Apple's Best Arguments Against the U.S. Over iPhone Access (comments by Timothy Edgar)
February 25, 2016 Bloomberg
Timothy Edgar, senior fellow at the Watson Institute, comments on the continuing legal battle between Apple and the FBI.
News Archive 2016
Reinvent American Foreign Policy (commentary by Stephen Kinzer and Chas Freeman)
February 24, 2016 Reinvent
Chas Freeman and Stephen Kinzer join a conversation hosted by Reinvent about oil prices and the Middle East with comments by Peter Leyden, Amy Myers Jaffe, Phyllis Bennis, and Andrew Bacevich.
Activistic expands charity partner base as app downloads reach 15,000 (Costs of War study cited)
February 24, 2016 FinFeed.com
Watson's Costs of War project cited in FinFeed, "According to the Costs of War Project at Brown University, 2.7 million service personnel have served in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, with more than half deployed on multiple occasions."
Following Advice for the Syrian Conflict (interview with Stephen Kinzer)
February 23, 2016 Broadside, NECN
Stephen Kinzer on NECN, "The fact that we don't really understand what's going on in Syria is not the fault of the reader, but rather the people who are producing the so-called news."
Has austerity failed? (Interview with Mark Blyth)
February 19, 2016 BBC
Mark Blyth, professor of political science, takes part in a discussion about the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of austerity measures in Europe.
The New Hampshire earthquake: Trump and Sanders vs. the laws of political probability (written by Jim Morone)
February 19, 2016 Salon.com
Jim Morone on Salon.com, "Donald Trump won almost every demographic and almost every precinct in New Hampshire. The Republican establishment is horrified."
The media are misleading the public on Syria (written by Stephen Kinzer)
February 19, 2016 The Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "Coverage of the Syrian war will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press."
Why Apple is in a historic fight with the government over one iPhone (comments by Tim Edgar)
February 18, 2016 The Washington Post
Timothy Edgar comments on Apple's refusal to help the FBI access encrypted data on the iPhone of one of the gunmen from the December 2014 San Bernadino attack.
The great dumbing-down of US foreign policy (written by Stephen Kinzer)
February 17, 2016 The Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "The complexity of foreign policy does not lend itself to one-liners. Nonetheless candidates have already come up with some good ones."
Global markets are no longer obeying economic common sense (written by Mark Blyth)
February 16, 2016 The Guardian
Mark Blyth in The Guardian, "By the end of 2015 market commentators were clamouring for an interest rate rise from the Federal Reserve to restore confidence."
Fact checking the ninth GOP debate (Costs of War study cited)
February 15, 2016 The Washington Post
Watson's Costs of War project cited in the Washington Post, "As usual, the source of Trump’s claims are unclear. But depending on how you crunch the numbers, his $2 trillion figure for Iraq might be in the ballpark. A 2014 study released by the Watson Institute at Brown University said the amount spent on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq through fiscal year 2014 was nearly $1.6 trillion."
On Syria: Thank You, Russia! (written by Stephen Kinzer)
February 15, 2016 Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer explains in an op-ed that Russia's strategy for its policy towards Syria is ideal and that America should put its Cold War mentality aside so that it can mediate the situation in Syria before another terrorist haven emerges. "Our reflexive rejection of all cooperation with Russia is a throwback to a vanished era. It prevents us from taking decisive steps to ease the crisis in Syria. Its effects are also being felt in Europe," Kinzer wrote.
The Future of Price: Communicative Infrastructures and the Financialization of Indian Tea (by Sarah Besky)
February 12, 2016 Cultural Anthropology
Sarah Besky in Cultural Anthropology, "The Tea Board saw digital auctioning as a means of opening and freeing the tea market. Just as colonial bureaucratic enumeration was based on the ideal of rendering a mix of races, ethnicities, languages, and cultures transparent, digital trading technology promised to make the opaque world of valuation transparent."
Here's What Would Happen if Saudi Arabia Deployed Troops to Syria (comments by Stephen Kinzer)
February 11, 2016 U.S. News & World Report
Stephen Kinzer, senior fellow at the Watson Institute, comments on Saudi Arabia's plan to deploy ground troops in Syria.
Many questions, but few answers at Brown University's Zika panel (CLACS event mentioned)
February 10, 2016 Providence Journal
Panelists gathered at the Watson Institute to discuss the facts surrounding the Zika virus outbreak, an event sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Ask Emily: Should I chase my dreams, or live like a boss? (written by Emily Oster)
February 9, 2016 Quartz
Emily Oster, associate professor of economics, responds to inquiries about life such as taking a low paying, fulfilling job versus a high paying, "soul crushing" job.
First votes cast in New Hampshire hamlets (comments by Wendy Schiller)
February 9, 2016 AlJazeera America
Wendy Schiller, chair of the political science department, comments on the midnight turnout tradition in the New Hampshire primary.
What businesses should know about Privacy Shield (comments by Timothy Edgar)
February 5, 2016 Computer World
Timothy Edgar in Computer World, "Companies that were part of Safe Harbor should continue to honor the privacy commitments they made under that agreement, because the Privacy Shield, at least as it has been described so far, is very similar."
CDC Says Women Shouldn't Drink Unless They're on Birth Control. Is It Drunk?!? (Emily Oster mentioned)
February 4, 2016 Slate
An article about the CDC's recent report on alcohol consumption during pregnancy cites work by Emily Oster, associate professor of economics and author of Expecting Better.