Institute Staff

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

Posts and Dispatches from Institute Staff:

• The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Purim
  Tel Aviv is a raucous party on "Jewish Halloween."...

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• Gregory Feifer appointed ICWA executive director
  A former fellow, he has served as interim director since June....

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• Brookings: Cheng Li on China’s constitutional conundrum
  Xi Jinping's power grab reflects one of his leadership's greatest paradoxes....

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• The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Israeli-Palestinian cooperation
  Coordination has grown since the White House's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital....

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• The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber compares Netanyahu and Trump
  The Israeli president is copying his US counterpart's playbook to salvage his political career. ...

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• The Guardian: Hannah Rae Armstrong on sheep fighting in Algeria
  It's a means of subverting the surveillance state. ...

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• The New Yorker: Nicholas Schmidle on Pakistan and the CIA
  The CIA's relationship with Pakistan is defined by frustration. ...

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• WAMU: Tyrone Turner braves the cold
  Maryland students plunge into the frigid Chesapeake Bay waters for a Special Olympics fundraiser....

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• The New Yorker: Nicholas Schmidle on the war on terror
  The Pentagon is setting its sights on Russia....

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• Glamour: Pramila Jayapal on boycotting the State of the Union
  An interview with the congresswoman and former ICWA fellow....

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