Compass
A journal about global cultures and developments published by the Institute of Current World Affairs.
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Review: Opposing authoritarianism
Kafka’s The Trial: 1925-2025
Fellows
The latest dispatches from the institute’s fellows writing about Taiwan, South Korea, Portugal and the Norwegian Arctic. Sign up for emails to follow their research.
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Greenland chairs the Arctic Council
In Portugal, promoting safety at the party
Advancing understanding of global cultures and affairs
The Institute of Current World Affairs has sent outstanding young professionals abroad to acquire deep understanding of international societies for 100 years. They have become some of America's 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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We need your help to support our fellows
Support ICWAI 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.
