Author Archive

Donald Heflin

Senior Fellow, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Donald Heflin is Executive Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center and Senior Fellow of Diplomatic Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University.
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Why the US went to war without a plan to evacuate DOD civilians, contractors, and others

A diplomatic veteran cites operational secrecy—and describes how things might have gone better.

  • Donald Heflin, The Conversation
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Why the US attack on Iran is unlikely to produce regime change in Tehran

A conversation with veteran diplomat Donald Heflin, a leader at Tufts University's Fletcher School.

  • Donald Heflin, The Conversation
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Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck alliances that underpin the modern world order

A former diplomat looks at the president's latest ally-shaking outburst.

  • Donald Heflin, The Conversation
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This isn’t how wars are ended: a veteran diplomat puts Trump-Putin summit in context

Hastily convened without Ukrainian input, the summit is "amateurish and is unlikely to yield real results," says Donald Heflin, now a Tufts professor.

  • Donald Heflin and Naomi Schalit, The Conversation