The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

In The News

‘Pakistan has not improved, but India has deteriorated’: writer Salman Rushdie (written by Ashutosh Varshney)

December 6, 2021 Indian Express

Mexico fights legal battle in US court to reduce gun smuggling across border (commentary by Ieva Jusionyte)

December 3, 2021 NPR (El Paso)

The best-case scenario in Ukraine (written by Stephen Kinzer)

December 2, 2021 Boston Globe

Research Briefs

Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. States

December 2, 2021

News from Watson

Bridging Theory and Practice

September 7, 2021

Student artists create works that reflect their experience of the pandemic

August 9, 2021

Political ‘couples therapy’ could heal a divided America, study finds

July 1, 2021

Events

December 6

Khalid Medani ─ Our Revolution is Peaceful: Understanding the Domestic and Regional Factors Behind Sudan’s Political Crisis and the Prospects for a Transition to Civilian Democracy
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

December 7

Hongkyu Kim ─ History of the U.S. and Republic of Korea
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

December 7

James Harmon '57 — Up and Doing: Two Presidents, Three Mistakes, and One Great Weekend―Touchpoints to a Better World
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

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Student Experience

Careen Apwoka, African Fulbright Fellow

November 30, 2021

Opportunities

The Watson Institute offers a variety of research and funding opportunities for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and undergraduate and graduate students.