Ethnic Conflicts
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Among the deficiencies demonstrated by the world financial crisis of 2008–9, one was the limited capacity of G-8 to provide for global economic governance. The developed economies quickly realised that they should seek joint solutions and... more
According to the " Waffle " model of the Belgian Linguistic Conflict (Klein et al., 2012), this conflict centres around two main dimensions: One concerns the use of language across the territory and the second concerns the distribution of... more
This article examines whether there is a steady pattern of celebrity engagement with humanitarian issues through a study of the involvement of U2 and Angelina Jolie in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The activism of these two celebrities was... more
This short conference paper re-examines claims made in 1996 and 2003, by Canadian historian, the late Peter Hart, that in the early 1920s southern Ireland experienced the forced migration of tens of thousands of native Protestants.... more
Conflict and its escalation in the present-day world demands and commands our attention, as well as our commitment to understanding and addressing it. Therefore, how should the media cover conflict? The debate is widespread and still... more
This paper seeks to explain the varying reactions of Tamils and Tutsis to the policies of post-independence governments in Sri Lanka and Rwanda respectively. I speculate that the different experiences of these two ethnic groups from the... more
Africa’s economic development is attributed greatly to China’s investments with the latter’s global branding strategy drawing the attention of global affairs and geopolitics. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as part of the... more
This paper analyses the main theories of ethnic conflict. It argues that, from an epistemological point of view, the unique nature of these theories are useful in comprehending the factors behind ethnic conflicts. When it comes to the... more
The South China Morning Post. January 27, 2007
Somalia is generally thought of as a homogenous society, with a common Arabic ancestry, a shared culture of nomadism and one Somali mother tongue. This study challenges this myth. Using the Jareer/Bantu as a case study, the book shows how... more
From October 6–8, 2014, following a call by the pro-Kurdish party to protest against the Turkish government’s alleged indifference to the situation in Kobani, protests and violent clashes took place in many provinces of Turkey. In order... more
First published in the American Chronicle, Buzzle and AfroArticles on 2nd May 2010 Republished in the portal of the exiled Oromo Parliamentarians... more
Dos suizos, dos libros, una única obsesión: la explotación del “oro negro” de la selva amazónica, en la época del auge cauchero en el Oriente de Bolivia. Con apenas unos meses de diferencia, Franz Ritz y Ernst Leutenegger trabajaron en la... more
Для большинства постсоветских государств, включая современную Россию, особую актуальность представляют институциональные задачи по конструированию устойчивой национальной государственности. Их решение осложняется не только... more
The 6 million people forming the Laotian population are officially divided into 49 ethnic groups. How can we explain this huge diversity of people ? How do they live together ? How does the State manage this diversity ? Based on the... more
This article critically examines territorial strategies adopted by the Indian state to accommodate territorially concentrated minority groups in two very recent cases: the formation of Telangana (2014) and the Bodoland Territorial Council... more
Although scholars of Somali Studies have engaged themselves in examining the Somali society from several perspectives, colonial and early Somali writers mainly observed the Somali people as homogenous, egalitarian and nomadic pastoral.... more
This policy report examines the symbolic contests that take place over flags in Northern Ireland. It looks at the background to the use of official flags on local Council buildings and to the flying of flags on lampposts and other 'street... more
This work questions the effectiveness of the dialogue-based peacebuilding initiatives in the case of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to identify the strengths and limitations. Findings, based on in-depth interviews with 23 persons, show that... more
The past two and a half decades in the South Caucasus leave little hope to entertain for the eventual integration of the region. So far the fragmentation of the South Caucasus into different blocks is the only reality. The different... more
Ruslar, merkezi Kuzey Kafkasya’ya hakim oldukları XVIII. yüzyıldan itibaren bölgeyi kendi devlet sistemlerine adapte etmek için pek çok idari yapılanma modeli uygulamışlardır. Fakat belirledikleri politikalarda sıklıkla bölgedeki etnik ve... more
SUMMARY The concept of " silence " is used to examine the everyday experience of lived violence in the prolonged ethnic conflict in Northern Ireland. I analyze silence as coercion, cultural censorship, embodied, and an integral component... more
"This book is one of the best examples of interdisciplinary work. Discursive and Visual Semiotics, Critical textual analysis and historiographical research come together to approach the work of the distinguished Andean author of... more
This was presentation on the historical roots of the current crisis in Burma (Myanmar) which I gave to KIKA (Kaukus Indonesia untuk Kebebasan Akademik) on Thursday 25 March 2021. One of the key themes which I chose to explore was the... more
The Bosnian war left a legacy of horrific crimes and human rights violations committed mainly against civilians. As part of the Dayton Peace Agreement (DPA), and in an effort to assure a peaceful transition out of violence, the ethnic... more
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, scholars researching ethnic politics have approached the South Caucasus as a testing ground for theories of separatism and conflict. But the 2003 Rose Revolution brought a new generation of politicians... more
Krzysztof Trzciński, Co łączy i dzieli communal conflict oraz „konflikt etniczny”? Analiza znaczeniowa obu terminów i ich nigeryjska egzemplifikacja, "Afryka" 2015, 42, s. 11-30. Artykuł traktuje o sensie terminów "communal conflict" oraz... more
Para la mayoría de los americanistas Jehan A. Vellard (1901-1996) es prácticamente un desconocido; para muchos es apenas una referencia bibliográfica más, o apenas el médico que acompañó a Claude Lévi-Strauss al Mato-Grosso. ¿Cómo es... more
Ikere-Ekiti has been facing challenges for decade over the role of Olukere in its affairs. Government has recognized Ogoga as the natural ruler for decades. Olukere who feels cheated has persistently lay claim to the rulership of Ikere.... more