Institute Staff

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

Posts and Dispatches from Institute Staff:

• WNYC: Karina Piser on Brooklyn’s battle
  Following on the heels of Queens' epic struggle with Amazon, another New York City borough is waging war on grand-scale development....

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• The American Prospect: Jonathan Guyer on a cartoon’s potency
  The unpopularity of the Emirati-Israel accord in the Arab world can't be papered over....

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• TIME: Malia Politzer on what makes extremists tick
  Studies into what motivates people to become violent—and how to prevent them from becoming violent in the first place, are not without their own danger....

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• THE CABLE PODCAST: Revolution in Belarus
  A discussion with Vlad Kobets, David Kramer and Franak Viacorka. ...

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• NYT: Matthew Wheeler on Thailand’s emboldened protesters
  Bangkok activists are no longer content with carefully coded criticism of the monarchy, but now demand wholesale democratic change....

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• Forward: Neri Zilber on Trump’s damaging impact
  Benjamin Netanyahu has called Donald Trump Israel's “greatest friend” but the truth is quite different....

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• Politico: Emily Schultheis on Austrians visiting the Alps
  Usually deterred by bus loads of foreign tourists, Austrians have taken the opportunity of the corona virus lockdown to rediscover their own world-famous gem, scenic Hallstatt,...

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• FROM THE FIELD: Tourism in the age of coronavirus
  A conversation with Emily Schultheis....

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• THE CABLE PODCAST: Digital transatlantic alliance
  A discussion with Marietje Schaake & Tomicah Tillemann. ...

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• NCUSCR: Matt Chitwood on rural China
  Chitwood joins Mei Lan to discuss how life in the Chinese countryside is changing....

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