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Recruitment within terrorist organizations was long considered a homegrown issue, where groups attracted new members within the countries that they operate, drawing from homogenous, ideologically motivated populations with an existing undercurrent of...

Terrorist Wanted: How ISIS Recruits Western Women

Recruitment within terrorist organizations was long considered a homegrown issue, where groups attracted new members within the countries that they operate, drawing from homogenous, ideologically motivated populations with an existing undercurrent of...

A national Pakistani hero, for whom more than a dozen academic institutions have already been named, spent five years under house arrest — albeit in a mansion with a rambling driveway crowned by a jasmine bush carved into the delicate shape of a mu...

AQ Khan’s Deals for the Bomb

A national Pakistani hero, for whom more than a dozen academic institutions have already been named, spent five years under house arrest — albeit in a mansion with a rambling driveway crowned by a jasmine bush carved into the delicate shape of a mu...

They cross over during the Hajj. Dressed in white like the pilgrims to Mecca, representatives of fundamentalist Islamist organizations enter Saudi Arabia during the month long celebration, when border controls are relaxed to deal with the massive inf...

Financing Terrorism: Saudi Arabia and Its Foreign Affairs

They cross over during the Hajj. Dressed in white like the pilgrims to Mecca, representatives of fundamentalist Islamist organizations enter Saudi Arabia during the month long celebration, when border controls are relaxed to deal with the massive inf...

Burma may be small, but it has withstood the longest ongoing civil war in the history of the modern world. Since its independence from Great Britain in 1948, the Burma National Army (BNA) has been engaged in battle with various internal ethnic minori...

Six Decades Later

Burma may be small, but it has withstood the longest ongoing civil war in the history of the modern world. Since its independence from Great Britain in 1948, the Burma National Army (BNA) has been engaged in battle with various internal ethnic minori...

There is something rotten in the seas of Sweden. An unidentified swimming object was confirmed mid-November, nearly a month after Swedish military forces fervently searched their waters for the invading culprit. For a week in October, the Swedish mil...

When The Swedish Fish

There is something rotten in the seas of Sweden. An unidentified swimming object was confirmed mid-November, nearly a month after Swedish military forces fervently searched their waters for the invading culprit. For a week in October, the Swedish mil...

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced in 2009 by the Special Criminal Court of Peru’s Supreme Court to the maximum penalty of 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity. The conviction marked the final chapter of Peru’s dec...

Peru’s Dark and Shining Nights

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced in 2009 by the Special Criminal Court of Peru’s Supreme Court to the maximum penalty of 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity. The conviction marked the final chapter of Peru’s dec...

The 7,000 illuminated balloons winding through Berlin this November 9 marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Despite the celebration, the wall is in the midst of an identity crisis. While the western side of the wall had always b...

Repainting History

The 7,000 illuminated balloons winding through Berlin this November 9 marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Despite the celebration, the wall is in the midst of an identity crisis. While the western side of the wall had always b...

As summer approaches, glossy posters depicting majestic skylines of foreign cities will appear around college campuses nationwide, detailing opportunities for teaching abroad. In spite of these glittering advertisements and dedicated recruitment effo...

Teaching for Good

As summer approaches, glossy posters depicting majestic skylines of foreign cities will appear around college campuses nationwide, detailing opportunities for teaching abroad. In spite of these glittering advertisements and dedicated recruitment effo...

Putin’s expansion into Crimea, Ukraine and his other recent acts of aggression have been framed by some as parts of an attempt at rebuilding the Soviet Union. This description is intriguing, but predicated on a singular assumption: that Putin&#...

The Tricky Nationalism of Vladimir Putin

Putin’s expansion into Crimea, Ukraine and his other recent acts of aggression have been framed by some as parts of an attempt at rebuilding the Soviet Union. This description is intriguing, but predicated on a singular assumption: that Putin&#...

American politicians like to use variants of the phrase “shining city on a hill” when referring to their country’s role in the world. Though the terminology was made famous by President Reagan, its first use actually dates back to pre-revolutio...

America’s Foreign Policy in Burma

American politicians like to use variants of the phrase “shining city on a hill” when referring to their country’s role in the world. Though the terminology was made famous by President Reagan, its first use actually dates back to pre-revolutio...

More than 100 Brown students gathered at Foxboro Auditorium on Wednesday, November 19 to discuss the events and implications surrounding the disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, Mexico. “#AYOTZINAPA: A Teach-In on Mexico’s Missing Students” ...

The Power of Knowledge: #GlobalActionforAyotzinapa

More than 100 Brown students gathered at Foxboro Auditorium on Wednesday, November 19 to discuss the events and implications surrounding the disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, Mexico. “#AYOTZINAPA: A Teach-In on Mexico’s Missing Students” ...