Warriors, Not Wokesters: The Defense Department’s Censure of Military Fellows at Fletcher
On February 27, 2026, the United States Department of Defense issued a memorandum, entitled “Aligning Senior Service College Opportunities With American Values,” that eliminated Senior Service College (SSC) Fellowships at Tufts University and 13 colleges and universities. The list includes Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Columbia, and Yale, as well as non-profit […]
Theory and Practice: Decolonization at Tufts and Beyond
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy hosted its annual Decolonizing International Relations conference this year, on October 16th and 17th. The conference, founded in 2017, is completely student-run, and it is advertised as “the first conference of its kind within International Relations Graduate Schools.” This year’s iteration of the conference is titled “Reorienting Theoretical […]