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Putin’s Game of Chicken And How the West Can Win

Foreign Affairs- In his newest article, Gregory Feifer writes about the aftermath of the downing of the Russian aircraft on November 24,2015 and about Vladimir Putin’s next move. Feifer writes, “His moves toward rapprochement, no less than his hostility, are aimed not at building a genuine anti-terror coalition but at challenging the West to a high-stakes game […]

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France Is Fighting Its Own Taboos

Huffington Post – ICWA Trustee Julie Barlow and past Fellow Jean-Benoît Nadeau have co-authored an article about the political challenges that France now faces in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks.  Barlow and Nadeau have written extensively about French language and conversation and they posit that the issues that the attacks have brought into the spotlight, […]

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When It Comes to Vladimir Putin and Islamic State, Trust but Verify

Reuters – In his latest article, Gregory Feifer discusses the possibility of persuading Vladimir Putin to cooperate in Syria, motivated by the common goal of combating Islamic State.  Feifer writes, “Although Western governments are right to pursue any avenue that encourages genuine cooperation, they should be very, very wary of compounding the current crisis in Syria […]

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Arab Cartoonists Respond to the Tragedy in Paris

PRI – Jonathan Guyer spoke with Marco Werman of PRI’s The World about the response of Arab cartoonists and satirists in the wake of the terror attacks in Paris and Beirut. In the interview, Jonathan describes the unifying messages coming from Arabic cartoons in response to the tragedies.  He also discusses the global impact of terror and the […]

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Nothing to Lose: Côte d’Ivoire’s Troubled Campus Politics

As campus events go, it is difficult to imagine anything less controversial than the “Peace Fair” held at Côte d’Ivoire’s largest university one Friday morning last July. Part of a U.S. State Department-backed program intended to temper a politically volatile campus climate, the fair featured Ivoirian artists and singers, a blood-donation stand and booths where […]

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