Foreign Policy: James Courtright on ethnic killings of Fulanis “Ethnic Killings by West African Armies Are Undermining Regional Security,” by James Courtright (West Africa, 2021-2023), Foreign Policy, March 7, 2023....
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Webinar video:
LGBTQ+ rights in Asia LGBTQ+ rights are under attack in a number of Asian countries, not least China, where the LGBTQ+ community is feeling the brunt of restrictions on civil society. Meanwhile, progress in other counties including Japan has been slow. The Institute of Current World Affairs held a Zoom webinar discussion on April 5, 2023 with David Mixner,...
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Eve Fairbanks wins PEN nonfiction award “The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’s Racial Reckoning,” by Eve Fairbanks (South Africa, 2009-2011) wins the 2023 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction....
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Andrew Rice nominated for ASME award Andrew Rice (Uganda, 2002-2004) and Olivia Nuzzi’s article, “What the Right Found on Hunter Biden’s Laptop,” in New York Magazine, has been named a finalist in the American Society of Magazine Editors’ 2023 National Magazine Awards....
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Christopher Ball in Quinnipiac conference on Ukraine Christopher Ball (Hungary, 1996-1998) is set to moderate a panel on global and American challenges one year into Russia’s war in Ukraine, part of a Quinnipiac University conference called “How the Ukrainian Displacement Crisis Shapes European and American Policy.” Saturday, February 25, 2023, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. For more information and to attend, click...
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Washington Institute: Andrew Tabler on Syrian earthquake aid “Helping Syrian Earthquake Victims, Not Assad,” by Andrew Tabler (Lebanon, Syria, 2005-2007), The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 16, 2023 ...
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Kendal Price raises ethics questions about
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts ICWA alumnus Kendal Price (South Africa, 1981 – 1984) has found evidence he says raises ethics questions about the wife of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, Jane Sullivan Roberts, who has made millions of dollars recruiting lawyers to leading law firms, some with business before the court. Kendal’s letters to Congress and the Justice Department...
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NYT: Shannon Sims on rebuilding after Hurricane Ian “‘There’s No Spring Break Here’: Florida’s Gulf Coast Fights to Rebound After Hurricane Ian,” by Shannon Sims (Brazil, 2012-2014), The New York Times, February 13, 2023...
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Pramila Jayapal named ranking member of immigration subcommittee Progressive champion Pramila Jayapal named ranking member of immigration subcommittee, DAILY KOS on Rep. Pramila Jayapal (India, 1995-96), February 2, 2023...
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TIME: Astha Rajvanshi on Indian crony capitalism “What Adani’s Downfall Tells Us About India’s Crony Capitalism,” by Astha Rajvanshi (India, 2020 – 2022), TIME, February 1, 2023...
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