Institute Staff

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

Posts and Dispatches from Institute Staff:

• Bloomberg: Ezra Fieser on Venezuela’s failed coup
  “Trump-Backed Dream of a Venezuela Coup Dies With Maduro Gaining Power,” by Ezra Fieser (Guatemala, 2008-2010) and Andreina Itriago Acosta, Bloomberg, January 31, 2023 ...

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• MERIP: Hannah Armstrong on France’s exit from the Sahel
  “Exit France—The Influence of External Actors in the Sahel Region,” by Hannah Armstrong (West Africa, 2012-2014), Middle East Research and Information Project, 2022 winter edition...

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• Foreign Policy: Neri Zilber on Israel’s tech sector in doubt
  “Will Less Democracy Kill Israel’s Tech Sector?” by Neri Zilber (Israel, 2011 – 2013), Foreign Policy, January 26, 2023...

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• Foreign Policy: Emily Schultheis on Czechia’s presidential election
  “Andrej Babis’s Scorched-Earth Bid for the Czech Presidency,” by Emily Schultheis, (Germany, 2019-2021), Foreign Policy, January 26, 2023...

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• Kendal Price on potential ethics issues for chief justice
  At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a Spouse’s Business Ties, The New York Times on Kendal Price (South Africa, 1981-1984) raising concerns about Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’s potential conflict of interest, January 31, 2022...

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• DCist: Tyrone Turner on remembering MLK in DC
  The Whole of his Dream Had to Do With Economic Empowerment, by Amanda Michelle Gomez, photos by Tyrone Turner (Brazil, 1998 – 2000), DCist, January 16, 2023...

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• NY Magazine: Andrew Rice on Ashley Biden’s stolen diary
  Will Ashley Biden’s Diary Take Down Project Veritas? by Andrew Rice (Uganda, 2002-2004), New York Magazine, January 16, 2023...

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• WSJ: Joel Millman on Christmas and goats
  It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year—for Goats (No Kidding), by Joel Millman (Central America, 1987-1989), The Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2023...

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• ISEAS webinar: Matt Wheeler on Thailand’s south
  Peace Dialogue in Thailand’s Deep South: Prospects and Pitfalls, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute webinar, January 31, 2023, 10:00 a.m. (SG time), speaker Matt Wheeler (Thailand, 2002-2004).   ...

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• Jori Lewis in CS Monitor’s Best Books 2022
  Wrapping Up the Year in Books: The Best of 2022, in the Christian Science Monitor, includes Jori Lewis’s (Senegal, 2011-2013) new book: Slaves for peanuts: A story of conquest, liberation, and a crop that changed history...

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