Berkley Center

Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall will speak at the spring 2023 meeting of USAID's Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA). The May 24 event will feature remarks from USAID Administrator Samantha Power and the ACVFA chair, followed by panel discussions featuring leading experts on localization, food security, democratic strengthening, and other pressing global challenges.

Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville will participate on a May 23 Wilson Center panel on what religious freedom means to societies in the Middle East and North Africa, and whether state authorities with vested interests in how religion is interpreted guarantee the rights of all citizens, even those at odds with their respective governments.

As vice president of the G20 Interfaith Association, Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall delivered an introductory message and spoke on several panels at the 2023 G20 Interfaith Forum on "Partnerships in Action: Towards One Earth, One Family, One Future" that took place in New Delhi May 7-9.

In an essay published by the University of Birmingham, Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari discusses the upcoming elections in Turkey and how they hold the key to the country's political future, both domestically and internationally.