The Institute of Current World Affairs (ICWA)

Karina Piser

As secularism and Charlie Hebdo become sacred, any criticism of the Republic is considered a threat.

Matthew Chitwood

What Chinese villagers think about a looming trade war.

ICWA director joins foreign policy experts and former officials ahead of the alliance’s summit.

Watch highlights from ICWA's panel "The migration cycle: The US role in Latin American migration."

Karina Piser

Reaction to a terrorist threat may be another example of the right-wing wave sweeping Europe.

As Washington launches a trade war with Beijing, China's farmers see US tariffs as an act of aggression.

Karina Piser

A new controversy over the headscarf is distracting the authorities.

Snapshots of life after deportation.

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

A leading China scholar, Doak Barnett played a critical role in the Nixon-Kissinger opening to China.

Onyinye Edeh

Four years after the Chibok kidnapping, little has been done to to protect Nigerians from a militant group that is upending life for millions.

Pramila Jayapal on immigration.

Matthew Chitwood

Routine and vulnerability in a day in the life of a Chinese village.