Three books examine the enormous impact of the Haitian Revolution. […]
LRB: Pooja Bhatia on Black liberation
Newslines: Neri Zilber on Mahmoud Abbas’s possible successor
Former top official Mohammed Dahlan’s name is being floated as more flexible replacement for President Mahmoud Abbas. […]
WPR: Karina Piser on French schools and radicalization
France’s teachers have been charged with instilling “republican values” in public schools. They are finding it an overwhelming task. […]
Europe’s far right struggles over Biden’s election
Four years after billing Trump’s ascendance as a major boon, populist leaders are seeing their fortunes decline—for now. […]
Thomas Goltz publishes new book on Turkey
Reflections on “40 years of an intimate association with a wayward US Eurasian ally.” […]
Webinar video: The US and China—Charting a new course
An ICWA-Network 20/20 discussion with Susan Thornton, Cheng Li and Joseph Battat. […]
Foreign Policy: Neri Zilber on Israel’s election lessons
As Americans await final results in their presidential campaign, they would do well to learn from Israel’s hard-won experience on surviving uncertainty. […]
India’s professional women face extra hurdles
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic battered the economy, women had to fight for their careers to be taken seriously. […]
Can Thailand’s embattled monarchy rule on?
The protest movement is entering uncharted territory, former ICWA fellow Matthew Wheeler says. […]
Beirut’s social fabric is tearing apart
Nearly three months after the port explosion, the fallout in one destroyed neighborhood reflects a country in collapse. […]