November 24, 2015 Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe, "Too often, though, we fail to realize that Western power, vast as it is, cannot smash cultural patterns that have existed for longer than the United States or any European nation."
November 23, 2015 Radio Open Source, NPR
Chas Freeman discusses the recent Paris attacks with Chris Lydon on Radio Open Source.
November 19, 2015 To the Point, NPR
Timothy Edgar discusses how social and public media are used for terrorist propaganda and recruitment on To the Point.
November 19, 2015 Reinvent
Stephen Kinzer takes part in a conversation on the Iran nuclear deal hosted by Reinvent with comments from Trita Parsi, Joseph Cirincione, Sara Haghdoosti, and Barbara Slavin.
November 18, 2015 WWL Radio
Timothy Edgar discusses government surveillance and terrorist attacks on WWL Radio station.
November 17, 2015
Senator Jack Reed, came to campus on November 15th to give a talk entitled “The Challenges of a Turbulent World” as part of the Watson Distinguished Speaker Series.
November 17, 2015 The New York Times
Timothy Edgar, senior fellow at the Watson Institute, comments on the limits of government surveillance in light of the attacks in Paris.
November 17, 2015 UC San Diego
On October 22nd, at a symposium on his book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" Thomas Pikkety, French economist, sat down for a conversation with Peter Gourevitch.
November 16, 2015 Today's Zaman
In Today's Zaman, "According to Kinzer, press freedom is an outcome of the broader development of freedom in a country and is closely intertwined with freedoms in other areas."
November 16, 2015 Christian Science Monitor
Peter Andreas, a political scientist and immigration expert at Brown University, commented on an article about border security and immigration.
November 16, 2015 Lawfare Blog
Timothy Edgar on Lawfare, "To be effective, the commission should not be composed of French civil servants or Brussels bureaucrats. It will need top security clearances – and even more crucially – the trust required to ask tough questions of the most secret agencies in the world’s most powerful countries."
November 12, 2015 The Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe, "When huge numbers of human lives are not at risk every day, nations have the luxury of concentrating on geopolitics. It should guide us when we approach trade talks, plan our relations with China or India, or shape our partnership with the European Union. When nations begin drowning in seas of their own blood, however, it is time to put geopolitics aside."
November 12, 2015 The Sydney Morning Herald
Emily Oster, associate professor of economics, explores gaps in research claims that breastfed babies have advantages in cognitive development over formula fed babies.
November 11, 2015 Smithsonian
David I. Kertzer, professor of social science, is quoted in an article about the changing racial definitions in the U.S. Census.
November 10, 2015 Brown Daily Herald
Glenn Loury in the Brown Daily Herald, "In summary, I continue to believe that, while race remains important in America, the core problem here ought not to be defined as a racial justice problem. It is a social justice problem."
November 6, 2015 Providence Business News
Timothy J. Edgar, senior fellow at the Watson Institute, took part in a cybersecurity summit that focused on the solutions states are implementing to protect infrastructure, information, and operations.
November 4, 2015 Business Insider
Wendy Schiller, professor and chair of political science, comments on a New Hampshire town's 100-year-old tradition of voting for presidential nominees at the stroke of midnight.
November 2, 2015 News from Brown
With a $50-million gift from three dedicated supporters, Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs will expand its faculty roster to about 30 professors and will build an additional facility to accommodate its growth.
October 30, 2015 Huffington Post Live
Tim Edgar on HuffPost Live to discuss EU parliament vote on Edward Snowden.
October 29, 2015 Brown Alumni Magazine
Nina Totenberg delivered the Alexander Meiklejohn lecture presented by the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy in the De Ciccio Family Auditorium on October 27.