Delighted to announce the release of "For Want of a Nail",Center for Strategic Studies (CSS)'s first working paper in the #AfghanistanAssumptionsProject. The paper investigates the flawed assumptions that drove 20 years of US engagement in #Afghanistan. sites.tufts.edu/css/afghanista…

Kick-off yesterday of the Transatlantic Conference yesterday with Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Robin Niblett & Arancha González, followed by a debate on the state of the liberal order with Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Monica Toft & Rory Stewart. Info here: ie.edu/school-politic…

Thank you to IE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs's Dean Manuel Muñiz and Johns Hopkins SAIS Yale Jackson School PSIA Sciences Po for cohosting the 2023 Transatlantic Conference in Madrid. Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) Director Monica Toft attended the conference to discuss #transatlanticsecurity

#FletcherPhD student Scott McDonald is currently on a research fellowship in Taiwan, a program that funds academics who want to research in Taiwan on Taiwanese history, Chinese history, and politics. Learn more: fletcher.tufts.edu/news-events/ne…

Can't wait to read it! Congratulations Dr. Sidita Kushi & Monica Toft!!!

"Paramilitary groups are a growing concern for policymakers and the media." Read The Fletcher School #FletcherProf Monica Toft led research on Slovenskí Branci, one of the largest active paramilitary organizations in Central and Eastern Europe. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

“Looking for insight, I turned to classical Chinese philosophy and finally encountered concepts that helped illuminate the unique perspective of Sunzi’s Art of War.” Scott McDonald CSS Assistant Director Scott D. McDonald, on how to read Art of War @TuftsNow now.tufts.edu/2023/06/15/how…

Today is my first official day as faculty The Fletcher School. I am so grateful that this opportunity opened at the right time for my family & excited to join the #FletcherFamily at such a pivotal moment for #Korea #Asia #democracy. Someone approves!

In the shadow of the anniversary of the US withdraw and growing concern about the Taliban regime, it is a good time to reflect on how the US turned a hunt for al Qaeda into a war against the Taliban. sites.tufts.edu/css/files/2023…, Monica Toft Christopher Preble Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) #afghanistan

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Special thanks to Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών FM, H. E. George Gerapetritis, for a great visit and conversation this morning. Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) Director Monica Toft discussed his views on global governance and common challenges while bringing the world to The The Fletcher School.

Common views about multipolarity and its risks for the United States are misleading stimson.org/2023/assumptio…

Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) Director Monica Toft and her new book #DyingbytheSword, were just profiled in @TuftsNow. Read it here: now.tufts.edu/2023/10/16/us-….

Yesterday, Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) and The Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World were proud to co-host an "Engaging Practitioners" event with Amb Herman Cohen, Herman J. Cohen . We discussed his experience in Africa and he gave advice on diplomatic careers to The Fletcher School students.

CSS Director Monica Toft provides insight on the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict for the The Boston Globe: bostonglobe.com/2023/10/21/wor….

Hard to believe 13 years have now passed since I delivered my initial research on 'The Perpetual War on Terror: America's Trials in the Modern World' on the campus of U of North Dakota that ultimately led to book number three, Clinton’s War on Terror.

Congratulations to he #AfghaninstanAssumptionsProject Team at Center for Strategic Studies (CSS). This morning Foreign Affairs published their article applying the lessons of the US war in Afghanistan to Israel: foreignaffairs.com/afghanistan/le…. Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) Monica Toft Christopher Preble

The Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum published a roundtable review of CSS Director Monica Toft's and Dr. Sidita Kushi's book, Dying by the Sword: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy. Read the review here: networks.h-net.org/group/discussi…

The Center for Security Studies Director Monica Toft's book Civil Wars: A Very Short Introduction is now available on Audible audible.com/pd/Civil-Wars-…

CSS Director Monica Toft is quoted in Kenan Malik's piece -- Despite the eulogies, the postwar order did little for peace – and fuelled the rise of populism theguardian.com/commentisfree/…