Register: November 14
The World We Want to Live In
As we mark our 100th anniversary, expert fellows will discuss major challenges facing the world. Register to join.
Register: November 13
Edric Huang fellowship report and panel
November 13, Human Rights Campaign, Washington, DC
Meeting in secret with the African National Congress president
Peter Bird Martin on Albert John Luthuli in 1954.
NYT: Shannon Sims on tourists in Trieste
“The Day-Trippers Come for Trieste,” by Shannon Sims (Brazil, 2012-2014), The New York Times, September 2, 2025
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