonenjoyed an opportunity tomeet Dean Bosworth and hiswife at an evening receptionon October 10 at The Tr a v e l e r sClub. If you are in Londonand would like to connectwith other Fletcher alumni,please contact C y n t h i aValianti Corbett.
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M a l a y s i a
Shah Azmi (F’86)
Shah Azmi has returned toMalaysia and would like to re-establish a Fletcher alumniclub. Please contact him ifyou are interested in assistingor participating in club activi-t i e s .
New Yo r k
Meeta Anand (F’96)
Club e-mail: info@fletcher
alumniny.com
After the events of 9/11, theFletcher Club of NY organizeda potluck at the home of J i mand Denise Wa s s e r s t r o m(F’78 and F’79). In November,alumni met with DeanBosworth and current studentsduring the annual career trip.In the same month, Akio Mat-sumura, founder of the GlobalForum of Spiritual and Par-liamentary Leaders onHuman Survival, spoke toclub members about theintersection of religion andpolitics. In December, the clubparticipated in a joint happyhour with SAIS and SIPA clubmembers, in what promises tobe the first of many such jointevents. For more informationon the club and its upcomingevents, please go tow w w. f l e t c h e r a l u m n i n y. c o m .
O re g o n
Michael Zwirn (F’01)
Club list: fletcher-oregon
@yahoogroups.com
Calling all Oregon Fletcheralumni! Please join the elec-tronic community of fletcher-
[email protected] tofacilitate communication withother alumni in your area.For more information aboutthe Oregon club, its e-maillist, and its activities, pleasecontact Michael Zwirn.
Pa r i s
Julien Naginski (F’93)
Rebecca Wetteman (F’97)
rwettemann@nucleus
research.com
Dean Bosworth and his wifewere the guests of honor at areception for Fletcher alumnion October 9 at Sciences-Po.On December 13, members ofthe reviving Fletcher ParisClub got together at L’ E t o i l eManquante in the Marais dis-trict for a pre-holiday cocktail.Prof. Joel Trachtman met withParis alumni on March 3 atthe offices of Pinault Print-emps Redoute. To find outabout upcoming club events,please contact J u l i e nN a g i n s k i or Rebecca We t-t e m a n n.
Pe r u
Fiona Scholand (F’00)
Attention all Fletcher alumniin Peru! The Fletcher Club ofPeru is getting organized, andwould like you to participate.Please contact F i o n aS c h o l a n d for more informa-tion on how you can geti n v o l v e d .
P h i l a d e l p h i a
Ernest Wright, Jr. (F’94)
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The Fletcher Club of Philadel-phia hosted a happy hour to
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kick off the establishment ofthe new club on February 21.Please contact E r n e s tWr i g h t for more informationon the next club event.
SF Bay Are a
Olaf Groth (F’95)
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Sandra Short (F’82)
sandra_short@people
soft.com
In early September, DeanBosworth met with Fletcheralumni at two receptions, thefirst in SF, the second hostedby Sandra Short and herhusband at their home inPalo Alto. Throughout the lastquarter of 2001, members ofFletcher West-SFBA (not to beconfused with the newFletcher West clubs of Oregonand Seattle) participated in ahost of activities: wine tastingat Maria Farnon’s (F’95)vineyard, a joint happy hourwith the SAIS, SIPA, and MIISalumni clubs, a speakingengagement by Prof. Lee McK-night at the CommonwealthClub, and regular club happyhours in SF and Palo Alto. Ifyou have enjoyed these activi-ties and would like to seethem continue, please contactOlaf Groth or S a n d r aS h o r t to find out how youcan assist this importantmainstay of the Fletcher We s tc o m m u n i t y.
São Pa u l o
Paulo Bilyk (F’92)
The São Paulo Fletcher Clubwill host their annual clubdinner in summer to coincidewith the Dean’s visit. If you
are in Brazil and would like toattend and to get in touchwith other Fletcher alumni,please contact Paulo Bilyk.
Se a t t l e
Julie Bennion (F’01)
julie.bennion@fletcher.
alumlink.com
Not to be outdone by the newFletcher Oregon club, theSeattle club is up and coming!For more information on howyou can get involved in clubactivities, please contact J u l i eB e n n i o n.
Se o u l
Yunju Ko (F’99)
The Seoul club had a recep-tion for Dean Bosworth andhis wife on November 16. Six-teen members of the club andfive guests attended the recep-tion, as did Prof. John Perry.During his recent trip toKorea, Prof. S u n g - Yoon Lee(F’94) joined members of theSeoul club on January 9 ford i n n e r, drinks, and conversa-tion. If you would like toknow more about the FletcherSeoul club, please contactYunju Ko.
