Macron should call Trump’s bluff
When it comes to defense, Europe has the means to stick it to Washington.
Is Trumpism exportable to Europe? Czechia may be a test case
The billionaire populist Andrej Babiš is running for his old job as prime minister.
Letter from the Sri Lankan killing fields
Some 100,000 lives were lost in the civil war, but justice remains elusive.
Register: Russians in exile – Aron Ouzilevski fellowship report and panel
Please join us in Washington, DC on November 8, when returning fellow Aron Ouzilevski will deliver his fellowship report at the United States Institute of Peace about his two years writing about Russian exiles fleeing authoritarianism, militarism, mobilization and a deteriorating economy at home before and after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Based
New date—February 16: Post-Putinist Russia panel discussion
What are the main challenges facing institutional and social reform—including the questions of decolonialization, understanding of history and Russian identity, and interests of minority regions? What roles should the United States and other Western countries be playing? What lessons learned from the post-Soviet 1990s?
Irving Spitzberg dies
Irving Joseph Spitzberg, Jr., professor, immigration lawyer, higher education policy consultant and former ICWA fellow, died peacefully in Rockville, MD on October 13 after an unsuccessful battle with cryptococcal meningitis, Spitzberg’s widow Virginia Thorndike said. He was 81. “Irving had a special place in his heart for ICWA,” she wrote, “and often spoke of his
Upcoming Nov. 10: Syrians in exile, Joshua Levkowitz fellowship report
Joshua Levkowitz fellowship report and expert panel discussion
Upcoming Oct. 5 webinar: Russian political opposition in exile
How are they trying to oppose Putin’s Kremlin from outside the country?
Foreign Policy: Emily Schultheis on Finland in NATO
“Finland’s ‘NATO Option’ Set to Become Reality,” by Emily Schultheis, Foreign Policy, March 30, 2023