Institute Staff

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

Posts and Dispatches from Institute Staff:

• 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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• POLITICO: Emily Schultheis on lessons for California from Switzerland
  “What California can learn from the place that invented the initiative,” by Emily Schultheis (Germany, 2019-2021), POLITICO, January 4, 2025...

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• Washington Institute video: Andrew Tabler on why Assad fell
  “The Syria Breakdown, Episode One: Why Assad Fell,” by Andrew Tabler (Lebanon, Syria, 2005-2007), Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 19, 2024...

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• McGill Reporter: Jean-Benoît Nadeau on a biodiversity initiative
  “Champions of biodiversity,” by Jean-Benoît Nadeau (France, 1998-2000), McGill Reporter, November 19, 2024...

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• Financial Times: Neri Zilber on Israel and the US election
  “Israeli right celebrates hawkish Donald Trump government picks,” by Neri Zilber (Israel, 2011-2013), Financial Times, November 13, 2024...

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• ICWA fall dinner 2024
  “Once we understand Xi Jinping’s intentions, we can better formulate our policies. But right now we don’t know what his intentions are.” So said The New York Times diplomatic correspondent and former Beijing bureau chief Edward Wong at ICWA’s fall dinner on Nov. 8, 2024 about the Chinese leader’s plans for his country’s burgeoning military,...

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• Video: Russians in exile, Aron Ouzilevski fellowship report and panel
  Aron Ouzilevski spoke at the US Institute of Peace and joined a panel with the leading exiles Lyubov Sobol and Anna Veduta discussing what the future may hold for Russian emigres and their home country, moderated by ICWA's Gregory Feifer....

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• NYRB: Suzy Hansen on Gaza, Israel and America
  “Gaza, Israel, and the American Left: October 7 One Year Later,” a conversation with Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009), Ben Rhodes and Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, October 15, 2024...

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• Clingendael: James Courtright on democracy in Ghana
  “Ghana: a beacon of democracy?” by James Courtright (West Africa, 2021-2023), Kars de Bruijne and Grace Ellis, Clingendael, July, 2024...

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