Jo-Anne Hart in the ProJo: "Take yes for an answer from Iran"
November 19, 2013
In an op-ed for the Providence Journal, Jo-Anne Hart urges a diplomatic conclusion to negotiations with Iran.
News Archive 2013
Ambassador Rao Named Gandhi Visiting Fellow
November 19, 2013
Nirupama Rao, the former ambassador of India to the United States, has accepted a one-year appointment as the Meera and Vikram Gandhi Fellow with the Brown-India Initiative.
Kinzer in Al Jazeera: "Ignore the extremists in Tehran and on Capitol Hill"
November 18, 2013
"If emotion is the worst guide for diplomacy," says Kinzer, "cool assessment of national interest is the best."
Reform in Labor Standards Demands Public-Private Partnership, Says Locke
November 18, 2013
Rick Locke reiterates the imperative that government and industry collaborate in a comment for a Women's Wear Daily article on the six-month anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh.
We Need "Capitalism with Airbags," Says Blyth in Brown Alumni Magazine
November 18, 2013
A Brown Alumni Magazine cover story explores how Faculty Fellow Mark Blyth's childhood in Scotland informs his approach to political economy.
Stephen Kinzer in the New York Review: "Glimmers of Hope in Guatemala"
November 18, 2013
Reviewing a newly-translated volume of excerpts from the archives of the National Police, Kinzer declares that the nation's laudable efforts towards justice and transparency "cannot be taken to mean that Guatemala has matured as a nation."
Edgar Calls for Transparency About Government Information Collection
November 15, 2013
Commenting in a Journal article on CIA spying, Visiting Scholar Timothy Edgar says that basic good governance demands greater transparency.
Kinzer Book Praised in Washington Post
November 15, 2013
Read the Washington Post's review of The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War.
Climate and Development Lab Authors Briefing Paper with UK Partner
November 14, 2013
As UN climate negotiations resume in Warsaw this week and the Phillipines recovers from a devestating storm, the Lab and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) released their latest findings.
Kinzer's Brothers Reviewed in Times and Journal
November 12, 2013
Visiting Scholar Stephen Kinzer's new book, The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War, was reviewed in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal over the weekend.
Blyth Discusses Economy with German Weekly
November 11, 2013
In a Q&A, Mark Blyth offers Der Spiegel his insights into austerity policy, the EU, and his own experience of the British welfare state. (German)
Locke Shares Vision for Watson with the Providence Business News
October 29, 2013
In a Q&A with the PBN, Director Richard M. Locke discusses Watson, Brown, and his own research.
Levi Continues Series in Washington Post Online
October 28, 2013
In the second of two pieces on unions and politics, Levi and her co-authors explore the implications of the AFL-CIO’s expanding membership criteria.
Busy Days for Prodi's Last Week as Professor at Large
October 25, 2013
In addition to meeting with students and faculty members, Prodi will participate in three public events at the Watson Institute.
30 Years Later: Kinzer on the Legacy of Reagan's Invasion of Grenada
October 25, 2013
Visiting Scholar Stephen Kinzer writes in Al Jazeera America online.
Levi in the Washington Post Online: Declining Union Membership and Politics
October 24, 2013
In an article co-authored with John S. Ahlquist, Senior Fellow Margaret Levi discusses their new book, In the Interest of Others: Organizations and Social Activism.
Photographer Reflects on Social Media and Political Change Conference
October 22, 2013
Photographer Genevieve Hathaway spoke at the conference about her project War on Walls, which documents the street art of the Egyptian Revolution.
