Israel and Hezbollah – A Fragile Peace
Tablet – Past Fellow Neri Zilber delves into the complex reality of life along Israel’s border with Lebanon in his recent article. Along the so-called Blue Line that divides the two countries, the threat of conflict between the Israel Defense Forces and the Shi’a militia group Hezbollah is ever-present. Neri describes how 10 years on
Wings to Nowhere — Birds, Land Use, and Climate
Luis whips his head around so quickly that a droplet of water flies out of his nose. He’s mid-sentence, walking through the heavy sand and talking about community-based management for his town, when he stops abruptly. His eyes grow wide behind his square-ish glasses, and the skin on his thin face pushes back into an
Andrew Tabler Only Analyst Quoted in NYT Article on Assad Speech
The New York Times – In a recent speech, Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad appeared to reject humanitarian relief and all attempts to peacefully end the civil war raging in the country. Past ICWA Fellow Andrew Tabler, now a Syria expert at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, was the sole analyst quoted in David E. Sanger
BBC Newshour Interview
BBC Newshour – Following the sinking of a migrant boat off the coast of Crete, past ICWA Fellow Joel Millman was interviewed on BBC’s Newshour. Millman, a spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration in Geneva, spoke about the problem of overcrowding on migrant boats and Europe’s preparedness to deal with migration in a complex, global
Netanyahu’s Coalition Games
Foreign Affairs – Former Fellow Neri Zilber has written a new article on the recent upheaval in Israeli politics, when Labor party chairman Isaac Herzog entered into talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about joining the current government only to have the deal fall apart. According to Zilber, “Herzog has become a laughingstock, both within his
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
What Can a National Park Do?
“Mexico has many good laws.” Professor Martín Soto leans back from behind a clump of papers on his desk and sighs. “It’s the enforcement that lacks.” I’m sitting in Martin’s office on the second story of the Marine Science and Limnology Institute in Mazatlán, Mexico. The building hangs on the edge of a cliff above
Update from Puerto Chiapas
We just crossed the dreaded Gulf of Tehuantepec: the southernmost gulf in Pacific Mexico, where winds funnel out of the Caribbean, howling down across land to gobble up sailboats in the Pacific with 20-30′ waves. We grabbed our weather window and raced Prism on a double overnight to Puerto Chiapas. A great adventure and test
Israel’s Secret Weapon Against Terror
The Daily Beast – In his latest article, past ICWA Fellow Neri Zilber examines an important and often overlooked factor that is contributing to the decline in violence in the West Bank, the work of the Palestinian Authority Security Forces. The PASF cooperates with the Israel Defense Forces to contain Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has been and continues to
The Bonjour Effect
The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed is the latest book on French language and culture from past ICWA Fellows Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau. The Bonjour Effect explores and examines the art of French conversation and explains the way that the French talk about themselves, the world, and everything in between.