Jonathan Guyer has won third prize for arts and entertainment commentary in the Society for Features Journalism’s 2017 Excellence in Features awards. Jonathan was recognized for his work about art and comics in the Middle East. Guyer is one of the rising experts on art and satire in the Middle East. Guyer was a Fellow […]
Former ICWA Fellow Andrew Rice was recently published in New York Magazine with an article titled: “Is Trump Inc. the President’s Greatest Vulnerability?” The article discusses how Trump’s business ties may spell trouble for his presidency. Whether it involves conflicts of interests with his own company, or those he supports (including the company of his […]
Our interim director and ICWA Past Fellow, Gregory Feifer, reviews “The Russian Revolution” by Sean McMeekin in the New York Times. Feifer was an ICWA Fellow in Russia from 2000 to 2002. While Feifer calls the book well written, he also points out a lack of perspective on right-wing ideology. Click for the full review. […]
Celebrate. Innovate. Make Possible. was the theme for PATH’s 40th anniversary celebration, which took place on Friday, May 12, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. PATH is a global health innovation organization that works to improve the health of the most marginalized groups of people, notably women and girls. I had the privilege to speak as a […]
Former ICWA fellow Andrew Tabler has published an article titled “The Scramble for Eastern Syria” in Foreign Affairs. This piece discusses the possibilities of who will take control of Syria after ISIS is gone. With increased US/Allied efforts to rid the region, and Syria specifically, the question of who will occupy that power position becomes increasingly […]
Former ICWA fellow Shannon Sims has just published an article in CityLab titled: “How Bostonians Defeated the Olympics.” The piece discusses how the citizens of Boston overturned the city’s nomination to be the US bid location for the Olympic Games, and the reasoning behind that movement from the perspectives of observers and participants. You can read […]
Nicholas Schmidle, a former ICWA fellow in Pakistan from 2006 to 2008, has just published an article in The New Yorker titled: “James Comey’s Intellectual History.” The piece highlights Comey’s background leading up to the controversy and events surrounding his recent dismissal by President Trump as Director of the FBI. The article documents his rise […]
“Trafficking in Persons (TIP) is the third most lucrative business in the world, after drugs and arms sales,” an official from the Nigerian National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) told students during a three-day training workshop held from May 22-24 in Abuja. The workshop aimed to increase the awareness of in-school […]
Millions of children live in poverty in Nigeria;lacking access to clean water, food, health care services, and education. Two and a half million children suffer from severe acute malnutrition, “defined by a very low weight for height (below -3z scores of the median WHO growth standards), by visible severe wasting, or by the presence of […]
Ezra Fieser, a former ICWA fellow who studied in Guatemala from 2008 to 2010, wrote in Bloomberg about the effects of Trump’s proposed aid scale backs. In an article titled: “Russia and China Are Bulking Up in the U.S.’s Backyard,” Fieser looks at the effects of the scale backs in the international arena, and how Russia and […]