March 5, 2019 The Atlantic
Faculty Fellow David Kertzer in The Atlantic, "The decision follows more than half a century of pressure. Pius XII—a hero of Catholic conservatives... while denounced by his detractors for failing to condemn the Nazis’ genocidal campaign against Europe’s Jews—might well be the most controversial pope in Church history."
March 5, 2019 TIME
Watson Faculty Fellow David Kertzer comments on Pope Francis' decision that the Vatican will unseal the records of Pope Pius XII. "For much of the war, the Pope was hoping to play the role of unbiased mediator between the two sides, and that’s part of the rationale for not taking a stand against the Nazis."
March 1, 2019 News India Times
Ashutosh Varshney comments on the current conflict between India and Pakistan, saying "If Pakistan goes for a military retaliation, which hurts India significantly, that might just gift an election victory to Modi, who looked quite vulnerable only a few weeks ago."
February 28, 2019 The Indian Express
Professor Ashutosh Varshney in The Indian Express, "India is perhaps headed towards its first national security election ever. Security will compete with unemployment and farm distress as a critical election issue, and depending on what happens to Indo-Pak tensions, it might even eclipse the significance of economics."
February 26, 2019 The Boston Globe
Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "To withdraw from Afghanistan would be to acknowledge the limits of American power. Some consider that unthinkable — an intolerable loss of face and a dangerous admission of impotence."
February 26, 2019 Dan Yorke State of Mind
Senior Fellow Timothy Edgar joined WPRI's Dan Yorke State of Mind to discuss the national emergency declaration the Mueller investigation.
February 22, 2019 The New York Times
Political economist Mark Blyth comments on the US dollar, saying "There is no alternative to the dollar...We’re stuck with the dollar, which gives the United States astonishing structural power."
February 22, 2019 Sputnik International
Research by the Costs of War Program is cited on Sputnik International's show The Critical Hour, where program co-director Stephanie Savell joined Dr. Wilmer Leon. "The Costs Of War Project released a report showing that 'the American public has largely ignored the post-9/11 wars and their costs.'"
February 22, 2019 Global Policy Journal
Jeff Colgan in the Global Policy Journal, "Climate politics are changing. Beyond 'politics as usual,' climate politics are becoming existential: climate-forcing and climate-vulnerable interests are both fighting for the survival of their way of life."
February 20, 2019 The Nation
Stephanie Savell, co-director of the Costs of War Project, in The Nation, "All told, it should be clear that another kind of grand plan is needed to deal with the threat of terrorism both globally and to Americans—one that relies on a far smaller US military footprint and costs far less blood and treasure."
February 18, 2019 ABC 3
Senior Fellow Richard Arenberg comments on President Trump's national emergency declaration, saying "He seems to consider it a victory if he continues to convince his base that he is fighting for the wall."
February 15, 2019 Politico
Fellow Marc Dunkelman in Politico, "...Amazon isn’t packing up because of public resistance to too many tax breaks or a helipad. It’s leaving because, like in much of the country, the architecture of political power has changed."
February 15, 2019 WAMU
Stephanie Savell, co-director of the Costs of War Project, joined WAMU to discuss the nation's counter-terrorism efforts around the world.
February 15, 2019 The New York Times
Daniel Denvir, Taubman Center Fellow, in The New York Times, "The time has come for the Democratic Party to push for concrete policies to make the border more open."
February 15, 2019 ABC 6
Senior Fellow Richard Arenberg comments on the government funding bill that President Trump will sign, saying "The appropriators in parties deserve credit for a demonstration of the kind of progress which can be made when both parties on Capitol Hill come to the table."
February 13, 2019 City Journal
In an event titled, "Barriers To Black Progress: Structural, Cultural, or Both?" Professor Glenn Loury discussed the persistence of racial inequality with Jason Riley.
February 13, 2019 The Nation
Senior Fellows Chas Freeman and Stephen Kinzer comment on the Committee for the Republic. Kinzer says "I am hoping, that the committee will help force debate over our foreign wars onto the agenda of the 2020 presidential campaign."
February 11, 2019 Newsweek
Recent research from the Costs of War Project that estimates the U.S. has spent nearly $6 trillion in post-9/11 wars, is cited. "A study published in November by Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs found that the U.S. has spent nearly $6 trillion in wars that have directly killed at least 500,000 people since 9/11."
February 11, 2019 The Boston Globe
Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "Charging in on our own and expecting a good result would tempt history. This is a crisis for Venezuela and Latin America, not the United States."
February 8, 2019 Brown Daily Herald
Senior Fellow Jim Yong Kim '82 sat down with Director Edward Steinfeld for the inaugural distinguished lecture in Stephen Robert '62 Hall. "We have to find ways of aligning market forces so that, literally out of greed, people are running to make investments that will protect us from the most devastating impacts of climate change."