S i n g a p o re
Syetarn Hansakul (F’88)
Gregg Te r r y (F’70) hosted20 alumni and DeanBosworth at the China Clubon March 5. If you are in Sin-gapore and would like toassist in organizing thealumni club, or would like toparticipate in events, pleasecontact Syetarn Hansakul.
Sw i t ze r l a n d
Mauricio Cysne (F’93)
The Fletcher Club of Switzer-land welcomed Dean Bosworthand his wife with two recep-tions in October. The firstreception, in Zürich, washosted by Douglas Marston(F’76 and International Over-seer) and his wife. The secondreception, in Geneva, wasorganized by John King(F’69) and Mauricio Cysne atthe Hotel Intercontinental. InD e c e m b e r, former club presi-dent Philippe Tr u a n ( F ’ 8 9 )and wife Barbara GearyTr u a n (F’90) hosted a Christ-mas party for about 20Fletcher alumni and guests,and many children. If you arein Switzerland and would liketo know more about clubactivitites, please contactMauricio Cysne.
Ta i p e i
Paul Hsu (F’65)
Thirty Fletcher alumni andfriends met with Dean andMrs. Bosworth on March 10 atthe Formosa Regent. P a u lHsu hosted the event, and isthe new alumni contact per-son for Taipei. If you wouldlike to connect with otheralumni in Taipei, please getin touch with him.
To k yo
Aya Konishi Abe (F’91)
Mariko Noda (F’90)
On November 13, 25 membersof the Fletcher Japan AlumniClub gathered to welcome
Dean and Mrs. Bosworth.Yasushi Akashi ( F ’ 5 7 )presided over the ceremoniesat this event, the second orga-nized by the newly constitutedFletcher Japan Alumni Club,led by Hiroaki Ito. On January9, 17 alumni – spanning theClass of ‘51 to the Class of ’01– gathered in Tokyo to hear atalk by Prof. Bill Moomaw. Ifyou are in Japan and wouldlike to know about upcomingclub activities, please contactAya Abe or Mariko Noda.
Vi e n n a
Rainer Staub (F’96)
If you are a Fletcher alumwho is new to Vienna, or youare in Vienna and have notyet heard from the Vi e n n aclub, please contact R a i n e rS t a u b to let him know ofyour arrival and to learnabout upcoming Vi e n n aalumni club activities.
Washington, DC
T. Colum Garrity (F’98)
Margaret Smith (F’91)
Club e-mail: info@fletcher
alumnidc.com
This past fall the Fletcher
Alumni Association of Wa s h-ington, DC had a flurry ofevents: an art tour of the Fed-eral Reserve Bank; a joint din-ner with the Council forEmerging National SecurityAffairs (CENSA) on “Intelli-gence Reform,” a talk withAriel Cohen (F’89) on“Central Asia and the War onTerrorism,” a canoe trip onthe Shenandoah, andmonthly happy hours. Theyalso sponsored events with theUnited Nations Young Profes-sionals group, and a talk withthe Wo m e n ’s Foreign PolicyGroup with the director of theWorld Food Program. Theclub now has five focusgroups: Fletcher Telecom &Energy Group, FletcherWo m e n ’s Network Group,Fletcher International Negoti-ation and Conflict ResolutionGroup, Fletcher EnvironmentGroup, and the newly createdInternational Law Group.They have also secured $5,000from the Anderson Founda-tion for summer internshipsin DC. For more informationon the DC club and for aschedule of the club’s Springactivities, please visit theirwebsite at www. f l e t c h e r a l u m-n i d c . c o m .
P ro f. Bill Mo o m aw ’ sJ a n u a r yv i s i t to Tokyo drew a crow df rom a wide array of Fletch e r alumni.
F l e t c h e r N e w s
wedding last July. Congratula-tions are also in order forKatia Katsigera, who wasmarried on a yacht in beauti-ful Greece. Best wishes to SitaFarrell, who will be marriedin 2003 on the Turks andCaicos Islands in the BritishWest Indies.
G M A P 2 0 0 1
Eileen Guggenheim hasbeen named deputy chair ofThe Prince’s Foundation inLondon. She will oversee the
educational work of theFoundation in the fields ofart, architecture and theIslamic visual tradition. Bet-tina Muscheidt is still inLuxembourg with the Euro-pean Investment Bank andmissing the inspiration andbuzz of GMAP! PaulaCraighead reports fromMaine that Bettina paid her avisit over New Year’s, to ski atSugarloaf and to instruct onpreparing authentic Germandesserts.
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Members of the Class of 2001 at the Jackson-Nixon we d-ding in July 2001.
