Institute Staff

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

Posts and Dispatches from Institute Staff:

• Video: Post-Putinist Russia
  How are they trying to keep teaching, researching and preserving Russia’s intellectual capital?...

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• Foreign Policy: Emily Schultheis on Dresden’s Nazi past
  “The Nazi Era Continues to Haunt This German City,” by Emily Schultheis (Germany, 2019-2021), Foreign Policy, February 10, 2024...

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• WSJ: Joel Millman on prisons-turned-wedding venues
  “Wedding Venues That Give a New Twist to the Ol’ Ball and Chain,” by Joel Millman (El Salvador, 1987-1989), Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2024...

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• Financial Times: Neri Zilber on Israel’s goal in Gaza
  “Can Israel achieve its war goals in Gaza?” by Neri Zilber (Israel, 2011-2013), Financial Times, January 30, 2024...

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• NY Magazine: Andrew Rice on Trump’s losses
  “Trump’s Reckoning Begins,” by Andrew Rice (Uganda, 2002-2004), New York Magazine, January 30, 2024...

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• New Yorker podcast: Pramila Jayapal on Biden’s coalition
  “Pramila Jayapal: Biden’s ‘Coalition has fractured,'” The New Yorker Radio Hour podcast with David Remnick and Pramila Jayapal (India, 1995-1996), January 19, 2024...

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• Literary Hub: Wendy Call on translating poetry
  “Wendy Call and Shook on the Power of Titles, Decolonization, and Translating Poems in Iterations,” a poets.org interview with Wendy Call (Mexico, 1999-2001) and David Shook, Literary Hub, January 8, 2024...

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• New date—February 16: Post-Putinist Russia panel discussion
  What are the main challenges facing institutional and social reform—including the questions of decolonialization, understanding of history and Russian identity, and interests of minority regions? What roles should the United States and other Western countries be playing? What lessons learned from the post-Soviet 1990s?...

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• The Guardian: Joshua Levkowitz on a Turkish chef and humanitarian organizer
  “‘Food is a tool for change’: the Turkish chef who empowers women, helps refugees – and serves a mean dobo,” by Joshua Levkowitz (Turkey, 2021-2023), The Guardian, January 1, 2024...

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• ICIJ: David Kenner on alleged Hamas financier
  “Alleged Hamas financier holds stake in Cyprus company that mines Egyptian gold, leaked files reveal,” by David Kenner (Saudi Arabia, 2019-2021), International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, December 20, 2023...

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