The incoming administration faces a multitude of pressing issues around the world. Here’s what ICWA fellows say from India to El Salvador. […]
What some countries expect of Biden
Foreign Affairs: Matt Chitwood on ending poverty in China
Beijing says it will wipe out poverty by the end of this year, but only when poverty is defined as extreme and rural. […]
Foreign Affairs: Cheng Li on China’s hopes for a thaw
China feels cautiously optimistic President-elect Joe Biden can lower—or at least pause—fast-escalating tensions between the countries. […]
FROM THE FIELD: In El Salvador, the military is still hiding its crimes
A report from Elizabeth Hawkins. […]
LRB: Pooja Bhatia on Black liberation
Three books examine the enormous impact of the Haitian Revolution. […]
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. […]