D onal d B oy e r, J r. (F ’3 9)
passed away on April 30, 2001 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. A graduate of VMI,Colonel Boyer served the US Army for 30 years. He is survived by his wife Helen.
J un e D arge (F ’52)
died of cancer in the summer of 2001. No further information was available at the time ofp u b l i c a t i o n .
J ame s Fu nna ( F’6 5)
died on October 20, 2001 of blood cancer. A native of Sierra Leone, Jim served his country asgovernor of the Central Bank, minister of finance, and economic advisor to the president. Healso worked for the World Bank for many years. Jim is survived by his wife and five children.
Al b e r t H a rk ne ss, J r.
a State Department Fellow at Fletcher in 1972, died on October 25, 2001. Albert was an experton Latin American history and served in many Latin American posts for the US InformationA g e n c y, even serving as the agency’s director in Athens, Greece from 1960 to 1963. After retiringfrom the Foreign Service in 1973, he taught at Fletcher and other American universities forseveral years. He is survived by his wife, a son, two daughters, a brother, and seven grandchil-d r e n .
J ac k K u r t z ( F’ 8 0)
an attorney in South Carolina, died on July 30, 2001. No further information was available atthe time of publication.
H a ns N eu mann
a friend of Fletcher, died on September 10, 2001. A colleague of former Prof. Arpad von Lazar,Hans lectured at Fletcher in the 1970s and assisted with the International Energy ColloquiumSeries in the 1980s.
Cyru s Va n c e
the former US statesman who was also a member of the Fletcher Board of Overseers, died ofpneumonia on January 12, 2002.
T h e o d o ra Van Dy k e (F ’62)
passed away on June 9, 2001. No further information was available at the time of publication.
E d w a r d Wa g gon er (F ’ 42)
passed away on July 31, 2001. After attending Fletcher, Edward joined the US State Departmentand served at posts in DC and around the world, including Iran, Chile, and Tu r k e y. From 1958until he retired in 1978, Edward worked for Mobil Oil Corp. At the time of his death, he wasrector of his local parish. Edward is survived by two daughters and a sister.
No rma n We n g e rt (F ’3 9)
died on July 28, 2001. He attended the University of Wisconsin for his undergraduate, law, anddoctoral degrees, and obtained the MA at Fletcher. A graduate of one of Fletcher’s first classes,Norman spent his career as a professor and writer. He is survived by his wife Janet.
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The inco m p a ra ble Al f red P. Rubin,
D i st i ng u i s h ed Pro f ess o r of Inte rn a t i o n al
Law, is re t i r i ng afte r nea rly 30 yea r sa s
a full-time pro f ess o r a tF l e tch e r.
Fo r tu n a tely, he will co ntinue to tea ch up
to two co u r ses a yea r, bu th i s f u ll- t i m e
p rese n ce will be grea t ly m i ssed. The
ne x ti ssue of the F le tcher News w i ll look
b a ck on his time at the Sch o ol and t h e
co nt r i bu t i o ns he has made to t h e
F l e tch e r co m m u n i t ya nd to the field of
i nte rn a t i o n al law.
Fu r t h e r m o re, t h ro u g h o u t 2002 ,
m e m b e r s of the Fletch e r co m m u n i t y
h ave and will co ntinue to pay t r i bu te t o
him and his a ch ieve m e nts t h rough a
h ost of activ i t ies. From ro a sts a nd
recept i o ns h osted by alumni clubs a nd
stu d e nts to a futu re co n f e re n ce on
i nte rn a t i o n al law a tF l e tch e r, Pro f. Rubin
i s b ei ng honored in many d i f f e re nt
w ays. Most i m p o r ta nt ly, the Al Rubin
Tr i bu te stee r i ng co m m i ttee, ch a i red by
R u st y Tu n n a rd (F’85), is b eg i n n i ng work
on esta bl i s h i ng an end owed fund in
P ro f. Rubin’s n a m e .
Tribute to Al Ru b i nN u m e ro u sm e m b e r s of the Fletch e r
co m m u n i t y – fa c u l t y, alumni, sta f f, and
stu d e nts – are working hard to org a n i ze
t h ese activ i t ies, and we hope t h a ty o u
w i ll participate in them. If you have
q u est i o ns o r would like further
information on upco m i ng activ i t ies i n
h o n o r of Pro f. Rubin or the Al Rubin
Tr i bu te fund, pl ea se co nta c tA n a b el
Pe rez, Ass o c i a te Direc t o r of Ma j o rG i fts ,
a t a n a b el . p e re z _ c rescenzi@ tu fts .edu or
6 17- 627-2720.