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Although President Donald Trump’s recent comments disparaging African countries have drawn international condemnation, many Americans unfortunately share his perception that Africa is a miserable place where no one would choose to live.…
To many, the recent WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires (MC11) was a disappointment because there was a deadlock over the Doha Development Round.…
Quotas for disadvantaged groups, in politics and elsewhere, are implemented in more than 100 countries over the world. Because they are sometimes seen as violating important principles, or because they generate strong emotional reactions, they tend to attract controversy and generate debate.…
The Sword’s Other Edge establishes various compromises that come about in the pursuit of military power. The idea that pursuing military power can boomerang recalls the Vietnam War, when the use of American firepower in the attempt to crush the Communist threat failed, and backfired.…
Conflict-related displacement is increasingly central in shaping land claims, property relations, and modes of belonging in the African continent. In settings of forced mobility and resettlement, land property claims define the continued struggles over community membership and access to resources.…
I just came back from a hectic 10 days in the US, presenting my new book at 5 universities – it was a very intense, yet very satisfying, trip.…
Last year marked the anniversary of two of the most important scholarly debates about modern German history and the Holocaust: the so-called Historikerstreit (“historians’ quarrel”) that erupted thirty years ago in West Germany, as well as the lively debate sparked exactly a decade later by the publication in 1996 of Daniel J.…
Cambridge University Press welcomes 12 new journals in 2018, including 1 brand new launch title, 2 open access titles, and 9 from new society partners.…
With North Korea in the news, we would like to call attention to the range of research the Journal of East Asian Studies has published on the country.…
Introduction to the current issue (17, 2) The current issue of the Journal of East Asian Studies (17, 2) brings together a number of pieces on China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, beginning with Qingjie Zeng’s discussion of Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign.…
The news media can provide up to the minute information. The special August 2017 online issue of Slavic Review does something else.…
In this post, the guest Editors of the latest 50th anniversary issue of the Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, Alexandra Dobrowolsky, Fiona MacDonald, Tracey Raney, Cheryl N.…