Below are a sampling of profiles of PhD students.
Jina Kim
"As my primary concern is security cooperation partnership in the Asia Pacific region, I will look at sociopolitical and geographical factors that motivate states in this region in comparison with other security regimes in Europe, for example." more »
Josh Newton
It was in his second of two internships in Mendoza, Argentina during this time at Friends World that he stumbled upon his first experience in the field of water and had the opportunity to critically evaluate an ongoing water project with its many dimensions, both political and socio-economic. more »
Mehmet Ugur
“I want to contribute to the peace and security in the Middle East by focusing on one issue and saying something different.” more »
Ronnie Olesker
“Treating minorities as a threat can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. This ambiguous state often pushes Arab-Israeli citizens towards the radical Palestinians.” more »
Allison Beth Hodgkins
“[P]eople writing hard-core theory about where conflict comes from, and how it can be resolved, are looking at a very limited set of cases. International relations, as a discipline, is still essentially state-centric, in a world where most of the on-going conflicts involve at least one party that is not a state.” more »
Bonnie Brennan
“The ultimate point of writing a dissertation on human rights is to influence the development of international human rights norms,” said Brennan. “At this early stage, that may sound arrogant, but if any school can provide one with the credentials to do it, I would like to believe that it is Fletcher.” more »
Dipali Mukhopadhyay
"I am focused on Afghanistan because I feel that it will provide a better understanding of how warlords interact with state-building in the post-conflict context, which I hope to contrast with more organic state-building processes that have taken place in the past" more »
Henrietta Lake
"Factories can add to, rather than reduce, their profits by investing in their workforce, training them and creating decent working conditions." more »
Nathalie Laidler-Kylander
"Branding is really an essential component for nonprofits, not just for fundraising, but also in order for these organizations to carry out their missions." more »
Benjamin Mazzotta
So why does an aspiring actor join the Peace Corps in Senegal and later The Fletcher School to pursue a PhD on the political economy of US foreign aid? more »
Patrick Meier
“I wanted to better understand the preconditions for conflict on a global scale and how such conflicts can be better prevented.” more »
Assaf Moghadam
“Traditional suicide bombing campaigns were closely tied to locally confined conflicts that struck close to the hearts of both the attackers and the victims.” more »
Andrew Harrod
“Austrian neutrality, to the extent it has been considered, has not been evaluated from a foreign perspective. Neutrality within Austria is celebrated.” more »
Joshua Gleis
For his MALD degree at Fletcher, Gleis focused on International Security Studies, and International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. His 2005 MALD thesis looked at “how Israeli counter-terrorism can be incorporated by the United States.” more »
Roberto Porzecanski
“It is still possible to tune in to Uruguayan radio and hear Porzecanski as a U.S. correspondent, focusing this past year on the American presidential elections.” more »
Erik Dahl
“I soon learned that there are a lot of limits to what we can know through intelligence, and to what sorts of information the intelligence community can provide to leaders and decision makers.” more »
Susanna Campbell
“Transitions between war and peace require a specific type of programming that most international organizations are not institutionally structured to carry out.” more »
Natasha Bajema
“Although the nonproliferation treaties represent an important normative basis for countering WMD proliferation, I am not sure if these are the appropriate cooperative mechanisms for the 21st century.” more »
Beth Chalecki
“Environmental realities have to be taken into consideration when planning national security policy, energy or economic policy, or any sort of policy, really.” more »
Scott Borgerson
From the Hinterland to the High Seas: Thinking About Oceans and International Relations more »
Susan Banki
Legal Factors, Local Actors: The ramifications of recognition for the Burmese refugees in Japan and Thailand more »
Karen Coppock, Susan Fink, Jon Rosenwasser, and Toshi Yoshihara
A Treaty That Works: How four entrepreneurial Ph.D. students linked arms across the county to write their dissertations more »
Sorin Lungu
A circuitous route to studying international security? Just mesh business, high technology and the military more »
Amal Jadou
She'll give peace a chance - Palestinian scholar hopes to make a difference in the Middle East more »
Ahsiya Posner
Exploring New Forms of Conflict Resolution: The Influence of Peace Education Programs more »
Jon Rosenwasser
Institutional Challenges of US Military Weapon Innovation: The Case of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles more »
Karen Coppock
“I was very intrigued by the blurring of the lines between business and social problems, for example the digital divide has both social ramifications-inequality, and, commercials opportunities-untapped markets.” more »