Blog Topic: Foreign Relations

  • Two Days to Go

    Two Days to Go
    Posted by:
    Patricia-Maria Weinmann

    As the inauguration draws ever closer, tweets and comments loom larger and larger. Today’s post was adapted from an op-ed piece written by MIT Professor Emeritus Aron Bernstein and…

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  • Looking Ahead

    Looking Ahead
    Posted by:
    Patricia-Maria Weinmann

    Much planning and programming is underway with an eye to spring semester 2017.  Plans include two co-sponsored events with the Communications Forum: Race and the Elections (February) and gender inequality in…

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  • Cut Through the Noise

    Cut Through the Noise
    Posted by:
    Patricia-Maria Weinmann

    Scandals, large and small, and devisive rhetoric have dominated the presidential election. Cogent and thoughtful discussion on critical issues has been swept to the side. To get beyond the…

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  • An Enduring Partnership

    An Enduring Partnership
    Posted by:
    Patricia-Maria Weinmann

    For over a decade, Radius has had the honor of co-hosting many programs with the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar.  Professor Philip Khoury chairs the series which is co-sponsored with…

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  • What We Remember

    What We Remember
    Posted by:
    Thea Keith-Lucas

    This Memorial Day, I sat and listened to a reflection on what it means to be remember our war dead today, when our nation seems to be constantly at…

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  • Asylum

    Asylum
    Posted by:
    Thea Keith-Lucas

    “The Department of  State gives preference to the most vulnerable refugees, who have been tortured or persecuted at home. Their traumas will inevitably follow them here,” Rachel Aviv writes…

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  • Iran and the United States: Eternal Enemies or Natural Partners?

    Iran and the United States: Eternal Enemies or Natural Partners?
    Posted by:
    Patricia-Maria Weinmann

    For many of us, our impressions of Iran may be muddied, even vague.  Iran was once a strong ally of the US.  In 1962, President Kennedy warmly welcomed the…

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