On land or ship, port chaplains offer comfort to seafarers of the world
With 90 percent of global goods coming to us by ship, who are the men and women who care for the crews?
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Can tiny Qatar keep defying its powerful neighbors? It may be up to Washington
Saudi Arabia and the UAE led a group of countries that have severed all ties to fellow American ally Qatar over its foreign policy. The US will play a key role in whether it accedes to their demands.
Iranian voters’ economic gloom may doom President Rouhani’s reelection bid
Rouhani's conservative rivals are exploiting growing pessimism about the economy, increasing the odds that someone more hostile to the West might become Iran's next president.
The changing nature of sacred spaces
Even as congregations decline, chapels, meditation and prayer rooms are evolving as spaces of multi-faith worship and quiet reflection.
The Jewish vote may swing key undecided counties, study says
New data from researchers at Brandeis University suggest that the Jewish vote is important in key Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida counties.
Four quotes from the first Clinton-Trump debate, explained
We asked a group of scholars to listen to Clinton vs. Trump and pick just one quote to react to. Here’s what the experts heard.
Turkey’s post-coup commitment to democracy offers chance to resolve Kurdish crisis
The protests that helped end the attempted coup turned into an affirmation of Turkish democracy. Can it help resolve the Kurdish crisis?
How will Turkey’s failed coup and massive purge affect its economic future?
Quick measures by the central bank prevented a financial crisis, but investors are worried. Longer-term economic effects will depend on how long Erdogan's purge goes on.
Dallas and Baton Rouge shooters: A reminder of the troubled history of black veterans in America
The men who killed police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge were black veterans. A historian explains black veterans' long struggle to live with inequality in their military service, and back home.
Why Iran’s anti-American hardliners want to buy US-made Boeings for Iran Air
The tentative Boeing jet deal prompted outrage among Republicans but barely a peep among Iran's own conservatives, despite their aversion to warmer economic ties with the U.S.
How will we remember black women on the anniversary of the Charleston shooting?
Six of the nine people who died were black women. One year later, a Brandeis professor examines how black women have endured a legacy of racial violence in the U.S.
Iran’s Rouhani may now control parliament, but do his economic reforms stand a chance?
The Iranian president will finally get a parliament that backs his reforms. But much still stands in his way.
Has the economy lost its influence on Turkey’s foreign policy?
Turkey is the one of the U.S.'s most important allies in the Mideast, but recent actions such as the downing of a Russian fighter raise important questions about its reliability as a partner.
Focus on college affordability obscures real problem: we’re overeducated
The affordability of college has been at the forefront of the presidential campaign, but the real problem is that we're too educated for the jobs available.
Talking heads: what toilets and sewers tell us about ancient Roman sanitation
Archaeological and textual detective work is filling in some information about how ancient Romans used and thought about their sewers thousands of years ago.
Russian cooperation with Iran and Iraq has broader consequences than saving Assad
Russia's stepped-up role in Syria is likely to bolster Iran and the anti-Western opposition in Iraq.
How Europe helped save Obama’s historic nuclear deal with Iran
As President Obama writes his thank you notes to Democrats in Congress who helped him pass the accord, he better not forget about his European partners.
Iran’s frozen funds: how much is really there and how will they be used?
Estimates of how much of Iran's frozen assets it will get once sanctions are lifted vary widely, but the sum is most likely just a fraction of the total.
Reading between the lines of Greece’s bailout: debt relief is inevitable – just not yet
No one seems to really believe the latest bailout plan will work without debt relief. But the only way to get Greece to adopt essential reforms is to pretend it isn't in the cards.
Racial and caste oppression have many similarities
Racial inequality in America has its parallel in caste inequality in India. What can the world's two largest democracies learn from each other?
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Research Associate, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Brandeis University
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Brandeis University
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Professor of Business, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies, Brandeis University
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Research Associate, Brandeis University
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Graduate Research Associate, Brandeis University
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Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
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Professor, Director, Relational Coordination Research Collaborative, Brandeis University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Brandeis University
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Senior Scientist and Senior Lecturer, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Lecturer, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor of the Philosophy of Justice, Rights and Social Change and Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Sustainable International Development, Brandeis University