ICWA, Author at Institute of Current World Affairs

Washington Post: Karina Piser on Macron’s lurch to the right

France’s new restrictions on asylum seekers have alarmed human rights groups, Karina Piser (France, 2017-2019) reports for The Washington Post. Is the move “tactical,” to defuse the far right’s appeal, or is President Emmanuel Macron simply beginning to show his true colors? Read the full article here. Image credit here....

NOV. 8:
Karina Piser on French identity politics

France’s law on secularism has been weaponized against Muslims in the country, newly returned Paris fellow Karina Piser told an ICWA gathering at the Microsoft flagship store in New York on Friday, November 8. She was speaking about identity politics in France at the end of her two-year fellowship. Her research explored government initiatives to...

THE CABLE PODCAST: Turkey’s political landscape

A discussion with Jonathan Katz, Lisel Hintz & Ozgur Unluhisarcikli....

UPCOMING:
Karina Piser in New York

Please join us in New York to hear returning ICWA fellow Karina Piser talk about identity politics in France, at the Microsoft flagship store from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 8. Karina’s fellowship has explored government initiatives to promote French secularism and social cohesion in the aftermath of the 2015 and 2016 terrorist...

THE CABLE PODCAST: Poland and Hungary go to the polls

A discussion with Susan Corke, Melissa Hooper and Dalibor Rohac. ...

The American Prospect: Jonathan Guyer on the Arab press

An assault on press freedoms has gone on virtually unmentioned....

NYT: Shannon Sims on Cuban music

Leaving Havana behind, Sims catches the island's beat....

The Atlantic: Emily Schultheis on Austria’s unsinkable FPÖ

Scandals have certainly weakened the FPÖ, but it's not going away....