2017 In the News

Faculty Fellow Elias Muhanna in The New Yorker, "This task, along with her advocacy for Arab self-determination at the Cairo Conference of 1921, is one of the reasons why historians, biographers, and filmmakers have crowded around her, particularly since Iraq has again become a focus of geopolitical contestation.

The Costs of War Project is mentioned in an article on arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "Saudi Arabia has been working for decades to pull Indonesia away from moderate Islam and toward the austere Wahhabi form that is state religion in Saudi Arabia."

Timothy Edgar co-authors a piece for Lawfare Blog, "There has been some suggestion that, by sharing the details of presidential communications, Comey violated "executive privilege." Executive privilege is a rather murky concept, but it doesn't really apply to this situation."

Jeff Colgan speaks with radio host Roland Hunt about his Foreign Affairs article "The Liberal Order is Rigged."

Peter Andreas joins KCRW's Morning Edition to discuss his memoir, Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution.

Visiting scholar Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro in Folha de S.Paulo, "It is intolerable for us to accept a government committed to corruption in order to avoid economic shocks."

Professor Peter Andreas joins Daniel Denvir on The Dig Podcast to discuss U.S.-Mexico border militarization.

Justine Hastings, Economics Professor and Founding Director of RIIPL, joins Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator Podcast to discuss the Lab and some of its projects.

The $54 billion increase in military funding that President Trump has proposed in his 2018 budget would create many more jobs if it were spent on areas like education, infrastructure and clean energy, according to a study released last week by the Costs of War Project.

Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer wrote an op-ed about troubling foreign policies and the music that comes to mind when he thinks about specific issues.

Rose McDermott, International Relations professor and author of Presidential Leadership, Illness and Decision Making, joined the Painopolis Podcast to discuss John F. Kennedy's debilitating pain and how he covered it up.

Public Policy Fellow Marc Dunkelman in The New York Times, "Intimate and arms-length relationships may be comfortable and easy to maintain, but we hurt ourselves by making strangers of the people who live nearby."

CLACS Director Jessaca Leinaweaver, "Food is about more than calories, nutrition and ketchup. Food can be a metaphor for ideological matters such as a free market or public services, rights to access, and of course, income and privilege."

Senior Fellow Timothy Edgar discusses why former national security adviser Michael Flynn has decided to take the Fifth Amendment and is refusing to cooperate with the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. election.

Postdoctoral Fellow Ali Kadivar in The Washington Post's Monkey Cage Blog, "While campaigns provide a seasonal outlet for pro-reform electorates to push their agendas, the online space has proven a more constant arena for Iranian citizens to express and spread their demands."

Catherine Lutz in US News, "Our safety as a nation depends as much or more on a healthy, well-educated population as it does on the force of arms. Given this reality, the new budget's sharp reductions in programs that address the needs of low-income families and individuals are blows to our nation's basic security."

The Costs of War Project is cited in an article explaining President Trump's new arms deal with Saudi Arabia.

The Choices Program is mentioned in an article about students' negative feelings toward history, and how teachers can fix such opinions.

An article about the role of automation in U.S. manufacturing cites an op-ed co-authored by Jeff Colgan.

Postdoctoral Fellow Narges Bajoghli in Teen Vogue, "You see very lax forms of covering the head, which you would think is something very superficial, but women have fought for this very hard, even as the government has reacted."

Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "Atlantic nations have dominated the world for the last 500 years. That long historical moment is now ending."

Political Science professor Peter Andreas in The New York Times, "My mother's diaries made clear that she saw being a good mother and good revolutionary as the same thing, that there was no tension between the two and that those who thought otherwise just didn't get it."

Peter Andreas' new memoir, Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution, is featured in The New York Times.

Watson's Costs of War Project is referenced in this article on how few Americans are focused on the war in Afghanistan.

An article about how auto-enrollment and payroll deduction can be powerful ways to avert America's retirement crisis includes quotes from John Friedman, associate professor of economics.

Peter Andreas talks to Brown Alumni Magazine about his new book, Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution.

Emily Oster, associate professor of economics, gives suggestions on the best ways for a couple to split expenses when one partner earns significantly more than the other.

In his latest essay, Watson Institute senior fellow Chas Freeman wrote about the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Public Policy program Director Eric Patashnik reviews David R. Mayhew's new book The Imprint of Congress.

Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer wrote an op-ed about decisions made in Washington that have led to nuclear escalation with North Korea.

Economist Justine Hastings comments on the trend of cities turning to social scientists and research labs to help answer and shape public policy.

Senior Fellow Deborah Gordon comments on scientists finding their voice to stand up for what they know is right.

Richard Boucher, Watson Institute Senior Fellow, comments on the relationship between Canada and the U.S. now that President Trump has placed steep tariffs on Canadian lumber.

Political science professor Peter Andreas discusses his new book Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution with WNYC's Leonard Lopate.

Postdoctoral Fellow Narges Bajoghli in Al Monitor, "When the news of the chemical attack in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun came in on April 4, Ali texted his close friend Taghi to come over after work."

Senior Fellow Chas Freeman examines the United States' role in the Middle East.

Catherine Lutz, professor of international studies, discusses the impact of increasing military spending with Tom Temin of the Federal Drive.

Political Science professor Jeff Colgan in Foreign Affairs, "Those of us who have not only analyzed globalization and the liberal order but also celebrated them share some responsibility for the rise of populism."

Postdoctoral Fellow Narges Bajoghli joined Dan Yorke's State of Mind to discuss her research and the use and long-term effects of chemical weapons.

Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer wrote an op-ed about the cultural freedom Cuba has undergone and the challenges the country faces ahead.

Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer speaks with WNYC about how the media shapes our perceptions of the world.

Faculty Fellow Elias Muhanna in The New Yorker, "Aslan, however, moved with facility among conservative Christians and liberal atheists, scattering data points and sound bites as he emerged as one of the most prominent Muslim-Americans in mainstream media."

Postdoctoral Fellow Narges Bajoghli discusses the chemical attack in Syria last month and the memories and impact of the chemical attack during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.

Wendy Schiller, political science professor, commented on the national attention Gov. Gina Raimondo is attracting from leaders in the Democratic Party.

An audio recording of the Taubman Center's panel discussion featuring NPR correspondent Corey Flintoff is available online. The conversation focused on Flintoff's reporting on Putin's Russia and the evolving relationship between Russia and the U.S.

Professors Michael Kennedy, Jeff Colgan, and Cathy Lutz comment on the impact of the missile strike against Syria in response of a chemical-weapons attack.

Peter Andreas is not overly fond of the word "memoir," saying it sounds pretentious and self-centered. Andreas, an International Relations professor, nonetheless has written one and recently discussed his book in an interview with the Providence Journal.