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NYT: Joshua Levkowitz on Syrians in Turkey

“Scapegoated by Everyone, Wanted by No One,” by Joshua Levkowitz (Syrians in exile, 2021-2023), New York Times, July 12, 2023...

After the Wagner mutiny, is Putin still Russia’s irreplaceable man?

The mercenary group’s revolt raises more questions than answers, ICWA fellows say....

Video: Steven Tagle Greece fellowship report and panel

“Borders are important,” ICWA Fellow Steven Tagle said during his fellowship report at New York’s Lotos Club on May 18. They separate “but at the same time invite you to cross.” He was quoting Angela Giannakidou, president of the Ethnological Museum of Thrace in northeastern Greece, with whom he made many trips to remote villages...

Photos: ICWA spring dinner 2023

It was a delight for all the senses at the institute’s spring dinner at New York’s Lotos Club on May 18. Former fellows joined trustees, friends and soon-to-be returning fellow from Greece Steven Tagle and family in the club’s fabulous library, where New York Magazine writer Andrew Rice spoke about his fellowship in Uganda (2002...

Two new trustees join ICWA board

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of two new trustees to the ICWA board, Cris Duschek (fellow in Romania, 2004-2006) and Peter Leon. Trustee Constance Whiteside is also stepping down at the end of her term and will be missed. Peter Leon Peter Leon is a partner and global Africa chair of the international...

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Letters of interest are due by May 31....

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LGBTQ+ rights in Asia

LGBTQ+ rights are under attack in a number of Asian countries, not least China, where the LGBTQ+ community is feeling the brunt of restrictions on civil society. Meanwhile, progress in other counties including Japan has been slow. The Institute of Current World Affairs held a Zoom webinar discussion on April 5, 2023 with David Mixner,...

ICWA alumnus Kendal Price (South Africa, 1981 – 1984) has found evidence he says raises ethics questions about the wife of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, Jane Sullivan Roberts, who has made millions of dollars recruiting lawyers to leading law firms, some with business before the court. Kendal’s letters to Congress and the Justice Department...

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