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The Institute of Current World Affairs shares past fellows’ work from the around the web.
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Ivory Coast president says deal reached to end army mutiny Past Fellow Robbie Corey-Boulet and Alexis Adele report for WCVB5 ABC on the deal reached by Ivory Coast President Alassane Quattara to end a two-day army mutiny, that renewed security concerns in the world’s top cocoa producer and Africa’s fastest-growing economy....
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ICWA Trustee Mike Lampton Interviewed on Trump’s Taiwan Phone Call ICWA Trustee Mike Lampton, among the world’s eminent China scholars, appeared December 6th on PRI’s ‘On Point’ to discuss ‘US-China Relations on Edge with President-elect Trump.’ The show, widely broadcast on NPR, featured Mike’s expert assessment of the impact of Trump’s phone call with the President of Taiwan. http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/12/06/us-china-relations-trump...
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How Europe Sees the US Presidential Election ICWA EVENT Event: ‘How Europe Sees the US Presidential Election’ Venue: The Embassy of Croatia; Washington, DC Date/time: October 24, 2016, noon to 2PM Participants: Professor Federiga Bindi, University of Rome (Italy) Martina Buttler, Foreign Correspondent, ARD German Radio (Germany) David Cadier, TAPIR Fellow, SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations (France) Amb. William Eacho, ret. Ambassador to...
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ICWA Annual Newsmaker Dinner Event REGISTER NOW – LIMITED CAPACITY!! ‘Iran, Oman, and the US’ with 3 world class experts Friday, December 2, 2016 when: 5:00pm – 9:00pm where: The Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue NW; Washington, DC ICWA Fellowship Report Scott Erich on ‘The Most Overlooked, Critical Country in the Middle East – Oman’ Oman played a key role...
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How Europe Sees the Presidential Election In addition to Al-Jazeera and other media, Transatlantic Magazine covered ICWA’s 24 October event on ‘How Europe Sees the US Presidential Election.’ This well-attended event included panelist and Trustee Tod Sedgwick and past fellow and past Chair, Joe Battat. Transatlantic Magazine Editor Robert Guttman writes that “The conference, hosted by my former colleagues, the Johns...
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China’s Role in the Middle East December 2, 2016 - Washington, D.C. | In Partnership with Johns Hopkins - SAIS Join us for a discussion on China and how its policies and foreign investments are shaping the geopolitics of the Middle East....
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Introducing the 2016 ICWA Fellow Institute of Current World Affairs awards 2016 Fellowship to Onyinye Edeh for work on Girls’ Empowerment in Nigeria Washington – The Institute of Current World Affairs proudly announces the winner of the 2016 ICWA Fellowship, Onyinye Edeh of Stone Mountain, Georgia. Ms. Edeh’s two-year ICWA Fellowship will be in Nigeria and Niger where she will focus on...
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In the Know – The Bonjour Effect The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed, the latest book on French language and culture from past ICWA Fellows Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau received a glowing review in The New York Times Book Review this week. Molly Young writes that The Bonjour Effect, the latest of Barlow and Nadeau’s several books on France...
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The Geopolitics of LGBT Rights Conference Read ICWA Fellow’s Robbie Corey-Boulet’s recap & watch the video here. In May of 2016, ICWA co-hosted a major conference on the struggle for LBGT rights around the globe. Keynote speaker Randy Berry, Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT persons will present along with panelists from five continents. The event was hosted in partnership...
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‘Panama Papers’ in Perspective – Tracing Illicit Capital Flows Renowned expert and ICWA Trustee Krishen Mehta explains how some $30 trillion in illicit capital flows to secrecy jurisdictions keep poor countries mired in poverty and increase global insecurity for everyone. Widely consulted, Mr. Mehta appears in the acclaimed documentary, ‘The Price We Pay.’...