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...
Author: Min Byung Chae
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 sovereignty...
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...
Cosmopolitan Culpability: The Dynamics of Mitigated Punishment and Migration
A version of this article originally appeared in Inquiries Journal.Annamaneni, Keerthana. “Towards a Theory of Leniency for Immigrants.” Inquiries J...
Revisionist Memory: How the far-right Alternative for Germany is seeking to reshape the nation’s collective memory to promote a Eurosceptic, German-centric foreign policy agenda
Throughout the history of modern Germany, an unwavering government commitment to the remembrance of the National Socialists’ atrocities has permeated an ingrain...
Military Modernizers: US Military Aid and the Indonesian Civic Action Program, 1958-1965
On March 12, 1958, an unidentified plane parachuted 20 cases of arms into the middle of a field in Pekanbaru, a city that became a major conflict zone in the In...
Franco-Era Spain and its Usage of Soft Power
There is no doubt that juxtaposing themes such as cruelty and mercy, fear and love present throughout life and media contributed to the two-dimensional divide b...