NYT: Shannon Sims on Brazil’s Recife
In Brazil's lively northeast corner, musical, culinary and architectural delights await.
NIKKEI Asian Review: Matt Wheeler on the Thai peace process
After 15 years of insurgency and four years of peace talks, there's hope of real dialogue with the main Malay-Muslim militant organization.
International Crisis Group: Hannah Armstrong on violence in Niger
The scale of recent attacks is unprecedented, but the anger behind them is rooted in decades-old grievances.
USA Today: Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan on the need for bold leadership
Democrats will take back the White House if they follow a progressive vision to win in 2020.
New York Magazine: Andrew Rice on William Barr
The attorney general is wielding the Justice Department as a weapon to defend President Donald Trump.
NYT Mag: Suzy Hansen on Turkish censorship
The internet restrictions put in place by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration have forced Turks into an online labyrinth, former ICWA fellow Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009) writes in The New York Times Magazine.
FRANCE 24: Karina Piser on the headscarf
Newly returned ICWA fellow Karina Piser (France, 2017-2019) appears on France 24’s program The 51% to discuss the ongoing debate over the French ban on the Muslim headscarf in public spaces. She says that the issue is so divisive, it’s unlikely to be resolved soon.
The American Prospect: Jonathan Guyer on George W. Bush at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center’s exhibition of the former president's paintings of veterans rewrites the history of the Iraq war, former fellow Jonathan Guyer (Egypt, 2015-2017) writes in The American Prospect.
The American Interest: Paul Rahe on realism’s limits
Hans Morgenthau took the American foreign policy establishment by storm in 1948 with Politics Among Nations, writes board chair and former fellow Paul Rahe (Turkey, 1984-1986) in The American Interest. But the so-called father of realism's own understanding of statesmanship was "rather unrealistic."
WAMU: Tyrone Turner and Mikaela Lefrak tell the story of a deaf DJ
Nico DiMarco has been deaf since birth, but that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing a side career as a DJ in Washington, DC. Tyrone Turner (Brazil, 1999-2000) and Mikaela Lefrak record his pulsating sound for WAMU radio.