June 4, 2018 972 Magazine
Professor Ashutosh Varshney compares his studies of villages in the Gujarat state of India, where Muslims and Hindus coexist more harmoniously than in other parts of the country, to that of Galilee, where Jews and Arabs interact daily, primarly economically.
June 4, 2018 Star2
Economist Emily Oster recently published a new book on why much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom is wrong and what expecting mothers really need to know.
June 4, 2018 The Boston Globe
Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "Repressive rule was imposed on Nicaragua slowly, one outrage at a time. For more than a decade Nicaraguans grumbled but did not act. This spring they finally erupted."
May 30, 2018 The American Interest
Research by Professor Jeff Colgan is cited in an article about the correlation between high oil prices and international conflict. "He also notes that oil-producers are 50 percent more likely to engage in conflict than non-oil producers."
May 29, 2018 Persia Digest
Senior Fellow Chas Freeman joined Persia Digest to discuss the new US strategy on Iran and the future of the Iran nuclear deal, saying, "No one concluding an agreement with the American authorities can now be sure that their successors in office will honor their undertakings."
May 29, 2018 The Boston Globe
Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "They have been slow to accept the new reality: that Washington is acting against their continent’s interests. If Europe is to remain a center of world power, it will have to rise from its geopolitical slumber and defend itself."
May 25, 2018 International Medical Corps
Adam Levine, Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, speaks to International Medical Corps about the fight against Ebola.
May 25, 2018 Daily Mail
Economist Emily Oster investigated the statistics, or lack thereof, behind some general wisdom about what women should and shouldn't do during pregnancy.
May 25, 2018 CNN
William Hartung, Cost War Project contributor, mentions that the Project estimates all post-9/11 wars have cost us $5.6 trillion and counting, more than 100 times the Bush administration's initial claims.
May 23, 2018
Catherine Lutz, co-director of the Watson Institute’s Costs of War project, responds to President Trump’s repeated claim that the United States "has spent $7 trillion in the Middle East."
May 23, 2018 Marketplace
Economist John Friedman said that while attending college is an "incredible boost to upward mobility," the path to higher education can have pitfalls for lower-income and minority students, who often leave college saddled with unsustainable debt after earning a degree that may not boost their income or upward mobility.
May 17, 2018 The Fiscal Times
This article contrasts the Stimson Center figures with the Watson Institute's, which estimates that all war-related spending since 9/11, coupled with future obligations, totals $5.6 trillion.
May 16, 2018 RT
In the new RT documentary, Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer, examines the rationale and impact of Washington's international interventions, from Hawaii to Libya.
May 16, 2018 Providence Journal
Professor Nina Tannenwald accused President Trump of "working to inflame the Palestinians," labeling him "an arsonist" and saying that "moving the embassy is a way of setting fire to the Middle East."
May 15, 2018 Wired
Senior Fellow Chas Freeman said that if China can't rely on supply chains that include U.S. components, the country will create its own supply chains. Freeman served as President Richard Nixon's interpreter during his famous 1972 visit to China.
May 15, 2018 Providence Journal
Rhode Islanders were as divided as the rest of the nation on whether the U.S. decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem on Monday was the fulfillment of a long-delayed promise or a blunder that takes the country out of the peace process.
May 14, 2018 Associated Press
Chafee has a record of fiscal responsibility and supporting liberal causes such as environmentalism and same-sex marriage, said Faculty Fellow Wendy Schiller.
May 14, 2018 The Boston Globe
Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "Puerto Ricans never asked to become part of the United States, and Americans never truly wanted them. The two were united in a marriage that more resembled a kidnapping.
May 14, 2018 The Week
Faculty Fellow Wendy Schiller said social media filters often give us a false sense of control over data breaches and propaganda. But, she said, the ability to hand-pick our sources actually causes us to stop screening for accuracy and balance, making us more vulnerable.
May 11, 2018 The New York Times
President Trump has repeatedly said that the U.S. spent $7 trillion in the Middle East since 9/11, referencing a number from the Costs of War Project, which estimates the U.S. will have spent $7 trillion on wars by 2053.