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Taking Iran Seriously at the GOP Debate: Cruz and Kasich
Twenty-three million people watched the primetime GOP debate in mid-September — a record for CNN as the most watched program in its...
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Oct 5, 20156 min read


Netanyahu on Iran: Conflating Fact with Fiction, Present with Past
During his speech to both Houses of Congress on March 3, 2015, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was either delusional or...
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Mar 26, 20154 min read


Why is Negotiating with Iran a Good Idea?
Over the course of the ongoing talks regarding Iran’s nuclear program, many voices opposed to engaging in continued dialogue have made...
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Mar 23, 20156 min read


For Iran, American Ignorance Is Bliss
This past February, President Barack Obama unveiled his 2015 National Security Strategy. The document stresses “international order,”...
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Mar 2, 20156 min read


Making A Deal With Iran
Last month, a group of nations led by the United States agreed to extend important negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear program....
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Dec 23, 20144 min read


Aboutalebi: The Unwelcome Guest
The good news is that the nuclear talks in Vienna between Iran and the major global powers have so far delivered quite optimistic...
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Apr 29, 20144 min read


Turbulent: The Normality of Silence
Turbulent by Shirin Neshat. Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons License. Turbulent is the first short film of a trilogy created by...
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Feb 14, 20143 min read


Regional Implications in the Iranian Nuclear Deal
For years, Iran and Western powers have had a relationship marked by distrust, suspicion and open animosity. The diplomatic gridlock...
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Dec 5, 20134 min read


BPR Interview: Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson, a conservative commentator for Fox News, talks to Brown Political Review’s Annika Lichtenbaum. Carlson is co-founder and...
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Dec 4, 20135 min read


BPR Interview: Danielle Pletka
Danielle Pletka, Vice President for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, talks to Brown Political...
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Dec 4, 20136 min read


Shifting Landscape of American Relations in the Middle East
After intense talks with six world powers including the United States, on November 23rd Iran agreed to curb its nuclear program. The...
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Nov 29, 20134 min read


Israel: The Real “Red Line”
Over the past two years, civil war has ravaged Syria. There has been over 100,000 deaths reported by the UN and extensive economic...
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Sep 12, 20134 min read


Hagel Bites
Asked who America’s number one foreign enemy is, which country would you answer? If you follow the news, you’d probably say either North...
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Apr 21, 20136 min read


What Happens on Spring Break
Having a rough semester? Providence weather got you down? Worried about job prospects, the dire state of your love life, your thesis...
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Mar 22, 20135 min read


Bibi’s Comically Terrifying “Red-Line Bomb”
Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, classmate of Sr. Romney, has outdone himself. In what is now a legendarily cavalier portrait of recklessly...
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Sep 28, 20122 min read
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