 Browne has also translated Croatian scholarly works, and translates from or teaches other South Slavic languages, in addition to Polish, Czech, Russian, Belarusian, Rusyn, and Old Church Slavonic.In 1994, Browne and his wife provided accommodation at their home for a student refugee from the Bosnian War, who arrived in the United States as part of a scheme organised by the Fellowship of Reconciliation.He later criticised the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia for its effect on civilians, while acknowledging, "if somebody is going to intervene militarily, Slobodan Milošević is a very good person to intervene against."