Institute Staff

The Institute of Current World Affairs shares past fellows’ work from the around the web.

Posts and Dispatches from Institute Staff:

• NPR: Pramila Jayapal on Trump’s funding cuts
  Rep. Pramila Jayapal (India, 1995-1996) spoke with Steve Inskeep about the White House’s plans to slash critical foreign aid and public broadcasting on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition,” June 4, 2025....

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• Andrew Rice wins New York Press Club award
  Andrew Rice (Uganda, 2002-2004) and Isabelle Brourman received the 2025 Continuing Coverage in a National Magazine Award from the New York Press Club for “Trump’s Trials” in New York Magazine....

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• ICIJ: David Kenner on the fall of a Pentagon contractor’s empire
  “How a Pentagon contractor built a global empire—and a massive tax evasion scheme,” by David Kenner (Saudi Arabia, 2019 – 2021), International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, May 23, 2025...

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• The Nation: Susan Brind Morrow on preserving America
  “February Storms in a Country That Still Works—for Now,” by Susan Brind Morrow (Egypt, Sudan, 1989-1990), The Nation, February 26, 2025...

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• FORBES Africa: Joel Millman on Africa’s agricultural entrepreneurs
  “Advancing Agriculture,” by Joel Millman (El Salvador, 1987-1989), Forbes Africa, February-March 2025 issue...

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• POLITICO: Emily Schultheis recaps Germany’s elections
  “The inside story of how 31 days made Merz chancellor—and changed Germany forever,” by Emily Schultheis (Germany, 2019-2021) and Nette Noestlinger, POLITICO, February 24, 2025...

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• NY Magazine: Andrew Rice on FBI Director Kash Patel
  “Vengeance Is His,” by Andrew Rice (Uganda, 2002-2004), New York Magazine, February 22, 2025...

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• NYRB: Suzy Hansen reviews books on the US in Afghanistan
  “The Price of American ‘Safety’,” Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009), The New York Review of Books, March 13, 2025...

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• Stephen Maly launches Substack newsletter
  Stephen Maly (Canada, 1989-1991) is launching a newsletter named Freshpolitique on Substack. “My aim is to take a fresh approach to the many topics that comprise the multi-faceted domain of international affairs,” he writes. “The world order I envision borrows pragmatic aspects of both realism and idealism while blending ancient and modern concepts; it’s not...

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• WSJ: Joel Millman on meals from Guatemala
  “1,800 Miles to Satisfy a Craving: Meet the World’s Most Dedicated Food-Delivery Guy,” by Joel Millman (El Salvador, 1987-1989), Wall Street Journal, January 2, 2025...

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