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The Indian tycoon's crumbling empire had made investments in Israel and Egypt, but relations between India and the region may chill if deals go bad.
Today the U.S. State Department <a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/top-producers-of-fulbright-u-s-scholars-and-students-2022-23">recognized BYU as a Top Producing Institution for U.S. Fulbright Scholars</a> — a prestigious recognition for a handful of U.S. universities with the most individuals selected for the Fulbright Scholar Program. BYU’s nine Fulbright Scholars rank the institution No. 3 among doctoral research institutions.
Yale is expanding its Scholars at Risk program, which welcomes scholars facing dangerous conditions worldwide to campus so they can continue their work.
On 31 January 2023, International IDEA and the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU jointly organized in Brussels a conference to launch the Recommendations Report on the EU’s External Democracy Action in a New Geopolitical Reality. Over 180 participants from civil society, EU institutions, and EU Member States and partner countries discussed how to defend and promote
In Algeria, journalists and human rights activists are being jailed in larger numbers. Most recently a major human rights groups was dissolved by court order, but under questionable circumstances.