“Speaking the truth: life in post-apartheid SA seen through the eyes of ordinary people,” an interview with Eve Fairbanks (South Africa, 2009-2011) about her book “The Inheritors,” Sunday Times, September 22, 2024 […]
Taiwan’s small farmers face land speculators and legal hurdles

The second in a two-part series examining farmlands in transition. […]
Queer collective farm drives social change in Taiwan

The first in a two-part series examining farmlands in transition. […]
In South Korea, trash balloons prompt a debate over free speech

Why some have turned against defector activists. […]
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 […]
A worryingly warm Arctic welcome

In Norway, a historic summer heat wave signifies a trend with global consequences. […]
A slice of Moscow in the Balkans

Some 300,000 Russian emigres are building long-term homes in Serbia. […]
ICWA fellow Gayl Ness dies

The sociologist dedicated his career to global economic development. […]
Regulating conscious dreaming

Conversations with the first Dutch psychedelic entrepreneurs. […]
Washington Institute: Andrew Tabler on countering Iran in Syria
“Countering Iran in East Syria Means Moderating the SDF,” by Andrew Tabler (Lebanon, Syria, 2005-2007), Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 16, 2024 […]