Institute Staff

The Institute of Current World Affairs shares past fellows’ work from the around the web.

Posts and Dispatches from Institute Staff:

• Foreign Policy: Emily Schultheis on German debt
  “Is Berlin Ready to Break the Bank?” by Emily Schultheis (Germany, 2019-2021), Foreign Policy, June 13, 2023 ...

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• NYT: Joshua Levkowitz on Syrians in Turkey
  “Scapegoated by Everyone, Wanted by No One,” by Joshua Levkowitz (Syrians in exile, 2021-2023), New York Times, July 12, 2023...

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• NY Magazine: Andrew Rice on office space in NYC
  “New Glut City,” by Andrew Rice (Uganda, 2002-2004), New York Magazine, July 17, 2023...

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• ICIJ: David Kenner on Germany and the Panama Papers
  “Plaintiff seeks to anonymously sue Germany for alleged breach of contract to share revenue raised due to Panama Papers’ tax fraud investigations,” by David Kenner (Saudi Arabia, 2019-2021) and Hamish Boland-Rudder, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, July 13, 2023...

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• After the Wagner mutiny, is Putin still Russia’s irreplaceable man?
  The mercenary group’s revolt raises more questions than answers, ICWA fellows say....

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• Jori Lewis wins James Beard Book Award
  “Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History,” by Jori Lewis (Senegal, 2011-2013) wins a 2023 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference, History and Scholarship....

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• Hoover: Paul Rahe on Putin’s folly in Ukraine
  “Putin’s Folly in Ukraine: NATO Redivivus,” by Paul Rahe (Turkey, Greece, 1984-1986), Strategika, Hoover Institution, May 18, 2023...

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• Video: Steven Tagle Greece fellowship report and panel
  “Borders are important,” ICWA Fellow Steven Tagle said during his fellowship report at New York’s Lotos Club on May 18. They separate “but at the same time invite you to cross.” He was quoting Angela Giannakidou, president of the Ethnological Museum of Thrace in northeastern Greece, with whom he made many trips to remote villages...

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• Photos: ICWA spring dinner 2023
  It was a delight for all the senses at the institute’s spring dinner at New York’s Lotos Club on May 18. Former fellows joined trustees, friends and soon-to-be returning fellow from Greece Steven Tagle and family in the club’s fabulous library, where New York Magazine writer Andrew Rice spoke about his fellowship in Uganda (2002...

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• Two new trustees join ICWA board
  We’re delighted to announce the appointment of two new trustees to the ICWA board, Cris Duschek (fellow in Romania, 2004-2006) and Peter Leon. Trustee Constance Whiteside is also stepping down at the end of her term and will be missed.   Peter Leon Peter Leon is a partner and global Africa chair of the international...

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