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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF EST. 1980 HE UFTS AILY VOLUME LXXVIII, ISSUE 48T T D MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. Friday, November 15, 2019 tuftsdaily.com Fletcher hosts the Women’s Leadership Award Ceremony by Stephanie Rifkin straight line from that to investigative journal- Contributing Writer ism. Even more importantly, this was the most diverse student body I’ve ever been a part of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and probably the most diverse group of people hosted the sixth annual Fletcher Women’s that I’ve ever existed in, and that forces you Leadership Award (FWLA) ceremony last night. to listen. If you’re a reporter and not listening, At the ceremony, Fletcher alumnae Karoun you’re not getting the story,” she said. Demirjian (F’06) and Siobhan MacDermott She also highlighted the importance of hon- (F’13) were honored for making a meaningful oring a reporter in an academic space like this impact in the world through their careers. and continuing to support journalism as much Demirjian, who graduated from the Fletcher as possible. School with her Master of Arts in law and “I think it’s really great that Fletcher is hon- diplomacy in 2006, was honored first for her oring a reporter this year. Attitudes are clearly contributions as a reporter for the Washington changing in this political time and in this inter- Post. Alice Finn, chair of the FWLA Committee, net age, I think people are starting to come highlighted aspects of Demirjian’s career, such around to the idea that having well sourced as her correspondence in , the West information quickly turned around is import- Bank and Gaza for the and ant,” she said. her work covering the conflict in Ukraine. Demirjian closed her talk by calling on the Currently, Demirjian is focusing on the House crowd to support journalism by subscribing to of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry into their local media outlets. AUSTIN CLEMENTI / THE TUFTS DAILY President . The second honoree, MacDermott, grad- Karoun Demirjian (F ‘06), a Congressional reporter for , discusses her Demirjian began her speech declaring that uated in 2013 with a global Master of Arts experience as a reporter, accepting the Fletcher Women’s Leadership Award in Cabot 207 on she doesn’t see herself as model alumna to in law and diplomacy. She currently works Nov. 14. receive a career award. as vice chairperson of global and corpo- the world, and really being able to sit and lis- where nearly as successfully beforehand,” “Basically, I spent my first few years after rate investment banking at Bank of America. ten to them and understand their concerns MacDermott said. Fletcher just trying to hang on and assuming Like Demirjian, MacDermott credited her about how things are being done made me MacDermott also specifically addressed massive amounts of debt,” she said, noting that Fletcher education for the skills it gave her to rethink everything,” MacDermott said. the issues that she’s faced as a woman in a she had difficulty holding down a journalism effectively do her job. When she started to work at Bank of America male-dominated industry. job for years after graduating. “As I walked into the room at Fletcher, I in a position concerned with cyber public poli- “I don’t think [there] was probably a more Demirjian credits the education she received looked around and realized that I was one cy, the Fletcher School alumni network helped male-dominated profession out there [than at Fletcher for helping her find her way to even- of two people that came from the corpo- her succeed. financial services]. But it is changing. You’re tually being a foreign correspondent, and then rate world in the program. When we sat “I have people all over the world I could starting to see more women at the top and to covering events in Washington, D.C. in our groups, and we tried to apply these call and say, ‘Hey, what’s going on? Can you more women in leadership positions and more “Nobody comes to the Fletcher School corporate world policies, especially from tell me what’s happening in your country? gender parity in boardrooms, but it’s still diffi- because they want a preordained path, but it Wall Street on how to get stuff done, it didn’t How are people thinking about this? What’s cult,” she said. does give you the tools to be able to carve out really work. I learned so much from my going on over here? How do we piece all The event closed with a question and your own. I learned how to question the status classmates. We had people from NGOs, we these pieces together?’ which was some- answer session with the Dean of the Fletcher quo here and really, really dig. You can draw a had people from governments from all over thing I wouldn’t have been able to do any- School Rachel Kyte. Heginbotham speaks about war games at inaugural Applied IR Speaker Series by Matthew McGovern The Applied IR Speaker Series aims at RAND Corporation and the Council on He also recounted the wargames Assistant News Editor encouraging creative thinking in interna- Foreign Relations, two think tanks which and simulations that Japan conducted tional relations (IR) students, especially focus on policy. in preparation for World War II which Disclaimer: Kevin Doherty is an assistant as it pertains to career paths, according to “In the lead-up to World War I, war showed that Japan would lose the war. features editor at the Tufts Daily. He was an introduction by senior Kevin Doherty, games were used by all the major powers to Heginbotham noted that sound analy- not involved in the writing or editing of this president of the IR Student Advisory Board. develop war plans. Perhaps the best docu- ses and simulations are quite frequently article. Heginbotham’s talk was focused around mented use of war games to date was done ignored by policy makers. Research scientist and specialist in wargaming and war simulation, which by the U.S. Naval War College during the He went on to describe the effectiveness Asian security issues Eric Heginbotham have developed into integral tools in mod- interwar years,” Heginbotham said. of war games and simulations during the spoke last night at the Cheryl Chase ern warfare. These games covered a wide variety Gulf War as well as during the Cold War. Center in the first installment of the Despite risks and pitfalls associated of factors such as attrition, supplies and “All U.S. Service branches run what they call international relations (IR) depart- with these war games and simulations, the tactical importance of various bases. ‘futurist games,’ though I have only participat- ment’s Applied IR Speaker Series. He Heginbotham said that he was a believer Heginbotham emphasized their applica- ed in the Air Force ones,” Heginbotham said. currently works at the MIT Center for in their effectiveness. His expertise in the tion in the Pacific theater in the lead-up to International Studies. field comes from his work at both the World War II. see APPLIED IR, page 2

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Mykhaylo Chumak Associate Editor concentrated on their application during funding sources and destinations for their Daily in an interview. the nuclear arms race in the second half of research. He emphasized that the nature of “Bringing in Heginbotham is part of an Austin Clementi Executive News Editor think tanks’ work largely hinges upon their Alejandra Carrillo News Editors the 20th century. effort to bring in people that work in the Connor Dale More specifically, he made the point that sources of funding. field to campus and allow students of inter- Abbie Gruskin Liza Harris analyses have become increasingly compli- Heginbotham closed with two pieces national relations to hear from them about Robert Kaplan Elie Levine cated because nuclear warfare is no longer of advice: that students should study a relevant careers,” Bottger, a senior, said. Natasha Mayor an issue solely between the United States breadth of subjects, and that they should Lionel Oh, a member of the IR Student Alexander Thompson Daniel Weinstein and the Soviet Union. not limit their scope of their job search Advisory Board, echoed these sentiments. Andres Borjas Assistant News Editors Bella Maharaj The last portion of Heginbotham’s talk solely to think tanks. Despite his extensive “The most important aspect of this Matthew McGovern Sara Renkert was dedicated to what he called the “think background in think tanks, Heginbotham series is having speakers talk about their Noah Richter tank world” and the different types of func- also encouraged students to consider look- experience applying international rela- Jilly Rolnick Anton Shenk tions, funding structures and goals that var- ing to academic institutions for work in tions education on an everyday level,“ Fina Short Executive Features Editor ious think tanks have. He also elucidated public policy. Oh, a senior, said. Sidharth Anand Features Editors Amelia Becker Emma Damokosh Kenia French Jessie Newman Sean Ong Michael Shames Thant Myint-U discusses contemporary history of Kevin Doherty Assistant Features Editors Akash Mishra Dorothy Neher Burma Steph Hoechst Executive Arts Editor Tommy Gillespie Arts Editors Rebecca Tang Danny Klain Yas Salon Tuna Margalit Assistant Arts Editors Megan Szostak Elizabeth Sander Colette Smith Geoffrey Tobia Sami Heyman Tys Sweeney Executive Opinion Editor Olivia Brandon Editorialists Avery Caulfield Paloma Delgado Hannah Harris Mikaela Lessnau Kaitlyn Meslin Amulya Mutnuri Michael Norton Eileen Ong Priya Padhye Elizabeth Shelbred Anamika Shrimali Simrit Uppal Julia Baroni Editorial Cartoonists Christina Toldalagi Carys Kong Cartoonist

