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A renewed commitment to graduate education

Curricular changes will make the MPA program even more enriching and promote deeper integration with the Watson Institute's core mission.
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A comprehensive report, "Presidential Climate Action on Day One: A Foreign Policy Guide for the Next U.S. President," issues a sweeping set of recommended actions, both domestic and international, to address climate change, this century’s defining global challenge.
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Watson establishes a new 'Climate Solutions Lab'

The Climate Solutions Initiative will focus on overcoming barriers to confronting climate change through scholarship, learning and research-informed infrastructure changes on campus, in Providence and beyond.
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Watson Election 2020

Follow #WatsonElection2020 for insights and commentary from Watson faculty on the upcoming election. 
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Remembering Sergei Khrushchev

Sergei Khrushchev, a retired senior fellow at the Watson Institute, died June 18, at his Cranston home, at age 84.
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Spearheaded by Kennedy’s family, friends, and classmates, a new initiative aims to bring film and filmmakers to the University with the goal of shedding light on some of the most urgent, challenging, and complex issues facing society through the prism of the documentary.
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Chosen from more than 400 applicants, this cohort of six postdoctoral fellows represents the newest group of young scholars to complete their fellowships at the Watson Institute. Together, they bring “sophisticated social science perspectives to some of the toughest worldwide problems of the early 21st century,” said J. Nicholas Ziegler, director of the postdoctoral program. 
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Standing in solidarity

A message from Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs director Ed Steinfeld.
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The unexpected price of oil

Jeff Colgan, a political scientist at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, weighs in on the current coronavirus-related tumble in oil prices, its impact on geopolitical power and climate change and the U.S. government’s role in the now struggling industry.
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Five years ago, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs launched a new, one-year Master of Public Affairs (MPA) degree to respond to the growing demand for an accelerated graduate degree that prepares students for public service careers in government, consulting firms, and the nonprofit sector. With the 2021 U.S. News Graduate School rankings Watson's MPA program has continued its steady climb.
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New Comic features Watson Faculty analysis

Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs Michael Kennedy, who relishes sharing his expertise through a variety of media, has contributed a thoughtful essay to a newly published comic book series, “On the Stump.” Kennedy, the first of five academics invited to write for this series, talks with the Watson Institute about the power and reach of 21st-century comics.
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Facing complexity and controversy in film

The Watson Institute recently hosted an unusual, and perhaps unprecedented, gathering of film scholars and practitioners in Israeli and Palestinian film.
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Tapping into his extensive policy experience, David Wade ’97 brings theory and practice to Brown’s semester-long program in Washington D.C. A fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a public affairs strategist, Wade has held senior positions in the State Department, on Capitol Hill, and with two national presidential campaigns. Wade spoke recently with us about the Brown in Washington experience.
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Watson announces 2020 senior fellows

The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs will welcome four new senior fellows in the spring 2020 semester.
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