This collection houses the University's archive of the Brown Journal of World Affairs. Founded in 1993, the Brown Journal of World Affairs is a semiannual journal of international relations and foreign policy produced at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. The Journal features original articles by and interviews with world leaders, policymakers, and prominent academics.

Each issue is composed of several thematic sections that showcase unique and incisive scholarship on the salient international issues of today and tomorrow. Past contributors include Jimmy Carter, Samantha Power, Mikhail Gorbachev, John Kerry, and Joseph Stiglitz.