Trends in Organized Crime: Amelia Frank-Vitale on migrant smuggling
Coyotes, Caravans, and the Central American Migrant Smuggling Continuum, by Amelia Frank-Vitale (Mexico, 2012-2014), Trends in Organized Crime, December 2022
AFP: Robbie Corey-Boulet on marriage in Ukraine
Basement Bickering: Marriages Under Strain in War-Hit Ukraine, by Robbie Corey-Boulet (West Africa, 2014-2016), Agence France Press, January 9, 2023
Sapiens: Scott Erich on oil and global fishing
Fishing in the Shadow of Oil. In the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, fishing communities have become part of a complex “assemblage” of human and natural worlds shaped by the global fossil fuel industry, by Scott Erich (Oman, 2015-2016), Sapiens, January 5, 2023
TWI: Andrew Tabler on Syria’s energy crisis
To Ease Syria’s Energy Crisis, Assad Must Return to the Negotiating Table, by Andrew Tabler (Lebanon, Syria, 2005-2007) and Erik Yavorsky, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Dec 22, 2022
GRID: Emily Schultheis on Germany and QAnon
It’s Not Just QAnon: Why Germany Is a hotbed for Far-Right Conspiracy Movements, by Emily Schultheis (Germany, 2019-2021), GRID, December 22, 2022
Foreign Policy: Emily Schultheis on Europe and Russian energy
Europe Is Learning to Live Without Russian Energy, by Emily Schultheis (Germany, 2019-2021), Foreign Policy, December 21, 2022
Finance Uncovered: Malia Politzer and Simon Bowers on low-cost surrogacy
A team of journalists investigated potential ethical violations by one of the biggest players in the low-cost, international surrogacy business.
New Yorker: Astha Rajvanshi on a vanishing Indian village
A coal mining company run by Asia’s richest man is strip-mining tribal lands.
TLS: Gregory Feifer on two differing books about Putin
Philip Short and Mikhail Khodorkovsky with Martin Sixsmith have new books on the Russian president.
The Atlantic: Eve Fairbanks on cancel culture
Has concern about censorship itself threatened free speech?