Interview – Matteo Capasso
Matteo Capasso focuses on Libya, its internal governance, economic development, and foreign policy, as well as mistakes made by international institutions.
Decolonising Development: Putting Life at the Centre
Without being able to think about fragility, we cannot think about revolution, and by thinking about revolution, we are already dismantling the resistance to fragility precisely to resist.
Review – Imagining Afghanistan: The History and Politics of Imperial Knowledge
Manchanda’s book, which dissects the imperialism of colonial knowledge cultivation, is an essential read for any knowledge practitioner.
Comparative Regionalism’s Decolonial Turn: A Proposition
Through increased dialogue across various regions, comparative regionalism might evolve from being a field of colonial constructs to becoming a field of pluralistic dialogue.
Caste, Privilege, and Postcolonialism: Reflections on Decolonising the Curriculum
The University will be better equipped to handle cases of caste-discrimination in future when we teach caste as a category to understand marginalisation.
Review – Vernacular Sovereignties: Indigenous Women Challenging World Politics
The book maps the intersecting forms of oppression Indigenous women and subverts colonial histories through the narration of resistance.
Review – Decolonising the University
This book presents a broad account of the discussions around the call to decolonise the university, providing a useful introduction to students, activists and academics.
Revisiting the United Nations and the Micro-State Problem
The micro-state problem emerged in the late 1960s as many newly independent; decolonised micro-states applied to join the UN in order to confirm their sovereign status.
Alternative Approaches to Self-Determination Applied to the Cyprus Conflict
The UN paradigm has a number of shortcomings and is therefore inadequate to answer modern claims involving self-determination, such as the Cyprus conflict.
The UN as Both Foe and Friend to Indigenous Peoples and Self-Determination
The UN, created to uphold the sovereignty of states, has become a vehicle for Indigenous peoples to organise in favour of their rights.
