Managing Expectations in NLD-led Myanmar
Rooting out predatory power such as that firmly in place after decades of military rule in Myanmar requires public and international buy-in.
Neo-Orientalism: Indonesia’s Colonialism and Papua
Lessons learnt from Dutch colonialism have resulted in Indonesia’s mimicking and replicating its own code of imperialism, resulting in Papua’s accession into Indonesia.
The Art of Living with Difference: Contemporary Troubles Fiction
The social benefits of the Troubles novels lie in their deeper understanding of the ethics of ‘the other’.
ISIS Threat Laps the Caribbean
With the region’s porous borders and often weak state capacity to deal with security threats, regional governments must gear up to the challenges that face them.
Global Christian Networks for Human Dignity
Perhaps we stand at a hinge point of Christian history as the faith’s contribution to dignity and freedom becomes more fully manifest and global.
Sociotheology: The Significance of Religious Worldviews
Being empathetic is not the same as morally approving of violence but understanding that there can be a political and religious rationale behind ‘their’ violence.
The Impact of Industrial Revolutions: China’s Rise and the Decline of Japan
Japan stands at a crossroads. It will have to accept that unless it de-escalates tensions through critical dialogue it will be faced with a fractious China.
Violent Jihadist Magazines: Exploiting a Human Need for Significance
It is important to bring the human side of radicalisation to the fore and to tailor any attempts at counter-radicalisation to the specific needs, passions, interest, and desires, of individuals.
From Sovereignty to War: Foucault’s Analytic of Power
Foucault’s work draws our attention to the fact that in an age characterized by mechanisms of exclusion of those who threaten the human race that war, not sovereignty, is political strategy.
Independently Wealthy: ISIL’s Sinews of War
One of the primary indicators of a violent extremist organization’s potential longevity is its ability to self-finance. Today, ISIL is the richest such group in the world.