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Seohyun Shim Executive Photo Editor Mengqi Irina Wang Photo Administrator Anika Agarwal Staff Photographers Mike Feng Meredith Long NATASHA MAYOR / THE TUFTS DAILY Julia McDowell Evan Slack Burmese writer and historian Thant Myint-U discusses his new book, “The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Kirt Thorne Democracy in the 21st Century,” in Mugar 200 on Nov. 14. Caleb Martin-Rosenthal Executive Video Editor Sophia Banel Video Editors Nicole Bohan by Natasha Mayor these issues around identity and nation- their relationship, Burma’s close ties with Elizabeth Kenneally News Editor alism and citizenship and belonging and China were negatively affected in the Heather Rusk race and ethnicity,” Thant Myint-U said. early 2010s. Hannah Kahn Executive Audio Producer Nina Benites Audio Producers Burmese writer and historian Dr. Accordingly, Thant Myint-U structured “The Chinese by 2011 were shocked by Arlo Moore-Bloom Lauren Daukaus Thant Myint-U discussed his new book, his talk around five main topics that he the speed with which the rapprochement Elie Levine “The Hidden History of Burma: Race, identified as crucial in understanding the between the West and Burma took place David Levitsky Caleb Symons Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy current situation in Burma: democracy, and the abandon with which the Burmese Madison Reid Michael Wrede in the 21st Century” (2019), with an audi- race and identity, armed and violent con- seemed to be embracing Washington and ence of about 30 people in Mugar 200 last flict, political economy and climate change. other Western countries.” PRODUCTION night. Thant Myint-U walked the audience He also spoke about the political econ- Aidan Menchaca Production Director The talk was hosted by the Fletcher through a brief history of Burma. He dis- omy in Burma, whose “seed money” can School’s Center for South Asian and cussed the colonial period in British India, be traced to the large illicit heroin indus- Kristina Marchand Executive Layout Editors Daniel Montoya Indian Ocean Studies (CSAIOS). Director the racial tensions between indigenous try. Thant Myint-U explained that there Alice Yoon Isabella Montoya Layout Editor of CSAIOS Ayesha Jalal introduced Thant and alien people in Burma when it became are huge sums of money being moved Myint-U and noted that he is a former independent in 1948, the beginning of around the country and most of that vast Jesse Rogers Executive Graphics Editor (UN) peacekeeper who is military rule in 1958 and the eventual economy is going unaccounted for in offi- Nathan Kyn Executive Copy Editors Ryan Shaffer following in the footsteps of his grandfa- rebirth of democracy in the past decade, cial statistics. Anna Hirshman Copy Editors ther U Thant, the third Secretary-General which included the establishment of a “This economy that’s developed in David Levitsky Hannah Wells of the UN. new constitutional framework in 2008. Burma over the past 25 years has pro- Abigail Zielinski Rebecca Barker Assistant Copy Editors Thant Myint-U said that when he first He talked about the racial tensions duced a society that is far more unequal Emily Liu set out to write his book in 2016, democ- that permeate the Burmese psyche which Allie Morgenstern in terms of wealth than anything we’ve Abbie Treff racy was making good progress in Burma, led to the expulsion of large numbers of seen at least since colonial times,” he Cole Wolk Russell Yip and he had intended for this book to pri- people of Indian descent in 1964. Thant said. “It has devastated the environment.” marily be a political history. However, the Myint-U noted that the telecom revo- Thant Myint-U concluded his talk by Roy Kim Executive Online Editor crises in Rakhine and for the Rohingya lution that began in Burma in 2013 has posing a question. “What is Burma?” Sean Ong Executive Social Media Editors Christopher Panella people began a year later and he realized allowed ideas about race to take on a new he asked. Given the lack of common that writing a history of contemporary dynamic. identity and the extremely weak state Luke Allocco Outreach Coordinators Burma would not be so straightforward. “Today on Facebook in Burma, you will institutions, he wondered how it is pos- Alexis Serino “If I was going to try to write a his- see identity-based mobilization on an sible that the country is still being held BUSINESS tory of the past 15, 20 years and try to unprecedented scale,” he said. together, can support multimillion dol- make sense of contemporary Burma … Thant Myint-U explained that although lar industries and has not devolved fur- Jonah Zwillinger Executive Business Director I would have to delve much more into the two countries are now rebuilding ther into violence.