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Panel co-organized and moderated by Ondřej Klimeš of the Oriental Institute has been covered by Radio Free Asia in Uyghur, Uygur News in English, and Uygur Haber in Turkish. https://rfa-anynews-dev.gpcmdln.net/proxy/www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/munber-2000-10152024121300.html? ...

In an opinion piece for The Hill, Oriental Institute Deputy Director Kevin L. Schwartz and Ameem Lutfi detail the alarming trend of states targeting populations outside their borders through drone and missile strikes, replicating the U.S. Global War on Terror strategy: https://thehill. ...

In an opinion piece for Responsible Statecraft, Oriental Institute Deputy Director Kevin L. Schwartz explains why the Houthis should be understood as a group with its own agency rather than a mere proxy of Iran: https://buff.ly/3IEqkvx

GMA News Online featured a photo essay on the Oriental Institute's librarian, Reysa Alenzuela: https://buff.ly/3IwBBxJ

In an opinion piece for the New Arab, Oriental Institute Deputy Director Kevin L. Schwartz writes how US foreign policy in the Middle East is on autopilot, its response to the current war in Gaza only being the latest example: https://buff.ly/3w2vCh4

Despite being out of Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has normalized a militarized approach to security worldwide

NIAS Public Lecture The līlā of communication and consciousness: Thinking with Ramchandra Gandhi’s philosophy of non-dualism Dr James Madaio Consciousness Studies Programme NIAS Lecture Hall | 24 Apr 2023, 11:30 hrs Abstract: This paper explores how the philosopher Ramchandra Gandhi (1937-2007) ...

Oriental Institute researcher Kevin L. Schwartz and Olmo Gölz discuss how the propaganda machine of the Islamic Republic has responded to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests in Iran in an article for Qantara.

Researcher Kevin L. Schwartz and Olmo Gölz from the University of Freiburg discuss how the women-led protests in Iran are subverting the Islamic Republic's hyper-masculine gender order in an opinion piece for The New Arab.

Sinologist and Oriental Institute Director Táňa Dluhošová sat down with Lucie Němečková from @mistnikultura to discuss Taiwanese literature, women writers, and the reach of Havel, Kafka & other Czech authors in Taiwan today. [in Czech].