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Can Democracy “Deliver the Goods”? Lessons from Kerala, India
If asked to think of parts of the world that have made impressive progress in social measures like literacy rates, life expectancy and infant mortali…
3 years, 1 month ago
What Stories Are Missing From Black History – and How Should We Tell Them?
February is Black History Month, and in this episode of “Trending Globally,” you’ll hear from two scholars at Brown who are bringing to light overloo…
3 years, 1 month ago
The New Psychology of Nuclear Brinkmanship
January 24th, 2023 marked an unsettling milestone: the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the ‘Doomsday Clock’ forward to 90 seconds to midnight…
3 years, 2 months ago
What Happens When a Prison Comes to Town
In 2007, Watson Professor John Eason moved with his family from Chicago to Forest City, Arkansas. At the time Eason was getting his PhD at the Univer…
3 years, 2 months ago
How to De-Escalate the War in Ukraine
2022 is coming to a close, but one of the most consequential events of the last year continues unabated: the War in Ukraine. As we approach the one-y…
3 years, 3 months ago
Mark and Carrie Special: World Cup Politics, the Future of the GOP, and Crypto’s Fraud Problem
We’ve got a lot of exciting new Trending Globally episodes coming up in the next few weeks and months, but this week we’re sharing an episode of anot…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Historic Opportunities and Challenges for a Post-Bolsonaro Brazil
On October 30, 2022, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – known by most simply as Lula – defeated Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election.
On Lu…
3 years, 4 months ago
Ambassador Suzi LeVine on the Unsung Power of the States
This year’s US midterm elections were as consequential as any in recent history. But it’s not just the headline-grabbing national races for Congress …
3 years, 4 months ago
What Led to Sri Lanka’s Crisis and Unrest – and Where Does The Country Go From Here?
On the morning of July 9, 2022, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans gathered in front of the country’s Presidential Palace. By the afternoon, they had o…
3 years, 5 months ago
What Does “Hispanic Heritage” Mean in 2022?
To mark the end of Hispanic Heritage Month, Trending Globally teamed up with the Watson Institute’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies t…
3 years, 5 months ago