On September 2, in a village outside Chișinău, Moldova, a young woman, known to her associates as Ana Nastas, handed out a stack of anti-EU leaflets rife with misinformation that had been produced by Ilan Shor, a Russophilic Moldovan oligarch and p...
Ireland is your favorite multinational corporation’s favorite country. Why? Over the last 25 years, the country has molded itself into a leading corporate tax haven, shielding businesses with subsidiaries in Ireland from worldwide taxation. Drawing...
As tragic as it might be to lose the ability to subtly flirt by asking someone for a lighter in the smoking section of a club, one would think that the vast majority of English citizens understand the necessity of reducing tobacco consumption. If not...
In 18th century Europe, Jews were accused of abducting children (blond, blue eyed, Christians) and using their blood for the baking of matzos during Passover. This “Blood Libel” and a litany of heinous myths fueled the anti-Semitic tradition that...
In 18th century Europe, Jews were accused of abducting children (blond, blue eyed, Christians) and using their blood for the baking of matzos during Passover. This “Blood Libel” and a litany of heinous myths fueled the anti-Semitic tradition that...
The Edward Snowden saga is far from over. Last week, the Guardian and Der Spiegel broke a story, based on evidence reportedly found within the documents released by Snowden, that the NSA has been monitoring German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ce...
The Edward Snowden saga is far from over. Last week, the Guardian and Der Spiegel broke a story, based on evidence reportedly found within the documents released by Snowden, that the NSA has been monitoring German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ce...
Over the past few weeks I’ve written of change, in the United States and abroad. I’ve written of tarnished appearances, and put faith in the Kissinger realpolitik credence that image matters. Tattered domestic politics, I said, find consequen...
Over the past few weeks I’ve written of change, in the United States and abroad. I’ve written of tarnished appearances, and put faith in the Kissinger realpolitik credence that image matters. Tattered domestic politics, I said, find consequen...
On September 11 of this year, the American public awoke to news headlines about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s op-ed in the New York Times, in which he criticizes U.S. foreign policy and condemns potential U.S. intervention in Syria. The piece ...
On September 11 of this year, the American public awoke to news headlines about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s op-ed in the New York Times, in which he criticizes U.S. foreign policy and condemns potential U.S. intervention in Syria. The piece ...
Editor’s note: Last week, BPR Online had the pleasure of publishing two pieces on the Catalan independence movement, written by guest columnists Jorge Tamames and Daniel Bogre Udell. These can be found here and here. This week, the authors are ...
Editor’s note: Last week, BPR Online had the pleasure of publishing two pieces on the Catalan independence movement, written by guest columnists Jorge Tamames and Daniel Bogre Udell. These can be found here and here. This week, the authors are ...
Editor’s note: This week, BPR World is excited to feature two guest columnists weighing in on a pressing global issue — the persistence of the Catalan independence movement. Jorge Tamames’ column, published Wednesday, can be found here. To...
Editor’s note: This week, BPR World is excited to feature two guest columnists weighing in on a pressing global issue — the persistence of the Catalan independence movement. Jorge Tamames’ column, published Wednesday, can be found here. To...
Editor’s note: This week, BPR Global is excited to feature two guest columnists weighing in on a pressing global issue — the persistence of the Catalan independence movement. Today’s column is written by Brown ’13 graduate and...
Editor’s note: This week, BPR Global is excited to feature two guest columnists weighing in on a pressing global issue — the persistence of the Catalan independence movement. Today’s column is written by Brown ’13 graduate and...
Sometimes, thinking about policy in the European Union (EU) is the same as thinking about German political strategy. The line between the EU’s decision-making power and that of the Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is often blurred. This is lar...
Sometimes, thinking about policy in the European Union (EU) is the same as thinking about German political strategy. The line between the EU’s decision-making power and that of the Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is often blurred. This is lar...
If the European Union does not want Turkey, then why should we want to be a part of the EU? Such was the refrain of the Roberts College students in Istanbul, Turkey when I visited in Turkey 2011 on an exchange program and had the opportunity to speak...
If the European Union does not want Turkey, then why should we want to be a part of the EU? Such was the refrain of the Roberts College students in Istanbul, Turkey when I visited in Turkey 2011 on an exchange program and had the opportunity to speak...
Recent attempts by the Kremlin to smear its political antagonists and critics mark a return to a pre-perestroika use of the judicial system. The Khodorkovsky, Magnitsky and Navalny court case decisions resemble the telefonnoye pravo or ‘telephone j...
Recent attempts by the Kremlin to smear its political antagonists and critics mark a return to a pre-perestroika use of the judicial system. The Khodorkovsky, Magnitsky and Navalny court case decisions resemble the telefonnoye pravo or ‘telephone j...
It was among the ravages of world war that the brain child of John Maynard Keynes and Harry Dexter White came into being. Seventy years ago at Bretton-Woods, 45 nations created the International Monetary Fund in the hopes of repairing and re-integrat...
It was among the ravages of world war that the brain child of John Maynard Keynes and Harry Dexter White came into being. Seventy years ago at Bretton-Woods, 45 nations created the International Monetary Fund in the hopes of repairing and re-integrat...
Often discussed during the past month’s Syrian chemical weapons debate has been the present and altogether fractured state of U.S.-Russian relations. In the cold, marbled walls of embassies, state departments, and, of course, the U.N., this con...
Often discussed during the past month’s Syrian chemical weapons debate has been the present and altogether fractured state of U.S.-Russian relations. In the cold, marbled walls of embassies, state departments, and, of course, the U.N., this con...