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Brazil has a powerful and dominant national identity, which could be a casualty of the current political crisis. The author of an upcoming book on the subject considers the harm that’s been done.
Some are calling on the president to issue an apology when he visits Hiroshima. But an East Asia expert says his visit will focus on remembrance, and explains why that is enough.
Two prominent MIT physicists ask whether for nuclear weapons, less is more
The Philippines is cheering a ruling that China’s vast territorial claims in the South China Sea have no legal basis. But the ruling will also ratchet up military tensions with the U.S.
Beneath the usual pomp and circumstance of Obama’s weeklong visit to Asia lies a clear message for aggressors in the region. An East Asia expert from UC Berkeley reads between the lines.
Only six percent of airline accidents in 2015 included fatalities. A security expert argues that a more accurate risk assessment of airline travel would take into account close calls.
A BU professor walks through the turmoil of Brazil’s political past to explain why there’s more at stake than you might think.
Why are populist candidates all the rage this year in the race for the White House? Recent research from Harvard and BU links it to the market economy and a similar trend in Europe.
Researching how news has changed from the 17th century to the present makes two scholars sanguine about its future.
When it comes to many of the big decisions faced by governments and the private sector, behavioral science has more to offer than simple nudges.
Obama’s military strategy in Iraq and Syria hasn’t defeated the Islamic State, but it isn’t a total failure either. A retired major general and law professor looks at the successes and shortcomings.
Are Americans ready to elect a woman as president? A SUNY professor take a global perspective on what it would mean for women’s rights.
Sanders’ latest win – this time in West Virginia – is a reminder that Clinton is far from a strong candidate. She will have to fight to win in the general election against Trump.
Irish immigrants and their descendants played a leading part in the Easter Rising of 1916 and Ireland’s subsequent rebellion. But the inspiration worked in the other direction as well.
More than 150 years of scholarship and activism hasn’t brought us any closer to consensus.
Should those convicted of domestic violence be punished differently? A professor from the University of Maryland thinks harsher policies may make the problem worse.
The GOP nomination may be Trump’s, but the general election is another story.
A classics professor writes that Trump’s raucous campaign style is nothing new. He introduces us to a chariot-racing statesman from ancient Athens who may have given Trump a run for his money.
Trump and Cruz certainly think so. Clinton promises to maintain the “strongest military the world has ever known.” An OSU professor examines the issue through three different lens.
A survey of 1,200 voters provides insight into which candidate is closest to the median American voter on the issues.
Research from the University of Maryland suggests that ‘Trump culture’ is part of human culture, and has its roots in warfare, famine and natural disasters.
Trump is no longer winning simple pluralities. He’s scoring majorities – which will make it nearly impossible for the GOP to Dump Trump.
Stereotypes have consequences for the mobility of young Latinos, a growing segment of our population whose integration is critical to the social and economic vitality of the United States.
For 100 years, the Easter Rising has occupied center stage in the memory making of republican Ireland. But the role of Irish soldiers in World War I had been all but forgotten – until now.