Oil Output Freeze Unlikely Amid OPEC Race for Market Share (comments by Jeff Colgan)
April 20, 2016 Sputnik News
Jeff Colgan comments on the unlikely oil output freeze amid the race for market share.
News Archive 2016
Puerto Rico passes emergency law allowing a halt on debt payments (Deepak Lamba-Nieves quoted)
April 19, 2016 The Bay State Banner
Deepak Lamba-Nieves comments on the emergency law in Puerto Rico that just passed, allowing a halt on debt payments until January 2017.
RhodyVotes '16: Some Republicans Torn Between GOP Candidates (comments by Wendy Schiller)
April 14, 2016 RI NPR
Wendy Schiller comments on a recent poll in Rhode Island that shows Donald Trump leading among Republican and independent voters.
Trump's refreshing foreign policy heresy (written by Stephen Kinzer)
April 14, 2016 The Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe, "Trump steadfastly refuses to accept the world affairs catechism that President Obama recently called “the Washington playbook.” This has spread panic through the inbred American foreign policy establishment."
Steven Spielberg and Mark Rylance Team Up for Another New Film (David Kertzer mentioned)
April 13, 2016 The Wall Street Journal
Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg will direct a film based on David Kertzer's book "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara."
Brown student recalls scenes of hope and desperation in visit to camps for Syrian refugees (IR student mentioned)
April 11, 2016 Providence Journal
On the opening day of the Brains in Crisis conference, Brown University undergraduate Tala Doumani projected photographs of several young refugee children from her trip to Jordan that exemplified the 'human dimension' of the crisis.
There's a world of Trumps out there – here are a few (comments by Michael Kennedy)
April 11, 2016 OZY
Michael Kennedy, professor of sociology, comments on a feature about Donald Trump and like-minded individuals across the world.
Paxson P’19 and Director Ed Steinfeld visit leading Chinese universities
April 8, 2016 Brown Daily Herald
Watson Director Edward Steinfeld accompanied President Christina Paxson to China to meet with alums, students, and parents at Tsinghua University in Beijing and Fudan University in Shanghai. The trip was also to build upon existing collaborative academic relationships.
Human trafficking and tea: What's the connection? (interview with Sarah Besky)
April 7, 2016 CNN
Sarah Besky, assistant professor of anthropology and international affairs, answers questions about the plight of young girls working in tea plantations in India as part of CNN's Freedom Project.
In wake of Wisconsin, R.I. primaries suddenly loom large (comments by Jim Morone)
April 7, 2016 Providence Journal
James A. Morone, director of the Taubman Center, comments on the upcoming presidential primary in Rhode Island.
'Brains in Crisis' conference in Providence aims to help Syrian children cope (MES event mentioned)
April 7, 2016 Providence Journal
At a two-day conference starting Friday, Brown University professors and experts overseas will convene to discuss the effects of the Syrian crises on children's brain development and what could be done to help Syrian children cope with the traumas they experienced.
Donald Trump thinks more countries should have nuclear weapons. Here’s what the research says. (co-written by Nick Miller)
April 6, 2016 The Washington Post
Nick Miller, and Gene Gerzhoy of the American Political Science Association in The Washington Post, "Trump says he would scale back or entirely end U.S. alliance commitments unless our allies made major financial concessions."
Wendy Schiller on the results from the Wisconsin primaries (interview)
April 5, 2016 Minnesota Public Radio
Wendy Schiller talks to Minnesota Public Radio on the outcome of the Wisconsin primaries.
Greece, Creditors Resume Bailout Talks (interview with Mark Blyth)
April 5, 2016 Bloomberg
Brown University political economist Mark Blyth discusses the reemergence of the debt crisis in Greece on "Bloomberg Markets.”
Article Review on "Alliance Coercion and Nuclear Restraint: How the United States Thwarted West Germany’s Nuclear Ambitions” (written by Nick Miller)
April 1, 2016 The International Security Studies Forum
Nick Miller in The International Security Studies Forum, "In addition to the theoretical contribution, Gerzhoy’s article makes a significant empirical contribution as well, providing intriguing evidence on a historically pivotal but understudied case of (non)proliferation."
Trump’s comments on Japanese nukes are worrisome — even by Trump standards (comments by Nick Miller)
March 31, 2016 Vox.com
Nick Miller comments on Donald Trump's proposal to withdraw military support and encourage the acquisition of nuclear weapons in Japan and South Korea.
Metrics Wars: How do we measure impact and quality in IR? (written by Jeff Colgan)
March 31, 2016 International Studies Quarterly
Jeff Colgan in International Studies Quarterly, " I view my work as more of a “proof of concept” than the last word on what we can learn from syllabi. As Tierney and Paulson-Smith point out, one way to improve the product would be to increase the number of syllabi in the dataset."
Hard choices in Honduras (written by Stephen Kinzer)
March 30, 2016 The Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "Honduras was in bad shape before the coup, but it has become far worse. It is corruptly governed, plagued by violence, and servile to rapacious foreign corporations."
Genocide, Empty Threats, and a Warning to Obama, Clinton, and Trump (written by David Rohde)
March 29, 2016 Defense One
David Rohde in Defense One, "But the story of Radovan Karadzic, a psychiatrist turned genocidal mini-state leader, provides lessons for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump."