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“Israeli protesters: ‘Traitors’ and ‘anarchists’ or best and brightest?” by Neri Zilber (Israel, 2011-2013), The Christian Science Monitor, March 10, 2023. […]

Foreign Policy: James Courtright on ethnic killings of Fulanis

Posted on March 10, 2023 (March 10, 2023) by ICWA

“Ethnic Killings by West African Armies Are Undermining Regional Security,” by James Courtright (West Africa, 2021-2023), Foreign Policy, March 7, 2023. […]

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LGBTQ+ rights in Asia

Posted on March 9, 2023 (April 14, 2023) by ICWA

LGBTQ+ rights are under attack in a number of Asian countries, not least China, where the LGBTQ+ community is feeling the brunt of restrictions on civil society. Meanwhile, progress in other counties including Japan has been slow. The Institute of Current World Affairs held a Zoom webinar discussion on April 5, 2023 with David Mixner, […]

A Syrian family in Istanbul has nowhere else to go

Posted on March 6, 2023 (March 6, 2023) by Joshua Levkowitz

After narrowly escaping Turkey’s earthquake, some believe they’re in the line of the next big one. […]

Eve Fairbanks wins PEN nonfiction award

Posted on March 6, 2023 (May 5, 2023) by ICWA

“The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’s Racial Reckoning,” by Eve Fairbanks (South Africa, 2009-2011) wins the 2023 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction. […]