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 ...

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 ...

Scientists and security analysts have warned for more than a decade that global warming is a potential national security concern. They project that the consequences of global warming – rising seas, ...

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Brown University facilitates the study of this dynamic region from a multidisciplinary perspective. CLACS organizes academic conferences, ...

Over one half of the federal government’s total assets — buildings, aircraft, ships, vehicles, computers, and weapons — are used for national defense. In 2000, the Pentagon’s total assets were valued ...