July 19, 2016 The Associated Press
A new study by Brown sociologist Jayanti Owens suggests boys and girls with similar behavioral problems will have different outcomes later in life.
July 18, 2016 The Associated Press
As legislators grapple with how to address and define cyberattacks that could be considered acts of war, cyber conflict expert Timothy Edgar comments on the difficulty of attributing such attacks.
July 16, 2016 Boston Globe
Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe, "If the coup fails, no one knows what comes next. If it succeeds, the same is true. Many Turks welcomed the coup of 1980 because it ended a period of violent chaos, but it was followed by a wave of brutal repression."
July 15, 2016 The Providence Journal
Nina Tannenwald, director of the International Relations Program, writes an op-ed about the ongoing violence between Palestinians and settlers in the Jewish-only settlement of Kiryat Arba.
July 15, 2016 WNUR 89.3FM
Postdoctoral Fellow Jordan T. Camp discusses his edited volume Policing the Planet: Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives Matter, with his co-editor Christina Heatherton, and Chuck Mertz on WNUR 89.3FM in Chicago.
July 11, 2016 The Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer, senior fellow at the Watson Institute, wrote an op-ed about the call to increase bombing efforts in Syria, citing failed efforts to reform Iraq and Afghanistan with the same strategy.
July 11, 2016 BBC
The Watson Institute's Cost of War Project is cited on BBC Business Matters.
July 8, 2016 The Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade
Richard Locke speaks with CREATe.org CEO Pamela Passman on responsible supply chain management.
July 5, 2016 The Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer, senior fellow at the Watson Institute, writes an op-ed about NATO's outdated structure and suggests the need to pull back from its noble mission.
July 5, 2016 The New York Times
Political economist Mark Blyth comments on the role of the Federal Reserve System in the aftermath of the United Kingdom's vote to exit the European Union just as currencies around the world drop.
July 5, 2016 Foreign Affairs
Andrew Schrank and Michael Piore co-author an article about Puerto Rico’s debt problem and the approval of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act. They argue that unless Puerto Rico adopts a new development structure, the country is likely to experience the same crisis down the road.
July 5, 2016 Quartz
Emily Oster in Quartz, "Tipping may not lead to good service on your first visit at a new restaurant, but I can pretty much guarantee that not tipping will result in bad service on your second and all further visits."
July 1, 2016 NECN
Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer talks to Sue O'Connell on NECN about Brexit and the terror attack in Turkey.
July 1, 2016 Bloomberg
Infants that are one month to one year of age have a higher mortality rate in America than in other developed nations, according to a paper co-authored by Emily Oster.
June 29, 2016 KCRW's To The Point
Mark Blyth discusses Britain's exit from the EU and the fallout that followed.
June 28, 2016 The Atlantic
Glenn Loury, professor of social science and economics, comments on the need to reform the criminal justice system in America which imprisons thousands of people without dealing with the underlying causes.
June 27, 2016 WPRO
Stephen Kinzer, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs at the Watson Institute, joined the Matt Allen Show to discuss the European Union, its role and the U.K.'s vote to leave.
June 27, 2016 Politico
Following the announcement of the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union, Watson Institute senior fellow Timothy Edgar commented on how the Brexit could impact the cyber security space and pending policies.
June 27, 2016 The Indian Express
Ashutosh Varshney, professor of political science and public affairs, writes an op-ed about the major forces that have pushed Donald Trump into becoming the presumptive presidential Republican nominee.
June 24, 2016 Boston Globe
Steven Kinzer, discusses in an op-ed how Britain’s decision to quit the European Union is in a part an expression of self-defeating insularity, but it also a stern rebuke to arrogant elites who failed to listen to ordinary citizens. He goes on to say that Europeans are angered by the way the EU’s European Commission, run by unelected bureaucrats, makes decisions, and sees a chance for the EU to change course.