The Nature of Disaster

SubmissionMay 14, 2020

Lessons on Crisis Response from a Suspended Course on Global Environmental History By Ida Simonsen In 1755, the city of Lisbon was struck by an earthqua... Read More

Inside the Narco-State: The Failure of Tajikistan’s Drug Policy

Sophie SmithMay 5, 2020

Since the 1990s, Tajikistan has become a major hub for drug trafficking. Each year, around 100 tonnes of opium and heroin is smuggled across the Tajik-Afghan b... Read More

Activists respond to anti-Muslim violence and threats to democracy in India

Annina ClaessonMarch 16, 2020

The state of “the world’s largest democracy” is in an uproar. In late February 2020, Hindu nationalist mobs attacked Muslim homes, shops, and mosques in what h... Read More

The violence against Muslims in India, explained

Pariesa YoungMarch 6, 2020

By Pariesa Young and Tristan Werkmeister In India last week, mobs targeted Muslims in the streets. Death tolls are still on the rise as factions come to blo... Read More

Review: Reece Jones’ “Violent Borders” is an Indictment of Exclusionary Border Policies

Rachel GriffinJanuary 24, 2020

On the 23rd of October 2019, the bodies of 39 undocumented migrants from Vietnam were discovered in the back of a refrigerated lorry in Essex, south England. O... Read More

Opinion: Conflicting Waters: Why China should diminish its presence in the South China Sea

Meike EijsbergJanuary 3, 2020

In the southeast of Asia lies a large body of water that has received more claimants than the last piece of ham at Christmas: the South China Sea. For decades,... Read More

What does it mean to be an Indian? A look at the Citizenship (Amendment) Act

Sharbani ChattorajDecember 25, 2019

The world’s largest democracy is fighting to protect its ethos. A few days ago, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed by the Indian Parliament. On Dec... Read More

Opinion: Why Governments Should Engage With (Some) Terrorist Groups

SubmissionDecember 2, 2019

Submitted by Max Freundlieb In the face of violence, governments frequently invoke the policy “We don’t talk to terrorists.” George W. Bush cited it in resp... Read More

A war of words: Breaking down 50 years of US-Iran relations through rhetoric and media coverage

Pariesa YoungNovember 18, 2019

For many, the nuclear agreement reached with Iran in 2015 seemed like a glimmer of hope. In the United States, it was a sign of easing tensions between two cou... Read More

Forgotten Land Under The Sun: The West Papua conflict

Julia Codina SariolsNovember 18, 2019

Indonesia might not be the first country to come up when we talk about conflict. However, this great power of Southeast Asia has been involved in an ongoing co... Read More