The Kennedy Center’s exhibition of the former president’s paintings of veterans rewrites the history of the Iraq war, former fellow Jonathan Guyer (Egypt, 2015-2017) writes in The American Prospect. […]
Hans Morgenthau took the American foreign policy establishment by storm in 1948 with Politics Among Nations, writes board chair and former fellow Paul Rahe (Turkey, 1984-1986) in The American Interest. But the so-called father of realism’s own understanding of statesmanship was “rather unrealistic.” […]
A discussion with Karen Donfried and Jeff Gedmin. Reporting by Emily Schultheis. […]
Nico DiMarco has been deaf since birth, but that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing a side career as a DJ in Washington, DC. Tyrone Turner (Brazil, 1999-2000) and Mikaela Lefrak record his pulsating sound for WAMU radio. […]
30 years after the fall of the Wall, Germans born in 1989 reflect on why right-wing populism is ascendant in the east. […]
A discussion with Karen Donfried and Jeff Gedmin. Reporting by Emily Schultheis. […]
Residents in both Ethiopia and Eritrea complain of a lack of progress on demarcating their shared border despite a much-lauded peace deal, ICWA fellow Robbie Corey-Boulet (Ivory Coast and Cameroon, 2013-2015) reports for Agence France Presse. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end hostilities, but locals say they don’t see the peace. […]
Speaking at a conference of the liberal pro-Israel advocacy group J Street , Bernie Sanders energized the crowd by recommending a tough love approach to Israel, ICWA former fellow Jonathan Guyer (Egypt, 2015-2017) writes in The American Prospect. The senator from Vermont advocated conditioning aid to Israel on its human rights record. “He can take credit for creating space for a more robust discussion of the U.S.-Israel relationship, offering a progressive blueprint going forward,” Jonathan writes. […]
A majority of Central American migrants come from rural communities, where their presence is missed during annual traditions. […]
Johns Hopkins SAIS Magazine features Matt Chitwood (China, 2017-2019) as a noteworthy alum, who is chronicling the transformation of China from his home in a remote village in Yunnan province.
“Changes have been taking place in Bangdong village, where I live,” Matt writes. “Spring tea season has come and gone. Some have married, and some have passed… and my neighbors ate their dog.” […]