Dispatches
The latest from the institute’s fellows writing about Taiwan, South Korea, Portugal and the Norwegian Arctic. Sign up for emails to follow their research.
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In Portugal, promoting safety at the party
One organization’s mission to help recreational drug users.
How protests protect South Korea’s mercurial democracy
Citizens unite on the streets after President Yoon’s martial law decree.
ICWA@100
As ICWA marks its centenary this year, we’re looking back at the writing and lives of our fellows over the past 100 years.
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ICWA@100: Democratic striving in Syria
Under Bashar al-Assad’s early rule, opposition groups sought fundamental change.
ICWA@100: Czechoslovakia’s first president tours the countryside
ICWA’s first fellow John O. Crane reports.
Advancing understanding of global cultures and affairs
The Institute of Current World Affairs has sent outstanding young professionals abroad to acquire deep understanding of international societies for 100 years. They have become some of America's leading experts on global cultures and affairs.
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Support ICWAI can’t tell you how important the experience of the fellowship was for me. Those years I spent from 1971 to 1975 really shaped my ideas about health and healing in the natural world.
