ICWA@100

Reflections on the Vietnam War

  • October 10, 2025
  • Takashi Oka

Takashi Oka on tumult and corruption in 1960s South Vietnam

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How Russians learned to stop worrying and love President Putin

  • September 19, 2025
  • Gregory Feifer

Gregory Feifer on the Kremlin's takeover of the main independent television station NTV in 2001.

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Meeting in secret with the African National Congress president

  • September 5, 2025
  • Peter B. Martin

Peter Bird Martin on Albert John Luthuli in 1954.

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Peace Corps in Colombia

  • August 21, 2025
  • Pat M. Holt

Pat Holt on the early days of the US volunteer agency.

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The unlikeliest of reunions

  • August 6, 2025
  • Katherine Roth Kono

Katherine Roth on a mounting power struggle that split families in 1990s Algeria.

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Thelma’s shoes

  • July 2, 2025
  • Sharon F. Doorasamy

Sharon Doorasamy on post-apartheid South Africa.

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South Korea votes for democracy

  • June 18, 2025
  • Steven B. Butler

Steven Butler on the country's pivotal 1985 elections.

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A visit to China’s richest village

  • June 5, 2025
  • Cheng Li

Cheng Li on the country's direction in 1985.

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Democratic striving in Syria

  • April 25, 2025
  • Andrew Tabler

Under Bashar al-Assad’s early rule, opposition groups sought fundamental change.

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Czechoslovakia’s first president tours the countryside

  • March 13, 2025
  • John O. Crane

ICWA’s first fellow John O. Crane reports.

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