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...
by Carly West What does the world look like in 2601? For the Kurds, it looks divided and disenfranchised, as this minority ethnic group of approximately 18 million people, struggles to protect its civil rights. (more…)...
by Carly West What does the world look like in 2601? For the Kurds, it looks divided and disenfranchised, as this minority ethnic group of approximately 18 million people, struggles to protect its civil rights. (more…)...
The State Department’s draft report on the Keystone XL pipeline, released March 1st, has already been subject to loud criticism and praise. The American Petroleum Institute hailed the report, the New York Times called it a “2,000 page lubricant...
The State Department’s draft report on the Keystone XL pipeline, released March 1st, has already been subject to loud criticism and praise. The American Petroleum Institute hailed the report, the New York Times called it a “2,000 page lubricant...
This week, I originally planned to write of a new and recent phenomenon, the assumption of China as the globe’s leading importer of oil, a heavy title the U.S. has carried for nearly the past forty years. The implications of this shift can and ...
This week, I originally planned to write of a new and recent phenomenon, the assumption of China as the globe’s leading importer of oil, a heavy title the U.S. has carried for nearly the past forty years. The implications of this shift can and ...
The Providence Journal recently reported $57,232 as Brown’s sticker price for the 2013-14 school year. An increase of 4% over last year’s tuition, the seemingly constant annual increase in cost has led some to question, “Is college worth it?”...
The Providence Journal recently reported $57,232 as Brown’s sticker price for the 2013-14 school year. An increase of 4% over last year’s tuition, the seemingly constant annual increase in cost has led some to question, “Is college worth it?”...
It is no secret that revolution, successful or otherwise, rarely produces results as glorious as initially imagined. For example, the world has seen its expectations dashed time and time again in the so-called “Arab Spring” countries, whi...
It is no secret that revolution, successful or otherwise, rarely produces results as glorious as initially imagined. For example, the world has seen its expectations dashed time and time again in the so-called “Arab Spring” countries, whi...
The sequestration process has received a lot of press in the at-large media and here on BPR. Still, I would like to devote this week’s column to talk about how the process costs not just in money, but in time, too. Eventually, I would guess, the s...
The sequestration process has received a lot of press in the at-large media and here on BPR. Still, I would like to devote this week’s column to talk about how the process costs not just in money, but in time, too. Eventually, I would guess, the s...
A week ago, former surgeon general C. Everett Koop died at the age of 96. I most remember Dr. Koop as the spokesmen for Life Alert, maker of a necklace that helps senior citizens call for help. He was also notable for absolutely rocking the Abe Linco...
A week ago, former surgeon general C. Everett Koop died at the age of 96. I most remember Dr. Koop as the spokesmen for Life Alert, maker of a necklace that helps senior citizens call for help. He was also notable for absolutely rocking the Abe Linco...
As Black History Month comes to a close, we are all reminded of its significance. Originally Black History Week—marking the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and renown abolitionist Frederick Douglass—Americans have both rejoiced and expressed their d...
As Black History Month comes to a close, we are all reminded of its significance. Originally Black History Week—marking the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and renown abolitionist Frederick Douglass—Americans have both rejoiced and expressed their d...
In his recent column on the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands dispute between China and Japan, Carter Johnson raises several interesting points. I agree with most of them, and after reading the article I found myself thinking on a historical analogy of the conf...
In his recent column on the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands dispute between China and Japan, Carter Johnson raises several interesting points. I agree with most of them, and after reading the article I found myself thinking on a historical analogy of the conf...
With the sequester looming, news outlets, TV pundits, and bloggers are all abuzz about immediate issues Americans may face as a result of $1.2 trillion in cuts to defense, federal programs, social services, and Medicare over the next decade. Most c...
With the sequester looming, news outlets, TV pundits, and bloggers are all abuzz about immediate issues Americans may face as a result of $1.2 trillion in cuts to defense, federal programs, social services, and Medicare over the next decade. Most c...
Several weeks ago, I wrote of the resurgence of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. I focused on the process by which he plans and hopes to reinvigorate a flagging Japanese economy, and only hinted at the role his nationalist ambitions might play in ...
Several weeks ago, I wrote of the resurgence of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. I focused on the process by which he plans and hopes to reinvigorate a flagging Japanese economy, and only hinted at the role his nationalist ambitions might play in ...
Following its new trend of Police Case Tuesdays, on February 26, the Supreme Court dealt with yet another case about warrant rights and police powers under the Fourth Amendment. Unlike last week, when the Court handed down decisions for Florida v. H...
Following its new trend of Police Case Tuesdays, on February 26, the Supreme Court dealt with yet another case about warrant rights and police powers under the Fourth Amendment. Unlike last week, when the Court handed down decisions for Florida v. H...