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BPR Interview: Sen. Bob Casey
Senator Bob Casey, the senior Democratic U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, talks to Brown Political Review’s Ben Wofford. Casey was...
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Dec 6, 20133 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


BPR Interview: Former Ambassador Michael Oren
Michael Oren, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States from 2009 to 2013, talks to Brown Political Review’s Sam Rubinstein. Oren stepped...
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Dec 3, 20134 min read


BPR Interview: Sen. Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy, the junior U.S. Senator from Connecticut, talks to Brown Political Review’s Henry Knight. Sen. Murphy voted against this...
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Dec 3, 20135 min read


Westernized and Authoritarian
Almost every time a new leader is appointed in an authoritarian state, the question arises: will they represent change or a continuation...
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Nov 9, 20135 min read


Can a Hostage Exchange Mean the End of the Syrian Civil War?
On Saturday, October 19, Beirut International Airport was brimming with joyous cheers and loud chants of excitement, as its entire...
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Nov 5, 20134 min read


Perspectives on Syria from Christian Syrians in Providence
The BPR Media Team explores perspectives on the crisis in syria from Christian Syrians in Providence via Op-Doc. #MiddleEast #Providence...
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Oct 18, 20131 min read


A Foreign President on U.S. Foreign Policy
On September 11 of this year, the American public awoke to news headlines about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s op-ed in the New York...
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Oct 17, 20134 min read


Europe Goes Cold on Turkey
If the European Union does not want Turkey, then why should we want to be a part of the EU? Such was the refrain of the Roberts College...
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Oct 1, 20136 min read


Islamic Extremism and Syria: The Fog of War on Terror
On September 11th 2013, while Washington was engrossed by the prospect of a military strike in Syria, the SITE terrorism monitoring...
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Sep 26, 20133 min read


One Thousand and One Nightmares
As the US Government debates missile strikes and how best to enforce international law, it’s sometimes hard to remember that there is a...
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Sep 23, 20135 min read


Perspectives on the Syria Conflict
The BPR Media Team explores the varying perspectives on the 2013 Syrian conflict via stop-motion animation. #VladimirPutin #BarackObama...
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Sep 22, 20131 min read


Legal Considerations Instrumental to Syria Reversals
Last Tuesday, President Obama gave a national address from the East Room on the international crisis in Syria – taking, in the words of...
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Sep 20, 20135 min read


A Plea from Putin and Some Thoughts on Syrian Diplomacy
Often discussed during the past month’s Syrian chemical weapons debate has been the present and altogether fractured state of...
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Sep 14, 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


Does How You End Up Dead Matter?
It appears we have had two wartime technology questions in the last few months. Both have left me with the same question: Why does the...
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Sep 9, 20132 min read


The New Sheriffs
In 2000 Chalmers Johnson, a professor of history at UC San Diego, famously co-opted the CIA term “blowback” in order to explain the...
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Jul 7, 20132 min read


Syria’s Spinoff Crisis
The crisis you almost forgot is still there. The violence in Syria is suddenly halfway through its third year, with no end in sight. With...
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Jun 27, 20136 min read


The Pink Line
As a rhetorical tactic, establishing a ‘red line’ is pretty impressive. It displays strength by implying that you know both your current...
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Apr 26, 20134 min read


Bin Laden Knows Best
The opposition in Syria has reached a crossroads. Contrary to popular belief (and the depressing coverage favored by most Western media),...
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Apr 14, 20135 min read
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