The Importance of the Diaspora’s Investment in Haiti
Introduction Since 1990, the Haitian government has transformed—with laborious displays of violence—19 times.[1] The trend is part of a cycle of sustained polit...
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The Bodhisattva and Those Who Burned: On Self-Immolation and the Silence of the Dalai Lama
On December 4th of last year, Kunchok Tseten made his final decision. Leaving behind his wife and two children, ages three and four, Tseten strode to the center...
Imperial Contradiction: Australian Foreign Policy and the British Response to the Rise of Japan, 1894-1904
Introduction: Imperial Contradiction Can any nation depend for its defence upon a foreign policy entirely conducted by statesmen responsible to another nation? ...
Freedom for Authoritarianism: Patriotic Hackers and Chinese Nationalism
Introduction In 2005, against the backdrop of increasing tensions between China and Japan, servers hosting the website of Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, Japanese Mini...
“Ulei Română” During World War II and Beyond: Development of the Romanian Oil Industry
And elsewhere German columns raced By light of burning Russian farms Across the steppes of the Ukraine; These deep incursions, Blitzkrieg paced, Could win the w...
Tunisia Today: Historical Statebuilding Processes as Predictors of Post-Arab Spring Success
Tunisia’s post-Arab Spring development has been punctuated by a series of promising successes. Last spring, the BBC couched the nation’s recent passing of elect...
How Do Levels of Consent Shape Different Forms of Human Trafficking In Southeast Asia?
Human trafficking is one of the most tragic features of present-day global migration, with an estimated 2 million people being trafficked annually.[1] Although ...
The Outsiders: How The Lives of Margaret Thatcher and Angela Merkel Created Modern Europe
“We want the Community to move forward as twelve… Europe is strongest when it grows through willing co-operation and practical measures, not compulsion or burea...
The ‘Modern Galahad’ and the ‘Apostle of Kultur’: Representations of the East African Campaign and the Imperial Gendering of British War Culture, 1914-1918
Although Kiboriani and Buigiri were called “Women’s Camp,” the [German military] man placed in charge of them was quite unfit to have the charge of ladies. His ...
“The Basic Scientific Problems that Call Upon People”: An Interview with Norman Borlaug (20 April 2009)
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity. Dr. Norman Borlaug (March 25, 1914—September 12, 2009) was an American biologist, humanitarian, and Nobel La...
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