Tom Nichols is one of America’s leading intellectuals, political and cultural commentators, and experts on international security, Russia, threats to democracy, and nuclear policy. Nichols is a staff ...

The shift to the Latin script was arguably a pragmatic decision—aligning Azerbaijan with other Turkic nations that had adopted the Latin alphabet (such as Turkish, Uzbek, and Turkmen, with ongoing ...

Fifty years ago, on April 13, 1975, the Lebanese Civil War officially began. The war devastated Lebanon’s economy, infrastructure, and social structure, and culminated in a sectarian model of ...

Trump’s tariffs may slow China’s export-driven momentum, but they are unlikely to deliver a significant blow to the Chinese economy. Instead, they have accelerated Beijing’s shift toward domestic ...

Despite multiple colonial erasure efforts, there are over 4,000 different Indigenous languages spoken worldwide. Indigenous peoples have tirelessly fought to maintain their languages as a core part of ...

Steven Brown has dedicated more than three decades to serving as the executive director of the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Prior to his long tenure in Rhode ...

Daniel Jordan Smith is a Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at Brown University, as well as a Director of the Africa Initiative. He received a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from ...

In early 2025, California faced a series of devastating wildfires that ravaged vast areas of the state—particularly its southern regions. Two weeks after the fires broke out in Los Angeles, President ...

Public policy attempts to reduce tobacco use have met varying degrees of success. In 2019, Sweden became the only country in Europe to ban smoking in the outdoor seating areas of bars and restaurants.

The Indian state’s manipulation of social media platforms was also particularly evident during the height of the 2020-2021 Indian Farmers’ Protests. The backlash began when the BJP, in an attempt to ...

Today, hundreds of community members assembled in front of the federal court building in Downtown Providence to protest Elon Musk and President Donald Trump. The event was organized by Indivisible ...

Josh Pacewicz is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies at Brown University. His research examines the creation of the American state and subnational governance, particularly the ...