Ethiopian security forces have embarked on a campaign of forced disarmament that regional leaders and witnesses say has been accompanied by the shooting of civilians, mass detentions and beatings, former ICWA fellow Robbie Corey-Boulet (Ivory Coast and Cameroon, 2013-2015) reports for Agence France Presse. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed—this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate—is facing a […]
ICWA former fellow Jonathan Guyer (Egypt, 2015-2017) discusses the main presidential candidates’ views on foreign affairs. Read the full article here. Image credits here. […]
Former ICWA fellow Robbie Corey-Boulet (Ivory Coast and Cameroon, 2013-2015) reports for Agence France Presse about the remarkable rise of Ethiopia’s reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Read the full article here. Photo credit here. […]
France’s new restrictions on asylum seekers have alarmed human rights groups, Karina Piser (France, 2017-2019) reports for The Washington Post. Is the move “tactical,” to defuse the far right’s appeal, or is President Emmanuel Macron simply beginning to show his true colors? Read the full article here. Image credit here. […]
A discussion with Jonathan Katz, Lisel Hintz & Ozgur Unluhisarcikli. […]
Although homicides have decreased, the timing remains suspicious. […]
Please mark your calendars for our semi-annual dinner in Washington on Thursday, December 5th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave., NW. Keynote speaker Fabrice Houdart—ICWA trustee and UN human rights officer—will discuss historic xenophobia in France in the context of current anti-immigrant sentiments. More details to follow soon. Earlier in the […]
Please join us in New York to hear returning ICWA fellow Karina Piser talk about identity politics in France, at the Microsoft flagship store from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 8. Karina’s fellowship has explored government initiatives to promote French secularism and social cohesion in the aftermath of the 2015 and 2016 terrorist […]
A discussion with Susan Corke, Melissa Hooper and Dalibor Rohac. […]
An assault on press freedoms has gone on virtually unmentioned. […]