When we are aware of how we are consuming cultural messages, we are better able to resist their effects and ask critical questions about how the U.S. engages in the world. Over the coming months, look ...

The event will be moderated by Camilo Umaña, Cogut Visiting Professor and former Deputy Minister of Justice and Law in Colombia, who will guide a solutions-oriented dialogue on potential policy ...

Military spending makes up a dominant share of discretionary spending in the United States; military personnel make up the majority of U.S. government manpower; and military industry is a leading ...

At this week’s China Chat we will be joined by Professor Xiangli Ding from the Rhode Island School of Design, for a discussion of his book, Hydropower Nation: Dams, Energy, and Political Changes in ...

Welcome to the China Initiative. I am pleased to share with you some of the activities that the China Initiative is undertaking to enhance both scholarship and wider understanding in the Brown ...

Adda means a site for collective deliberation in South Asia. This series features panel discussion of important new books written by our colleagues or those significantly involved with the Saxena ...

Suicide rates among active military personnel and veterans of the post-9/11 wars are reaching new peaks. This report uses governmental data, secondary literature, and interviews to document a suicide ...

Pradeep Chhibber studies the political parties, party systems, representation, and the politics of South Asia. He has written Righteous Demagogues: Populist Politics in South Asia and Beyond, Oxford ...

Please register in advance on the Events@Brown event listing.Lunch will be provided for registered attendees. The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies’ Cogut Visiting Professor Camilo Umaña ...

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Data from War Spending and Lost Opportunities (2019) by Heidi Peltier. Military spending by the federal government is often considered a vital support to employment and economic recovery. However, ...