Articles

What Next for the Rohingya in Myanmar? Suu Kyi’s Balancing Act after the Election

Mathew Davies • Dec 6 2015 • Articles

The muslim minority Rohingya have long been the targets of persecution from the local Buddhist majority, the military, and the central government.

The Rohingya, Genocide and a New Dawn for Myanmar

Andrew Fagan • Dec 6 2015 • Articles

Putting right the terrible suffering which has been systematically inflicted upon the Rohingya is going to require a great deal of political courage.

A Critical Review of the Concept of Middle Power

Dong-min Shin • Dec 4 2015 • Articles

Existing trends of middle power study are limited due to a tendency towards liberalist criteria and a lack of considerations of interactions with other entities.

Putin’s Syrian Quagmire: Costs as well as Benefits for the US

Mark N. Katz • Dec 2 2015 • Articles

Just because Moscow insists on making mistakes in Syria, Washington does not have to do so too.

Pakistan and India: Is Peace Possible?

Ejaz Hussain • Dec 2 2015 • Articles

Pakistan and India have lot to share with and learn from. The present and future international relations are tilting towards inter-state economic cooperation.

The State of Democracy in Fiji

Stephanie Lawson • Dec 2 2015 • Articles

Fiji can only benefit from the elimination of an insidious form of communal politics that has made false promises to ordinary Taukei concerning their future prosperity.

Drawing out Rosa Luxemburg’s Gender Identity

Kate Evans • Dec 1 2015 • Articles

Luxemburg’s message only becomes more relevant as another inherent crisis of capitalism looms and the onward march of globalisation and militarism produces more victims.

World War Z: Why Russia Fights DAESH Zealots

Matthew Crosston • Dec 1 2015 • Articles

The civilizational lines drawn by the West have allowed the world to divide itself into camps making the civilian undersides of societies susceptible to extremist horror.

The Arab Uprisings Five Years After

Martin Beck • Dec 1 2015 • Articles

In several Arab countries transformation is dominated, by political violence. The polity has broken down—the central state fails to deliver security to its citizens.

Middle East: Moving Towards a Sectarian Political Order?

Mohammed Nuruzzaman • Dec 1 2015 • Articles

Sectarian violence has vitiated regional politics and foreign policies along sectarian lines. The fight between the Shi’ite and Sunni crescents is likely to continue.

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