Compass
A journal about global cultures and developments published by the Institute of Current World Affairs.
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I’ve lost 62 percent of my life to war
With Lebanon under a new invasion by Israel, its people are calculating the toll from years of conflict.
Revolution redux
The early Soviet writer Vladimir Zazubrin’s depictions of cruelty and violence have largely been forgotten. It’s time to change that.
At both center and edge in the Strait of Hormuz
In Oman a decade ago, remembering everyday life at a global chokepoint
Fellows
The latest dispatches from the institute’s fellows writing about the Philippines, Brazil and the Norwegian Arctic. Sign up for emails to follow their research.
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The people’s proceedings
At the trial of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in The Hague, his victims take center stage.
The road to Carnival
In Brazil, the celebration is about forgetting problems in a country full of them.
Advancing understanding of global cultures and affairs
The Institute of Current World Affairs has sent outstanding young professionals abroad to acquire deep knowledge of international societies for more than 100 years.
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ICWA@100
As the institute marks its centenary, we’re looking back at the writing and lives of our fellows over the past 100 years.
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Visiting Mahatma Gandhi in colonial India
Phillips Talbot spends time with the visionary leader and his community of disciples in 1941.
The Students of Prague
Barbara Bright Novovitch takes the pulse of young people in Czechoslovakia in 1969 following the Soviet invasion.
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