Institute Staff

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

Posts and Dispatches from Institute Staff:

• Video: Covid-19 webinar with ICWA fellows
  How does life under lockdown compare around the world? Fellows Elizabeth Hawkins (El Salvador), David Kenner (Lebanon), Emily Schultheis (Germany) and Astha Rajvanshi (India) debrief on responses to the coronavirus pandemic in their regions in an ICWA webinar on April 7, 2020. Executive director Gregory Feifer moderates.     ...

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• NYT: Karina Piser on grandma’s cookies
  While stuck inside her New York apartment during the coronavirus pandemic, Karina recreates her grandmother's savory cachkitas....

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• THE CABLE PODCAST: Coronavirus in the age of mass protests
  A discussion with Michael Abramowitz & Samuel Brannen....

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• THE CABLE PODCAST: Returning democracy and human rights to foreign policy
  A discussion with Dan Baer, Nicole Bibbins Sedaca and Lindsay Lloyd....

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• Globe and Mail: Neri Zilber on Israel’s preparedness
  The country is uniquely equipped to cope with a pandemic like coronavirus....

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• The New Republic: Gregory Feifer on Putin’s strategy
  The Russian president is expertly maneuvering toward power for life by cloaking his moves as the reluctant bride....

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• The New Republic: Eve Fairbanks on coronavirus guilt
  "It’s not just the sense that we could be in danger, but that we could become endangerers without knowing it or being able to know it."...

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• THE CABLE PODCAST: Election 2020
  A discussion with Anthony Robinson & Max Bergmann. ...

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• THE CABLE PODCAST: Poland on the brink
  A roundtable with Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz, Maria Skóra & Melissa Hooper....

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• Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on honey traps
  Hamas has attempted to infiltrate Israeli soldiers' phones by posing as friendly women on the internet....

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