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Gaming the System: The games industry also feels the cruelty of economic sanctions

Nick Speranza March 25, 2022
Video games are obviously not necessities for those who play them, but even in their production and sale we see the innocent being punished for the misdeeds of their governments.
Foreign Affairs Feature: The plight of Ethiopian Jews in Israel

Foreign Affairs Feature: The plight of Ethiopian Jews in Israel

International Relations Review March 14, 2022
Despite the lack of coverage, the experience of Ethiopian Jews continues to call into question what it means to be Jewish.
The Harvard men’s soccer team cancelled the rest of its season following lewd comments about women. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

EDITORIAL: Crimsons versus criminals: Harvard fumbles their deal with Chelsea Manning

Editors September 22, 2017

Earlier this month, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University announced their list of visiting fellows for the 2017-18 school year. The list included people from across the political...

Mary Graham, chief of the CIA office in New York City during the 9/11 attacks, speaks at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies about intelligence efforts after 9/11. PHOTO COURTESY FREDERICK S. PARDEE SCHOOL OF GLOBAL STUDIES

BU hosts chief of CIA, former CIA officer to describe experiences on 9/11

Sarah Finkel April 25, 2017

The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University hosted Mary Margaret Graham, who was the chief of the CIA office in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, along with former CIA officer...

A panel of national security experts discusses national security strategy for the Trump administration. PHOTO BY LAUREN PETERSON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

IR panelists lead discussion on future of national security

Ludi Wang December 2, 2016

The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies hosted a panel discussion, “NSS Next: National Security Strategy for the Next Presidential Administration,” Thursday night to review President-elect...

Mitchell Zuckoff, a New York times bestselling author and journalism professor at Boston University, led a discussion on his experience writing "13 Hours," Saturday morning in the George Sherman Union. PHOTO COURTESY MITCHELL ZUCKOFF

Journalism professor talks “behind the scenes” of “13 hours in Benghazi”

Abigail Freeman October 23, 2016

As this year’s Family and Friends Weekend unfolded over the weekend, approximately 120 Boston University students and their loved ones listened to Mitchell Zuckoff, a journalism professor at the College...

OLIVIER: Step aside, Snowden: new theft on the rise

OLIVIER: Step aside, Snowden: new theft on the rise

Kaitlyn Olivier October 12, 2016

Edward Snowden risked everything to expose the National Security Agency’s illegal spying programs to the American public. A hero in the eyes of millions, Snowden refused to keep in secrecy the lies deceiving...

REMILLARD: Waterboarding is torture, contrary to GOP candidates' claims

REMILLARD: Waterboarding is torture, contrary to GOP candidates’ claims

Christopher Remillard February 8, 2016

Is waterboarding torture? Yes. Unequivocally. Now, before I go into the argument, let’s get some logistics out of the way. First, why are we talking about this? During Saturday’s final...

Massachusetts State Police, the Boston Police Department and the Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation all work together to handle any terrorist attack in Massachusetts, such as with the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. KENSHIN OKUBO/DFP FILE PHOTO

BU, City, State detail counter-terrorism measure

Stephanie Pagones September 11, 2014

In the weeks after Islamic militant group ISIS killed two American journalists and made several threats to terrorize the United States from within its borders, representatives from Massachusetts, the...

Students interact directly with preserved surveillance artifacts

Daily Free Press Admin September 25, 2013

Boston University Professor Joseph Wippl brought about 60 people on a behind-the-scenes interactive tour of the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Association and Federal Bureau of Investigation’s...

MAHDI: CSPAN and the CIA

Daily Free Press Admin February 3, 2013

“That’s going to be $11. But I’m going to need to see some ID.” Out of all the potential situations in which I would imagine needing to be carded, a movie theatre was not one of them. I walked...

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