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Our current issue: The world has come to a standstill amid the spread of the coronavirus. Yet until recently it was in the throes of upheaval: in Iraq, Chile and Hong Kong, hundreds of thousands took to the streets. What drives protests? What makes us resist?

Also in this edition: How Afghan women assert their right to work; we ask the historian Jill Lepore if she believes Trump's re-election will happen and football legend Giovane Élber explains a Brazilian birthday tradition.



From the latest issue

Did you prune the roses?

For several years I have been imprisoned in Turkey for alleged support of a terrorist organization. About the questions I'm no longer being asked.
by Ahmet Altan

The renaissance of the street struggle

Lebanon and Iraq, Chile and Colombia, Barcelona and Hong Kong: Around the world more people are protesting than they have for a long time. What unites them?
by Donatella della Porta

Don’t say that the struggle was in vain

Fighting against the military junta in Nigeria in the 1990s meant putting your life on the line. Back then it was like it is now: The powerless dream of power, of unleashing their anger against the system
by Helon Habila

From the archive

A New Era for Heroines

The rape trial of Harvey Weinstein is over, the film mogul was found guilty. For a long time the male gaze dominated the arts and it was up to men to turn women into heroes. But one hashtag was enough to shake up the role of women in Hollywood.
by Jagoda Marinic

The Greatest Crime

When he was 14 years old, Soun Rottana was kidnapped and became a child soldier for Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, killing dozens of enemy combatants.
by Hille Norden

Visiting Enemies

How I learnt about heroism by listening to Palestinian fighters.
by Lizzie Doron

News from Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

Due to Recent Events

Joining the nationwide effort to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, ifa will cancel all of its upcoming events until the end of April. Information on ifa events outside of Germany can be found on the websites of our respective local partner organisations.

Networking in science

Exchange of knowledge and the linking of research and politics—these are the main objectives for the new 'Research Alliance for international Cultural Relations'.
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New study on cultural heritage

In a new study of the ifa research programme Jessika Eichler shows endangered intangible cultural heritage elements and traces empowering practice responding to patterns of cultural imposition. Free Download ...