Ever since Edward Jenner’s smallpox vaccine gained traction in the early 19th century, vaccination has formed the bedrock of public...

Relations between Poland and Russia have never been described as warm. While their robust economic cooperation may have had a mutually...

Lincoln Chafee ’75 served as a US Senator (1999-2007) and the 74th Governor of Rhode Island Brown Political Review: Starting with your...

In March, the Republic of Georgia took a considerable step forward on the road to full membership in the European Union. The country...

Ivan Watson ‘97 is the senior foreign correspondent for CNN in Hong Kong. He has reported on a broad scope of major global events,...

On February 16, conflict in Ukraine escalated as pro-Russian rebels ignored the internationally brokered cease-fire determined after “16...

There is something rotten in the seas of Sweden. An unidentified swimming object was confirmed mid-November, nearly a month after Swedish...

Since four score and seven years ago, political rhetoric has been both a political tool and a metric by which we assess our leaders. Word...

Since the first Russian troops began invading Crimea, the West has considered various approaches to deter Russian aggression in Ukraine....

I was curious yesterday why CNN and the Wall Street Journal were ostensibly publishing restaurant recommendations when I repeatedly read,...

Russia’s annexation of Crimea, unrest in Ukraine and subsequent narratives of a “New Cold War” bring new hopes and worries to leaders in...

I’m certainly a little late to the party on Ukraine news – leading up to Russia’s bold annexation of Crimea, Ukraine was gripped for...

On May 18, 1944, Joseph Stalin forcibly deported the Crimean Tatars in what is known as the “Surgun” (Crimean Tatar for ‘exile’). As the...

There’s something archetypal about the ignominious flight of a newly unseated despot — Louis XVI, the Tsar and the Shah all come to mind....

Russian expansionism makes many alarm bells go off in the Western world. When Putin’s forces occupied Crimea on February 27, observers in...

Long dismissed as the poorest country in Europe, the Republic of Moldova is now on a path towards integration with Western Europe that...

Image courtesy of the Watson Institute, Brown University.[dropca BPR is liveblogging the Watson Institute’s teach-in, “Making Sense of...

Patricia Herlihy, professor emerita of history, is the Louise Doherty Wyant Professor at Emmanuel College. At Brown, she taught Russian...

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s current position is challenging at best. His government now has to decide whether to finally sign...