Meeting With the Opposition in Belarus
This chapter describes the author’s travel, stories and experiences meeting with Belarusian political opposition before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Opinion – Can Joe Biden Revive Transatlantic Relations?
If elected, Biden will have the task of balancing the interests of European allies while countering China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific.
State-Building, Sovereignty and Migration Management in the Global South
State migration policy has a long history of being used as a means of creating or preserving a particular (often racialized) form of national identity.
Understanding Ukraine and Belarus: Advancing My Career
This chapter describes the author’s experiences becoming a professor in Canada during the 1980s and 1990s, and during the Soviet “putsch” in August 1991.
COVID-19: An Opportunity for the Cambodian Government to Earn Trust
the CPP-led government should show a commitment to engage in reforms and look after it citizens beyond the established patronage networks.
ASEAN ‘Cohesiveness and Responsiveness’ and Peace and Stability in Southeast Asia
In spite of the outcomes generated by the ‘ASEAN Way’, it impedes making swift decisions on critical regional issues or trans-boundary concerns.
COVID-19 and the Economic Crisis in Argentina
Even under the scenario of a foreign debt agreement and the gradual normalization of the economic activity, the outlook for the Argentine economy for the second half of 2020 is gloomy.
Understanding Ukraine and Belarus: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
RFE/RL was an unusual place, especially the canteen where people of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe would gather together with German staff and British and American researchers.
Iterability and Newsweek’s Paradigm of Nigeria as ‘Black China’
A storyline proclaiming social transformation on the scale of contemporary China projects a positive trajectory for Nigeria, yet this idea is worth a closer reading.
Glasnost in Ukraine in the Aftermath of Chernobyl
This chapter describes the author’s travel, stories and experiences in Ukraine and the Soviet Union during the initial implementation of Glasnost.
