On September 21, 2015, the world watched the inaugural trip of sub-Saharan Africa’s first urban light rail system — and if they didn’t, they should have. The Ethiopian government partnered with two Chinese companies to bring a much-needed mass ...
Former US Ambassador and Co-Chair of US China Policy Foundation Chas Freeman speaks at the Foreign Policy Panel at the Brown China Summit from April 22-23. Ambassador Freeman’s talk discusses “Evolving Diplomacy in the 21st Century”...
Martin Shkreli has received extensive coverage for raising the price of a medication for HIV overnight, but he’s only a symptom of a larger problem. Learn more about the high cost of pharmaceuticals in the US with this update from the BPR Media...
In the last two months at Brown, it sometimes feels as though we’ve been witness not to a news-generating controversy but a campus-wide social experiment. Following the protests of Commissioner Ray Kelly’s Taubman lecture, it seemed like every st...
In the last two months at Brown, it sometimes feels as though we’ve been witness not to a news-generating controversy but a campus-wide social experiment. Following the protests of Commissioner Ray Kelly’s Taubman lecture, it seemed like every st...
It seems that almost everyone is disappointed with October’s government shutdown. Tea Party sympathizers are unhappy that their strategy didn’t work, establishment Republicans are upset they tried that strategy at all, and Democrats and moder...
It seems that almost everyone is disappointed with October’s government shutdown. Tea Party sympathizers are unhappy that their strategy didn’t work, establishment Republicans are upset they tried that strategy at all, and Democrats and moder...
Hello, readers, and welcome to December! Just when you thought the Supreme Court was slowing down in preparation for the holiday season, The Nine have once again shaken things up. Last Tuesday, November 26, the Court decided to hear four new cases, t...
Hello, readers, and welcome to December! Just when you thought the Supreme Court was slowing down in preparation for the holiday season, The Nine have once again shaken things up. Last Tuesday, November 26, the Court decided to hear four new cases, t...
In the Middle East, negotiations may (or very well may not) spell a coming peace. But while the eyes of the world have tentatively fallen on Iran, an old dispute has, yet again, been resurrected in the East China Sea. The conflict is one that I wrote...
In the Middle East, negotiations may (or very well may not) spell a coming peace. But while the eyes of the world have tentatively fallen on Iran, an old dispute has, yet again, been resurrected in the East China Sea. The conflict is one that I wrote...
At one point in his life, every adult Korean male must live in a military barrack, cut off from the civilian world, with just a few of his personal belongings, constantly under the watch of his superiors. At the beginning of his military duty, he end...
At one point in his life, every adult Korean male must live in a military barrack, cut off from the civilian world, with just a few of his personal belongings, constantly under the watch of his superiors. At the beginning of his military duty, he end...
I’m thankful for America. Does this mean I believe in American exceptionalism? It’s a question I’ve sometimes asked myself. For conservatives, American exceptionalism is a given, founded on America’s history of independence and freedom. For l...
I’m thankful for America. Does this mean I believe in American exceptionalism? It’s a question I’ve sometimes asked myself. For conservatives, American exceptionalism is a given, founded on America’s history of independence and freedom. For l...
Over the past few years, the tablet computer phenomenon has exploded. Over thirty percent of Americans are now proud owners of tablets, such as Apple’s iPad. The release of the iPad in 2010 sparked a tablet computer renaissance, reinventing the con...
Over the past few years, the tablet computer phenomenon has exploded. Over thirty percent of Americans are now proud owners of tablets, such as Apple’s iPad. The release of the iPad in 2010 sparked a tablet computer renaissance, reinventing the con...
Hello readers, and happy almost Thanksgiving! Whatever your views on the holiday or its circumstances may be, I hope that you eat good food and spend quality time with family and friends. The Supreme Court is on a bit of a “holiday” at the moment...
Hello readers, and happy almost Thanksgiving! Whatever your views on the holiday or its circumstances may be, I hope that you eat good food and spend quality time with family and friends. The Supreme Court is on a bit of a “holiday” at the moment...
There. You clicked it. The rest of this column doesn’t even matter. But while I have you here, I might as well explain myself. No, I don’t think Politico Magazine (Politico’s newest venture, which launched earlier this month) is act...
There. You clicked it. The rest of this column doesn’t even matter. But while I have you here, I might as well explain myself. No, I don’t think Politico Magazine (Politico’s newest venture, which launched earlier this month) is act...
There are few things in the world as universal as soccer. In terms of international reach, other sports pale in comparison. The beautiful game is played and watched by rich and poor countries alike, surpassing religious, ethnic, and cultural barriers...
There are few things in the world as universal as soccer. In terms of international reach, other sports pale in comparison. The beautiful game is played and watched by rich and poor countries alike, surpassing religious, ethnic, and cultural barriers...
The civil rights of convicted felons are rarely considered important policy issues. At the risk of losing reelection, politicians often brush them aside. The implications of changing policy concerning a specific bloc of citizens without their consent...
The civil rights of convicted felons are rarely considered important policy issues. At the risk of losing reelection, politicians often brush them aside. The implications of changing policy concerning a specific bloc of citizens without their consent...
It’s hard to get a straight answer on the Affordable Care Act. Conversation on every component of the law is hugely partisan; Democrats say it will reform the flawed American health insurance industry and provide long overdue universal health care...
It’s hard to get a straight answer on the Affordable Care Act. Conversation on every component of the law is hugely partisan; Democrats say it will reform the flawed American health insurance industry and provide long overdue universal health care...