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Professor Richard Caplan writes on the study of violent conflict and the practice of peacebuilding
20 July 2017
Richard Caplan has written an article for e-International Relations (20 July) entitled ‘Studying Conflict and Practicing Peacebuilding’, about the relationship between the study of conflict and the actual practice of peacebuilding....
International Affairs special issue - 'Contentious borders: the Middle East and North Africa post-2011'
13 July 2017
Head of Department Louise Fawcett has co-edited the latest issue of International Affairs, the academic journal of the think tank Chatham House. ‘Contentious borders: the Middle East and North Africa post-2011’ is a multi-disciplinary examination of statehood and sovereignty in the MENA region. Alongside Raffaella A. Del Sarto (John Hopkins University) and Asli S. Okyay (European University), Louise has drawn together contributions from academic both outside and within the region, working on disciplines from geopolitics to ethnology. Louise’s own contribution to the issue, titled ‘States......
Tanzania: Shrinking Space and Opposition Protest
11 July 2017
Dan Paget, a doctoral candidate at the department, has written an article for Journal of Democracy on Tanzania. He is writing his thesis on rallies and election campaigning in sub-Saharan Africa. He lived in Tanzania during its 2015 election campaign....
Matthew Walton on the misunderstanding of Myanmar’s ‘Buddhist Nationalists’
07 July 2017
Matthew Walton has written an article for the Asia Times (9 June) entitled ‘Misunderstanding Myanmar’s Ma Ba Tha’, about how media both within and outside of Myanmar have a tendency to misinterpret the true nature of the Buddhist Ma Ba Tha group and its underlying popularity as a defender of the faith....
Dr Sudhir Hazareesingh talks to BBC News about Macron's address
05 July 2017
Sudhir Hazareesingh was interviewed for BBC News (5 July) about President Macron's address to the French Congress at Versailles....
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Southeast Asia in Dark Times: Philippines’ Martial Law and Indonesia’s Mob Rule
The future of democracy and the rule of law in Southeast Asia is in peril. While fundamentally different in many ways, current political developments in the Philippines and...