April 13, 2015 Monkey Cage, Washington Post
Richard Holbrooke Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies of Jeff Colgan on Monkey Cage: "Rare, individual security threats might call for a U.S. military response, but over the long run the situation calls for a different approach. "
April 13, 2015 Rhode Island Public Radio
The number of babies born with exposure to opioid drugs and alcohol nearly doubled in Rhode Island between 2006 and 2013. That’s one of the more startling facts in the new Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook. Executive Director Elizabeth Burke Bryant said unlike earlier drug problems, this one is not concentrated in urban areas.
April 13, 2015 The Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer, visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies, writes an op-ed about the United States and its potential threats. "The United States has no potent enemies. We are not only safe, but safer than any big power has been in all of modern history," Kinzer wrote.
April 13, 2015 The Seattle Times
Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs and Public Policy John Friedman's research cited in the Seattle Times, "Nationally, the bill would save small brewers about $65 million a year — money that we’ll pour right back into the nation’s economy."
April 10, 2015 Al Jazeera
April 8, 2015 News from Brown
The Watson Institute for International Studies will host a screening of the HBO documentary film The Diplomat, about the life and legacy of former U.S. Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke. The screening, to be followed by a conversation with Holbrooke’s son David, who directed the film, journalist David Rohde, and Richard Locke, director of the Watson Institute, begins at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in the Salomon Center.
April 8, 2015 The Armenian Weekly
On Monday, April 6, the Watson Institute hosted "The Armenian Genocide: 100 Years of Denial." Presented by Dr. Henry Theriault, this talk explored the ongoing attempt at consolidation of the 1915 Armenian Genocide by the present-day Turkish government and the importance of reparative justice in thwarting this trend.
April 8, 2015 The Providence Journal
Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced Tuesday that she has named Marisa Quinn, director of communications and outreach at the Watson Institute, to the Rhode Island Ethics Commission.
April 7, 2015 The Global Intelligence
Jeff Colgan, Richard Holbrooke Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies in The Global Intelligence: “In the short run, it might intensify the conflict as various groups see a limited window of opportunity to affect the outcome of the conflict, before money and ammo run out.”
April 7, 2015 RTCC
Timmons Roberts and Guy Edwards write about the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Panama this week, where the United Nations climate change negotiations happening in Paris in December will be on the agenda.
April 6, 2015 The Providence Journal
Jo-Anne Hart, adjunct professor of international studies, writes about the current nuclear weapons negotiations going on between several countries and Iran, and why those negotiations are the best option for the U.S.
April 2, 2015 All Things Considered
Timmons Roberts comments on the White House's recently announced ambitious new target for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases. Mexico also recently announced a new target and Roberts says other countries could follow Mexico's lead.
April 1, 2015 News from Brown
Colleagues and friends will gather at the Watson Institute Friday, April 3, to congratulate Bhrigupati Singh, assistant professor of anthropology. Singh has been awarded the 2015 Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences for his manuscript Poverty and the Quest for Life: Spiritual and Material Striving in Contemporary Rural India.
April 1, 2015 Climate Progress
Timmons Roberts comments on the United States' post-2020 United Nations’ climate agreement, which they submitted on Tuesday, along with several other countries. “The U.S. is seen by the world as the country most needing to take on commitments on climate change, and until about two years ago, the least willing to do so,” Roberts said.
March 31, 2015 Vegabond Magazine
A group of aspiring foreign correspondents spent a week in the college town of León, Nicaragua, under the tutelage of Stephen Kinzer, journalist in residence at the Watson Institute.
March 31, 2015 Talking Points Memo
Richard Arenberg comments on Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, who is retiring this year and may be most remembered for deploying the so-called "nuclear option" on Nov. 21, 2013, to abolish the filibuster for most nominations. "I do fear that the use of the nuclear option by Harry Reid and the Democrats has put the Senate on the slippery slope to the eventual elimination of the filibuster," Arenberg said.
March 30, 2015 Brookings Blog
Timmons Roberts, Ittleson Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, and Guy Edwards on Brookings Blog: "The inclusion of conditional and unconditional contributions is useful, both in making it possible to know what Mexico can be counted upon to do, and to know what global changes will be needed for them to do more."
March 27, 2015 The Indian Express
Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Director of the Brown-India Initiative Ashutosh Varshney in The Indian Express: "If the contentions are deeper than outsiders know and there are hidden transcripts of incompatibility and injury, the AAP is heading for a 1969-style Congress split."
March 27, 2015 Footnote
Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy Alan Harlam on Footnote: "By integrating activities in and out of the classroom into a comprehensive learning experience, engaged scholarship enhances learning and better prepares students to pursue their passions and career goals after graduation."
March 26, 2015 News from Brown
Director of the Development Studies Concentration Program Nitsan Chorev, the spring 2015 recipient of the Presidential Faculty Award, will deliver a lecture about her work on pharmaceutical production in East Africa. Her address begins at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2, 2015, in the Reading Room of the John Hay Library.