Compass
A journal about global cultures and developments published by the Institute of Current World Affairs.
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Review: Is GPS leading us in the wrong direction?
A new book points to the dangers of relying on a technology with flaws, vulnerabilities and competitors.
Math, an ICWA fellowship and the Red Scare
The Institute of Current World Affairs wanted to send Kenneth May to the Soviet Union in the 1930s. It helped him become a leading mathematician instead.
Fellows
The latest dispatches from the institute’s fellows writing about the Philippines, Jordan, Japan and the Norwegian Arctic. Sign up for emails to follow their research.
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A hopeful goodbye
Coda for an ICWA fellowship, with gratitude for everyone who crossed my path along the way.
Advancing understanding of global cultures and affairs
The Institute of Current World Affairs has sent outstanding young professionals abroad to acquire deep knowledge of international societies for more than 100 years.
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From the archive
As the institute enters its second century, we’re looking back at the writing and lives of our fellows over the past 100 years.
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ICWA Anthology
Our new collection of fellows’ writing, providing insights into a century of global developments.
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Carol Rose reports from Pakistan in 1992 about the dilemmas facing Afghan refugees after the collapse of their country’s communist rule.
The Portuguese colonial holdouts
David Hapgood reports in 1962 about resistance to independence for Guinea-Bissau.
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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.
