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Asian Fusion Cuisine and the Tug and Pull of Foreign Identity
When eating out, most of us simply focus on taste, price, and convenience, but the inquisitive foodie takes their ideas a step further:...
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Feb 20, 20176 min read


BPR Interview: Lincoln Chafee Discusses 2016 Presidential Race
Lincoln Chafee ’75 served as a US Senator (1999-2007) and the 74th Governor of Rhode Island Brown Political Review: Starting with your...
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Oct 13, 20158 min read


Israel’s Economic Pivot
Over the past few years, the European Union has become increasingly vocal in its criticism of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians,...
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Aug 11, 20156 min read


Censored Activism in China and India
Earlier this month, International Women’s Day created a platform for activism and protests around the world. In Beijing, however, hopes...
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Apr 2, 20155 min read


‘Are you pivoting?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Are you sure?’ ‘Positive.’
I was curious yesterday why CNN and the Wall Street Journal were ostensibly publishing restaurant recommendations when I repeatedly read,...
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Apr 25, 20143 min read


Opposites (Don’t) Attract
Most have but a surface-level knowledge of the difference between North and South Dakota, but the parallel does not pull through for...
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Feb 21, 20145 min read


The BRIC Development Bank: A New Bretton-Woods?
Last week, I wrote of the various problems that plague several of the BRIC nations, which include troubling and skewed demographics in...
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Apr 9, 20133 min read


The Dangers of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
As the sixteenth round of negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) closed in Singapore last week, it is time to examine the...
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Mar 19, 20133 min read


A Short Interlude: East, West, and a (Unnecessary) Great Divide
This week, I originally planned to write of a new and recent phenomenon, the assumption of China as the globe’s leading importer of oil,...
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Mar 6, 20134 min read


Asia’s New Tiger Cub? Economic Integration and Myanmar’s Long Road to Reform
In Myanmar, change seems to be the new norm. Now officially known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation...
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Feb 20, 20133 min read


Shinzo Abe and Japan’s (Old) New Monetary Policy
It was a little over five years ago that Shinzo Abe, Japan’s 90th Prime Minister, unceremoniously resigned his post amidst government...
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Feb 12, 20134 min read
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