Fall 2020: the SURREAL Issue
Our Fall 2020 print issue is finally online!
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The Diversity and Disparity of Student Lives at the Institute: The Case of Manuel León
Absolutely, IHEID students have an imperative to critique the Institute一 for example, how can it be that a student coming from a country in crisis with limited personal resources qualifies for $0 in financial assistance? However, IHEID students must also reflect a critical gaze back at themselves and ask important questions about the way we operate as a community. What kind of student stories are visible at IHEID, and what stories get buried? Where do non-elites fit into this community?
On the eve of Black Consciousness Day another black man is murdered in Brazil
Every 23 minutes a young black man dies in Brazil. Out of 30 thousand people murdered in the country, 23 thousand are young black men.
Multinationales responsables : une initiative dans l’air du temps
A quelques jours du scrutin sur les multinationales responsables, Aurèle Cotton revient sur une campagne d’une intensité rare et en profite pour replacer l’initiative dans son contexte international.
Building Peace the East Asian Way
by Justin Yu of the China and East Asia Studies Initiative (CEAS) On the last day of Geneva Peace Week,Continue Reading
Laughing to Keep From Crying: Journalism in Colombia
Now that I have developed my own critical and political consciousness, I grieve the loss of his voice profoundly, for I know that he would have called out the Colombia of today with the same acerbic irreverence as he did then.
Point de situation sur le Covid-19 en Suisse
par Manon Déglise D’habitude peu chauvinistes, s’il y a bien une chose que les Suisse.sse.s aiment à croire (et àContinue Reading
On the United Nations and Its Reform – Unravelling the Dissonance
How can the UN be responsible for the ongoing pandemic but also win the Noble Peace Prize the same year? How can the UN be responsible for inaction in preventing genocide but also be undertaking commendable efforts to protect refugees fleeing from these acts? For academics who’ve studied this for years, it is easier to see the finer distinctions and the flaws in public discourse. But it is time for the latter to be clear on what it is asking for.
A New Left in Bolivia?
by Kory Barras Published in Spanish, 17 Nov. 2020. Back in the 2000s, a political wave of the left-wing dominatedContinue Reading
Who writes the first draft of history?
By Anne Lee Steele In an era of both fake news and threatened press freedom, it is sometimes hard toContinue Reading
The Graduate Press - La Gazette de la Paix 