Let’s keep God out of this, shall we? (Mark Blyth cited)
April 3, 2020 Financial Times
Spring Semester Update
Interdisciplinary Focus
Learning Research by Doing Research
Policy in Perspective
Watson Institute's One-Year MPA Program Climbs in U.S. News Graduate School Rankings
In The News
Iran is reeling from the coronavirus. How has the U.S. responded? With sanctions. (written by Stephen Kinzer)
April 3, 2020 Boston Globe
A guide to home isolation during the coronavirus pandemic (commentary by Adam Levine)
April 1, 2020 U.S. News & World Report
News from Watson
Facing Complexity and Controversy in Film
March 4, 2020
Brown in Washington Program Offers Students a Deep Dive into Foreign Policy
February 26, 2020
Watson Announces New Senior Fellows
January 15, 2020
Research Briefs
The Politics of the Opioid Epidemic
April 1, 2020
Opportunities
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Events
April 9
No Safe Haven: The Challenge of using Immigration Law to Enforce Human Rights
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
April 14
LIVE: Experts from Across Brown on COVID-19
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Student Experience
Alumni Spotlight: Sabin Ray ’15
March 11, 2020
Webcasts
LIVE Conversation with Ed Steinfeld and Mark Blyth
March 31, 2020
Carrie Nordlund ─ Executive Power in the Age of Trump
March 23, 2020
Meghan Healy-Clancy ─ Women and Popular Politics in 20th Century South Africa
March 9, 2020
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