Politicians and pundits used to refrain from publicly attacking kids. Not anymore. (comments by Rose McDermott)
October 16, 2019 The Washington Post
Rose McDermott offers commentary on the rise in prominence of youth advocates around the world.
News Archive 2019
The Problem with Boys (interview with Jayanti Owens)
October 15, 2019 BBC
Jayanti Owens reflects on past research revealing the dramatic, identifiable differences between boys and girls in the levels of self-regulation and social skills when beginning school at age four.
In ‘Proving Einstein Right,’ Brown physicist recounts perilous expeditions by early eclipse chasers
October 11, 2019 News from Brown
The new book by Brown physicist S. James Gates Jr. and Cathie Pelletier tells the stories of astronomers who worked for a decade to get images of a solar eclipse, which ultimately showed Einstein’s theory of relativity was correct.
How Democrats Will Weaponize Trump's Historic Impeachment Stonewalling (comments by Rich Arenberg)
October 9, 2019 VICE
Rich Arenberg in VICE, “If they are stonewalled now, they’ll take it as further evidence of obstruction. And they can drop all that evidence into a second article of impeachment.”
Brown University Professor Michael Kennedy on Dan Yorke
October 9, 2019 Fox Providence
Michael Kennedy talks to Dan Yorke about the impeachment inquiry, Turkey launching a ground offensive in Syria and more.
Mind Control and the CIA (interview with Stephen Kinzer)
October 7, 2019 Commonwealth Club Podcast
Stephen Kinzer, Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and former New York Times Bureau Chief for Nicaragua, Germany and Turkey discusses his new book surrounding the CIA's secret medical experiments of the 1950's and 60's. The book draws from original interviews, survivor testimonies and documentary research.
A disastrous 18 years in Afghanistan (co-authored by Catherine Lutz)
October 7, 2019 Providence Journal
Catherine Lutz co-authors a piece in the Providence Journal, "Above all, the Afghanistan war has failed to achieve its goals."
Complicity in Saudi war on Yemen will be part of Trump legacy (written by Stephen Kinzer)
October 7, 2019 Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe, "War is lamentably part of the human condition, and although world peace is among the noblest of goals, it will never be fully achieved."
Another brick in the wall? The downside of Britain's jobs boom (comments by Mark Blyth)
October 4, 2019 DW
Mark Blyth offers commentary on the state of disaffection in the United Kingdom.
Opinion: Where can we find the best bang for our buck in Florida, country? (John Friedman cited)
October 3, 2019 Naples Daily News
This opinion piece mentions that John Friedman, professor of economics and international and public affairs, contributed to research that used artificial intelligence to track large groups of people and determine the outcomes in their participation in various welfare programs.
Brown University’s Timothy Edgar
September 27, 2019 WPRI
Senior Fellow Tim Edgar joined WPRI's Dan York to discuss the declassified whistleblower, Trump's impeachment inquiry and more.
Brown University's Schiller: Warren attracting a lot of support
September 24, 2019 Bloomberg
Chair of Political Science Wendy Schiller appeared on "Bloomberg Surveillance" to discuss the upcoming 2020 presidential election.
Saudi Arabia’s oil troubles don’t rattle the U.S. as they used to (Deborah Gordon comments)
September 20, 2019 Washington Post
Deborah Gordon comments in the Washington Post, "We are locked in without knowing how locked in we are, which really does make it a crisis."
From scholars at the Watson Institute and beyond, podcasts for the people
September 19, 2019 News from Brown
Increasingly, scholars at Brown are turning to podcasts to shed light on a broad spectrum of the groundbreaking research and original ideas emanating from College Hill.
Trump Awaits Instructions from His Saudi Masters (interview with Jeff Colgan)
September 18, 2019 Background Briefing with Ian Masters
Jeff Colgan talks to Ian Masters about Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the recent Abqaiq attacks.
Oil extends losses as Saudi looks to restore output by Sept-end
September 18, 2019 Al Jazeera
Jeff Colgan talks to Al Jazeera about the Abqaiq oil attacks in Saudi Arabia and the geopolitical implications.
The CIA chemist who sought the secrets of mind control (written by Stephen Kinzer)
September 16, 2019 The Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe, "Today we face the same temptation. It feeds government’s impulse to do things secretly — whether that means spying on citizens, launching a cyber-attack, or deploying troops to a distant combat zone. Cover-ups fail, however, and secrets eventually leak out. That feeds Americans’ suspicion that much of what shapes our lives is unseen."
The ‘forever war’ that began on 9/11 (written by Stephen Kinzer)
September 10, 2019 The Boston Globe
In the Boston Globe, Stephen Kinzer writes, "Last month it was announced that the five surviving alleged plotters of the 9/11 attack will finally be brought to trial in 2021. If they are aware of what is happening in the world, they will arrive in court with a deep sense of satisfaction."
The CIA's Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A 'Poisoner In Chief' (interview with Stephen Kinzer)
September 10, 2019 NPR Fresh Air
Stephen Kinzer talks to Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air about his new book, Poisoner in Chief, "The CIA mind control project, MK-ULTRA, was essentially a continuation of work that began in Japanese and Nazi concentration camps."
The Trump Voters Whose ‘Need for Chaos’ Obliterates Everything Else (Rose McDermott cited)
September 5, 2019 The New York Times
In the New York Times, "In a paper that parallels the work of Petersen and his colleagues, Rose McDermott and Peter K. Hatemi, political scientists at Brown and Penn State, argue that Trump and other right-wing populist leaders have tapped into evolutionarily based “tribal sentiments and drives.”