The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

In The News

Why abruptly abandoning the drug war is a bad idea for Mexico (written by Aileen Teague)

November 18, 2019 The Washington Post

Post-9/11 War on Terror costs $6.4 trillion plus 801,000 deaths (Catherine Lutz and Costs of War report cited)

November 18, 2019 Digital Journal

The war on terror has been a $6.4 trillion mistake (Costs of War report cited)

November 18, 2019 The Washington Examiner

News from Watson

Introducing the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies

September 3, 2019

Fall 2019 Study Groups

August 8, 2019

Watson Launches Another Cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows

June 26, 2019

Research Briefs

How Nature Works: Rethinking Labor on a Troubled Planet

November 14, 2019

Opportunities

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

Events

November 19

Jeffrey Wasserstrom ─ Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

November 19

Faculty Forum On Impeachment 2019 — Political and Policy Implications
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

November 20

Feliciano de Sá Guimarães ─ Far-Right Populism and Foreign Policy Identity: Evidence from Bolsonaro’s Ultra-Conservative Foreign Policy in Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

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