"Nearly 1/3 of Canadians say they have been a member of a sponsorship group or supported one. As a result, public backing for refugees in Canada makes resettlement untouchable—unlike in the US, where Trump nearly destroyed the system w little resistance." foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

The great WEB DuBois died 59 years ago today. For the forthcoming centennial issue of Foreign Affairs, I wrote about his overlooked contributions to IR. Will share the link and some insights when it's live. Thought it might be useful for folks putting together their Fall syllabi.

Also featuring some other books – non-fiction and fiction – on the experiences of migrants and refugees that I have read and would recommend, including by Hassan Akkad حسان عقاد Nadifa Mohamed @BenRawlence Ty McCormick 👇

Looking for a Dari/Farsi speaker in NYC who might have some experience tutoring in English (to help an Afghan refugee family). Any leads appreciated.

I don't actually believe Twitter is shutting down, but it would still probably be better if we all spent less time on here. I'm mostly over at jill.substack.com these days if you want more than 280-character missives.

Worth reading this article on immigration and labor markets by Gordon Hanson and Matthew Slaughter in Foreign Affairs.

Thousands of migrants from Africa and the Middle East have disappeared on the journey to Europe; some are in unmarked graves in Italy. Their families never know what happened. I wrote in this week's The New Yorker on the crisis of the missing: newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

Nigeria’s next president must ensure that the state delivers what voters have consistently rated as top concerns—jobs, personal safety, better roads—or risk rolling back the democratic gains of the last two decades. My latest in Foreign Affairs 👇🏾 foreignaffairs.com/nigeria/nigeri…

INT. OFFICE - MARCH 2022 Dave (talking to self): Oh wow, this guy is amazing. It says here he’s the “living Sherlock Holmes.” Narrator (VO): He wasn’t. My latest for New York Magazine nymag.com/intelligencer/…

My piece on Rwanda and the M23, published in Foreign Affairs magazine. foreignaffairs.com/africa/rwanda-…

#Cholera outbreak in #Dadaab refugee camps in #Kenya has affected 2,786 people, with imminent risk of other gastrointestinal diseases. MSF International Calls on donors & aid agencies to address the unsanitary conditions and overcrowding in the camps. Find out more: msf.or.ke/en/magazine/ms…

"Foreign Affairs" is not just a current affairs-based magazine, it also puts out podcasts. Here's me discussing Rwanda and the M23 rebel movement it supports with Ty McCormick: foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/why-r…

No one who is in a creative field, or who cares about art or journalism or film or music or storytelling or the incredible human capacity to create, should be capitulating to those who want to suck the human life force out of art. Fight back. Stand with the actors and writers.

The AFP News Agency bureau in the Gaza Strip, which has been relentlessly bombed by Israel, was significantly damaged by a strike on the building, according to a staff member who visited the site. [1/5]

🎯 The horrors of this war do not have to be either/or. One can both face the mountain of evidence of sexual violence on Oct. 7 and confront the staggering Palestinian death toll

Japan's hand-forged knives a slice of samurai metallurgy france24.com/en/live-news/2…

All that Xi wants, is another baby reuters.com/world/china/ch…

For years, the people seeking asylum at the US-Mexican border have been diversifying -- then 2023 happened. 13,000 or so Africans crossed in 2022 -- then more than 15,000 from Mauritania alone came in 2023. I spoke to them for AFP News Agency sg.news.yahoo.com/us-southern-bo…

Can’t wait to dive into my advance copy of Rob Lalka ‘s new book The Venture Alchemists, which finally made its way to Hong Kong (and which I’ve had the pleasure of reading in drips and drabs since at least 2020). Congrats, Rob! What an enormous achievement.

Here is the incredible moment Evan Gershkovich reunited with his mother 🥹 Welcome home Evan, Paul Whelan, and Alsu Kurmasheva.