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Institute of Current World Affairs
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The World Cup is the talk of the town in New York, and diverse immigrants from Uzbekistan finally have a team to cheer, @joshualevkowitz.bsky.social writes for Compass: compass.icwa.org/p/world-cup-...
Institute of Current World Affairs
NY-based ICWA alumni @aronouzil.bsky.social,
@joshualevkowitz.bsky.social, Katherine Kono, Ezra Fieser and
@scotterich.bsky.social help send off new fellow @dkruzman.bsky.social to Lebanon. Diana will be examining how the Lebanese are adapting to multiple crises.
What’s Palantir CEO Alex Karp doing in Arctic Norway? ICWA fellow @brettvsimpson.bsky.social reports from Tromsø about the controversial billionaire’s new property and disputes over Norwegian investments in his AI giant. compass.icwa.org/p/palantir-n...
Today! Register to attend in person or on Zoom: www.icwa.org/robinson-icw...
Each winter, Tromsø, Norway is overwhelmed by tourists seeking transcendent winter experiences. But when entry fees are exorbitant & experiences are “curated” by corporations, mass tourism begins to resemble an amusement park visit, @brettvsimpson.bsky.social reports: www.icwa.org/norway-arcti...
Brazil has 30 registered political parties, but election laws, political advertising during campaign season & clientelist relationships with mayors favor six dominant parties, Rowland Robinson reports from Fortaleza: www.icwa.org/brazil-regio...
More photos from Rowland Robinson's trip up the Amazon River:
1) A pink river dolphin in the wild.
2) Interior of the Amazonia Opera House, built during the rubber boom of the late 1800s.
3) A curious Tucan at the Zoological Parc of Mangal das Garças.
4) Rowland in a hammock on the ferry boat.
Former Philippines President Duterte's war on drugs illustrated the Filipino proverb, "It’s easy to be human, it’s hard to be humane," capturing the sense of division between our morals & how we live. The ICC trial might widen the gap once more, Sabrina Ochoa reports: www.icwa.org/philippines-...
NATO's careful orchestration of press for its 'Cold Response 26’ exercise in Norway last March spilled into the baldly propagandistic, giving new meaning to the concept of military 'theater,' @brettvsimpson.bsky.social reports: www.icwa.org/nato-arctic-...
Come hear Rowland this Friday at GW!
Institute of Current World Affairs
Institute of Current World Affairs
Institute of Current World Affairs
Institute of Current World Affairs
Institute of Current World Affairs
Institute of Current World Affairs
Institute of Current World Affairs
Institute of Current World Affairs
compass.icwa.org
In New York, immigrants from Uzbekistan finally have a team to cheer.
Rowland Robinson spent 2 years examining pioneering drug policies in the Netherlands, Portugal & Brazil. He will report on his research & discuss lessons for the US with Maritza Perez Medina, Gordon Smith, @amandalatimore.bsky.social & Jon Heppen. In-person & Zoom: www.eventbrite.com/e/pioneering...
A NATO Arctic exercise in Norway at a fraught time for the alliance was both practice and propaganda—with significant environmental costs.
Rowland Robinson spent 2 years examining pioneering drug policies in the Netherlands, Portugal & Brazil. He will report on his research & discuss lessons for the US with Maritza Perez Medina, Gordon Smith, @amandalatimore.bsky.social & Jon Heppen. In-person & Zoom: www.eventbrite.com/e/pioneering...
Institute of Current World Affairs fellow Rowland Robinson describes two years researching models for the US, and joins an expert panel
