The One World Media Awards Longlist 2023 includes “The Baby Broker Project,” by Malia Politzer (India, Spain, 2013-2015), Simon Bowers and Naipanoi Lepapa in Finance Uncovered for the print media award. […]
ECFR: Hannah Armstrong on Europeans and the Sahel
“The roots of peace: Why Europeans should help re-establish support for local dialogue in the Sahel,” by Hannah Armstrong (West Africa, 2012-2014), European Council on Foreign Relations, March 28, 2023 […]
Foreign Policy: Joshua Levkowitz on Turkey targeting Syrian refugees
“Turkey’s Xenophobic Turn Targets Stateless Syrians” by Joshua Levkowitz (Turkey, 2021-2023) Foreign Policy, March 26, 2023 […]
Malians fleeing war build a temporary sanctuary
Amid violence and trauma, their relative oasis belies a mounting crisis. […]
Energized Georgians confront the ruling party over a red line
Protesters force a backdown over pro-Russian legislation. Does it signal a sea-change? […]
Christian Science Monitor: Neri Zilber on Israel’s protesters
“Israeli protesters: ‘Traitors’ and ‘anarchists’ or best and brightest?” by Neri Zilber (Israel, 2011-2013), The Christian Science Monitor, March 10, 2023. […]
Foreign Policy: James Courtright on ethnic killings of Fulanis
“Ethnic Killings by West African Armies Are Undermining Regional Security,” by James Courtright (West Africa, 2021-2023), Foreign Policy, March 7, 2023. […]
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LGBTQ+ rights in Asia
LGBTQ+ rights are under attack in a number of Asian countries, not least China, where the LGBTQ+ community is feeling the brunt of restrictions on civil society. Meanwhile, progress in other counties including Japan has been slow. The Institute of Current World Affairs held a Zoom webinar discussion on April 5, 2023 with David Mixner, […]
A Syrian family in Istanbul has nowhere else to go
After narrowly escaping Turkey’s earthquake, some believe they’re in the line of the next big one. […]
Eve Fairbanks wins PEN nonfiction award
“The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’s Racial Reckoning,” by Eve Fairbanks (South Africa, 2009-2011) wins the 2023 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction. […]