21st-Century Powder Keg: How Bolivia’s Military Coup Puts South American Democracies At Risk
The United States has an unfortunate history of inserting itself into any region that contains a coveted resource. From our expansion into Mexican-owned lands i...
The Role of State Identity in Pandemic Response: The Case of Belarus and Georgia
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the newly independent republics of Belarus and Georgia began the task of building their nation-states. The politic...
To European students in the US,
I know we often feel morally superior to our US counterparts. Trump? Guns? Lack of public transportation? Private prisons? Death sentences? Europe could never! ...
The Evolving Zainichi Identity and Multicultural Society in Japan
Introduction The notion of ethnic homogeneity has served a potent role in building modern nation-states. Governments have often used perceived ethnic homogeneit...
Differing Conceptions of Citizenship: Nehru, Gandhi and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
In December 2019, the Parliament of India passed a law entitled the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The CAA, endorsed by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata...
Citizenship: The Right to Rights and Duties
“To celebrate citizenship is one way for society to show that it is something valuable which strengthens the community.” ~Jens Orback, 2006 The concept of cit...
The Social Contract of Citizenship
Current political discourse has brought the nuances of citizenship to the forefront of the nation’s psyche. News outlets are rife with reports of injustices per...
Differing Conceptions of Citizenship: Nehru, Gandhi and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
In December 2019, the Parliament of India passed a law entitled the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The CAA, endorsed by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata...
Can the Personal be Political?: A Critique of Gandhi’s Nonviolence in the Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement
Part I. Introduction In 1841, Hong Kong became a British colony, having been ceded by China after the First Opium War. The British reaffirmed their sovere...
Brother-and-Sister Brotherhood: Sexual Harassment and Gender-Mixed Barracks in the Norwegian Armed Forces
The sun never rose the first day Kari began her service in the Norwegian Armed Forces.[1] Daylight didn’t appear at Setermoen Camp, a northern army base situate...