ICWA, Author at Institute of Current World Affairs

Eve Fairbanks in HuffPost: Don’t call the pandemic a war

Using loaded terminology to describe a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic only confuses the issue....

Washington Post: Hannah Armstrong on trafficking policy

Trafficking results in human suffering in West Africa, but removing it can bring instability, which complicates policymaking....

The American Prospect: Jonathan Guyer on the need to protest

A pandemic is not the time to fall in line behind the president, but to demand action....

Former fellow and trustee Carl Brown dies

The longtime Princeton University professor was one of the most respected historians of the modern Middle East and North Africa....

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. ...

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....

THE CABLE PODCAST: Coronavirus in the age of mass protests

A discussion with Michael Abramowitz & Samuel Brannen....

THE CABLE PODCAST: Returning democracy and human rights to foreign policy

A discussion with Dan Baer, Nicole Bibbins Sedaca and Lindsay Lloyd....

Globe and Mail: Neri Zilber on Israel’s preparedness

The country is uniquely equipped to cope with a pandemic like coronavirus....