Institute Staff

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

Posts and Dispatches from Institute Staff:

• The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber compares Netanyahu and Trump
  The Israeli president is copying his US counterpart's playbook to salvage his political career. ...

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• The Guardian: Hannah Rae Armstrong on sheep fighting in Algeria
  It's a means of subverting the surveillance state. ...

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• The New Yorker: Nicholas Schmidle on Pakistan and the CIA
  The CIA's relationship with Pakistan is defined by frustration. ...

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• WAMU: Tyrone Turner braves the cold
  Maryland students plunge into the frigid Chesapeake Bay waters for a Special Olympics fundraiser....

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• The New Yorker: Nicholas Schmidle on the war on terror
  The Pentagon is setting its sights on Russia....

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• Glamour: Pramila Jayapal on boycotting the State of the Union
  An interview with the congresswoman and former ICWA fellow....

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• WPR: Robbie Corey-Boulet’s Africa news picks
  Some of the best articles about the continent's politics and current events....

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• Bloomberg: Ezra Fieser on Raul Castro
  The Cuban president holds on to power a little longer....

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• WAMU: Tyrone Turner photographs Washington winter fashion
  Residents attempt to balance style with warmth....

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• The Nation: Karina Piser on Muslim students and French secularism
  Many believe a principle designed to unite often excludes them from ideas about what it means to be French....

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