Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus 
Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus is a fortnightly series of articles on the role of art in public policymaking. This series invites WPI fellows and project leaders as well as external practitioners to contribute pieces on how artists have led policy change and how policymakers can use creative strategies.
In Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World, World Policy Institute Senior Fellow Ian Bremmer illustrates a historic shift in the international system and the world economy—and an unprecedented moment of global uncertainty.
Fellows and Experts by Region
This page lists fellows and staff organized by region; you may also view them organized by name or by area of expertise.
AFRICA
Ruthie Ackerman -Liberia, womens rights
Susan Benesch - Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire, Libya; social media and conflict
Monique El-Faizy - Egypt, Coptic Christians, sectarian conflict
Todd Lester - North Africa, forced migration
William Powers - Liberia; sustainable forestry; development
Khadija Sharife - Development, Climate Change and Sustainability, International Law
David Stevens - Southern African Politics
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
ASIA
Patricia DeGennaro - Afghanistan and South Asia
Michelle Fanzo - Afghanistan
Mira Kamdar - India, South Asia: Politics & Economy
James Nolt - particularly China and Japan; US-East Asia relations
Swadesh Rana - India; Pakistan; South Asia
Masaru Tamamoto - particularly Japan; Japan-China and Japan-US relations
LATIN AMERICA
Susan Benesch - Central America, Haiti
Stephanie Elizondo Griest - Mexico, Cuba
Silvana Paternostro - Cuba, Colombia
Andrew Reding - Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Haiti
Damaso Reyes - Cuba, photography and photojournalism
Lissa Weinmann - Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia
Michele Wucker - Dominican Republic, Haiti, Argentina, regional economy
William Powers - Bolivia, food aid; climate change and deforestation; ecological tourism; indigenous peoples
EURASIA
EUROPE
Belinda Cooper - Germany
Paul Hockenos - Germany and Balkans
Mira Kamdar - France
Nina Khrushcheva -Russia
Andrew Reding - Belgium
Damaso Reyes - migration and immigration, Germany, Austria, Spain, photography and photojournalism
Michele Wucker - comparative immigration policy
MIDDLE EAST
Patricia DeGennaro - Iraq
Monique El-Faizy - Egypt, Coptic Christians, sectarian conflict
RUSSIA AND CIS
Nina Khrushcheva - Russia; U.S.-Russia relations
Martin Walker - Russia








