A discussion with Andrew Baker, Stacy Burdett and Susan Corke. […]
THE CABLE PODCAST: Anti-Semitism on the rise
AFP: Robbie Corey-Boulet on violence in southern Ethiopia
Ethiopian security forces have embarked on a campaign of forced disarmament that regional leaders and witnesses say has been accompanied by the shooting of civilians, mass detentions and beatings, former ICWA fellow Robbie Corey-Boulet (Ivory Coast and Cameroon, 2013-2015) reports for Agence France Presse. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed—this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate—is facing a […]
The American Prospect: Jonathan Guyer on the Democrats’ worldview
ICWA former fellow Jonathan Guyer (Egypt, 2015-2017) discusses the main presidential candidates’ views on foreign affairs. Read the full article here. Image credits here. […]
AFP: Robbie Corey-Boulet on Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize winner
Former ICWA fellow Robbie Corey-Boulet (Ivory Coast and Cameroon, 2013-2015) reports for Agence France Presse about the remarkable rise of Ethiopia’s reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Read the full article here. Photo credit here. […]
Washington Post: Karina Piser on Macron’s lurch to the right
France’s new restrictions on asylum seekers have alarmed human rights groups, Karina Piser (France, 2017-2019) reports for The Washington Post. Is the move “tactical,” to defuse the far right’s appeal, or is President Emmanuel Macron simply beginning to show his true colors? Read the full article here. Image credit here. […]
NOV. 8:
Karina Piser on French identity politics
France’s law on secularism has been weaponized against Muslims in the country, newly returned Paris fellow Karina Piser told an ICWA gathering at the Microsoft flagship store in New York on Friday, November 8. She was speaking about identity politics in France at the end of her two-year fellowship. Her research explored government initiatives to […]
THE CABLE PODCAST: Turkey’s political landscape
A discussion with Jonathan Katz, Lisel Hintz & Ozgur Unluhisarcikli. […]
BLOG: US State Department downgrades travel alert for El Salvador
Although homicides have decreased, the timing remains suspicious. […]
UPCOMING:
Karina Piser in New York
Please join us in New York to hear returning ICWA fellow Karina Piser talk about identity politics in France, at the Microsoft flagship store from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 8. Karina’s fellowship has explored government initiatives to promote French secularism and social cohesion in the aftermath of the 2015 and 2016 terrorist […]
THE CABLE PODCAST: Poland and Hungary go to the polls
A discussion with Susan Corke, Melissa Hooper and Dalibor Rohac. […]