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Twenty days at sea 

Brett Simpson

Racing to study climate change in the Arctic Ocean.

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Compass

A journal about global cultures and developments published by the Institute of Current World Affairs.

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Lessons from the post-WWII refugee crisis Lessons from the post-WWII refugee crisis

Lessons from the post-WWII refugee crisis

Dmitry Kharitonov
Sheila Fitzpatrick discusses her new book about the mass resettlement of displaced Soviets.

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After war with Israel, will Iranians support their regime? After war with Israel, will Iranians support their regime?

After war with Israel, will Iranians support their regime?

Barry Rosen
Both nationalism and resistance are surging. Which will endure?

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A forgotten vision for Middle East peace A forgotten vision for Middle East peace

A forgotten vision for Middle East peace

Daniel Warner
In 1919, the King-Crane Commission on the defunct Ottoman Empire issued a report one historian called ‘one of the great suppressed documents of the peacemaking era.’

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Fellows

The latest dispatches from the institute’s fellows writing about Taiwan, Brazil and the Norwegian Arctic. Sign up for emails to follow their research.

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An introduction to Brazil’s tangled drug policyAn introduction to Brazil’s tangled drug policy

An introduction to Brazil’s tangled drug policy

Rowland Robinson
After a series of reforms, can the country’s approach be as good as it looks on paper?

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On frames of beautyOn frames of beauty

On frames of beauty

Edric Huang
Notes on recent queer art exhibitions in Tokyo.

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Destroying the evidenceDestroying the evidence

Destroying the evidence

Brett Simpson
US government budget cuts targeted the global record of melting polar ice. The consequences for climate science could be calamitous.

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The Institute of Current World Affairs has sent outstanding young professionals abroad to acquire deep knowledge of international societies for 100 years. Many become leading experts on global cultures and affairs.

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ICWA@100

As ICWA marks its centenary this year, we’re looking back at the writing and lives of our fellows over the past 100 years.

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How Russians learned to stop worrying and love President PutinHow Russians learned to stop worrying and love President Putin

How Russians learned to stop worrying and love President Putin

Gregory Feifer on the Kremlin's takeover of the main independent television station NTV in 2001.

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Meeting in secret with the African National Congress presidentMeeting in secret with the African National Congress president

Meeting in secret with the African National Congress president

Peter Bird Martin on Albert John Luthuli in 1954.

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Peace Corps in ColombiaPeace Corps in Colombia

Peace Corps in Colombia

Pat Holt on the early days of the US volunteer agency.

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I can’t tell you how important the experience of the fellowship was for me. Those years I spent from 1971 to 1975 really shaped my ideas about health and healing in the natural world.

DR. ANDREW WEIL, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE ANDREW WEIL CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (ICWA FELLOW IN THE AMERICAS AND AFRICA, 1971-1975)
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