Misapprehensions are blocking a resolution in Niger
With other West African countries taking sides in the standoff, insecurity in the region is rising to new levels.
Local communities confront the new reality of climate change
Amid major heatwaves, ICWA fellows describe change and adaptation in Europe and Africa.
After the Wagner mutiny, is Putin still Russia’s irreplaceable man?
The mercenary group’s revolt raises more questions than answers, ICWA fellows say.
Lessons from Afghanistan
Can the 1980s Soviet war help Americans understand how the US-led conflict should be remembered?
Returning to Central America
Former fellow Joel Millman revisits his old stomping ground three decades after major change swept the world.
After Israel’s ‘extraordinary’ spring, what’s next?
Former ICWA fellow Neri Zilber lays out what matters most in the country’s evolving political drama.
India’s foreign aid dilemma
The international community is eager to help the country emerge from its devastating second wave of Covid. But distributing supplies is proving challenging.
Reframing the US immigration ‘crisis’
Both the nature and root causes of migration are misunderstood, former ICWA fellow Amelia Frank-Vitale says.
Taking stock of Egypt’s failed revolution
Former ICWA fellow Jonathan Guyer reflects on the country’s authoritarian turn.
Why the Putin regime won’t collapse any time soon
The embattled opposition leader Alexei Navalny is prompting protests in Russia again, but he’s still far from reaching a critical mass of discontent.