Review – The Politics of Exile
Dauphinée masterfully eschews the conventional ways of presenting research and through storytelling provides insights into the Bosnian war and its dire aftermath.
South Sudan: The Perils of New States
With functional and participatory institutions, South Sudan may well reclaim itself as a diverse nation within the regional and international environment.
Explaining the Political Crisis in South Sudan
To prevent conflicts like the one in South Sudan, SSA must devise an institutional framework capable of diluting tribes’ expectations for equal control of political power.
Reliving the War: South Sudan
Rather than being the instigator of conflict, ethnic divisions in South Sudan are a fault line along which clashes between elites are transmitted outwards.
Interview – James Fearon
Professor James Fearon discusses responses to the civil war in Syria and offers his thoughts on the passing of Kenneth Waltz and the academic study of civil wars.
Interview – Anthony D. Smith
Professor Anthony D. Smith answers your questions about the origin of nations, changing conceptions of nationhood in the EU, and the links between nationalism and genocide.
The Syrian Predicament
The civil war playing out in Syria is an extreme manifestation of a common problem: the creation of independent states based on boundaries that did not reflect social and demographic realities.
Challenges to the Rights of Malaysians of Indian Descent
In multicultural Malaysia, the Malays are politically dominant, the Chinese have economic influence and the Indians have neither. The marginalisation of Indians in Malaysia extends to every aspect of daily life.
Lebanon and the Syria Crisis
With Syria descending into all out civil war, neighboring Lebanon finds itself in a precarious spot. The Lebanese government’s equivocal stance may prove impossible to continue.
Burma’s Rakhine Conflict
While it is likely the more shocking acts of violence will gradually cease in the coming weeks, the conflict will leave a deep legacy on this region of Burma and can easily restart at anytime.
