Institute Staff

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

Posts and Dispatches from Institute Staff:

• Bloomberg Businessweek: Shannon Sims on Houston vs. the coronavirus
  The city with a world-renowned medical center couldn’t stop Covid-19....

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• Washington Post: Eve Fairbanks on why the debate was great
  In most debates, candidates just recite soundbites. At this one, they revealed their true characters....

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• Africa Arguments: Hannah Armstrong on images of the Sahel
  Swiss photographer Philippe Dudouit's new book captures the nuance often missing from depictions of the Sahel....

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• FROM THE FIELD: Voices from India’s economic crisis
  A report from Astha Rajvanshi. ...

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• Mother Jones: Karina Piser on food-insecure families losing funding
  An important resource in fighting child hunger is set expire, leaving millions of children without funds for food....

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• Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Israel’s crisis at home
  International peace deals will not help Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu control the fires burning at home....

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• 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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