Suzy Hansen named Pulitzer finalist
Former ICWA fellow's Notes on a Foreign Country explores the geopolitical effects of American nationalism.
Dick Balzer dies
The writer, photographer and executive coach studied blue collar workers in the United States as an ICWA fellow in the 1970s.
Jonathan Guyer to give talk at Harvard
Former fellow Jonathan Guyer (Egypt, 2015-2017) will deliver a seminar called “Cartooning the Police: A Graphic History of Contemporary Egypt” on Thursday, April 5 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Click here for information. Image credit here.
Thomas Goltz wins first Osman Mirzayev Prize in 1993… finds out in 2018
The article (in Russian) announces that I am the winner of the (first ever) 1993 Osman Mirzayev Prize "...for breaking the informational blockade against Azerbaijan...." and thus the recipient of 10,000 Roubles (then about the price of a new Lada car).
Thomas Goltz attends March For Our Lives
They say some 2,000 folks showed up for the Bozeman chapter of the March for Our Lives rally; I think that is a little high. My sign was the AK-47 case gifted to me by Hugh Pope after a trip to Lebanon; my statement was to put 'NO!!' on the two banana clip pockets.
Jean-Benoit Nadeau meets Emmanuel Macron
The selfie was take by me on February 15 at the Elysée palace. I was in France at the invitation of the Institut français, which was conducting a large consultation regarding the French government’s policy on the French language.
Brookings: Cheng Li on China’s constitutional conundrum
Xi Jinping's power grab reflects one of his leadership's greatest paradoxes.
The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Israeli-Palestinian cooperation
Coordination has grown since the White House's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber compares Netanyahu and Trump
The Israeli president is copying his US counterpart's playbook to salvage his political career.
The Guardian: Hannah Rae Armstrong on sheep fighting in Algeria
It's a means of subverting the surveillance state.