Cecilia Milwertz
Senior researcher
NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
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China’s Charter 08 – a civic call worth noticing
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January 25, 2009 - 14:56 -
University class turned peace process. Senior Reseacher Timo Kivimäki, NIAS
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January 16, 2009 - 09:27 -
Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province has suffered from communal conflict and at the turn of the millennium the Indonesian province became infamous for two massive cannibalistic riots. While the massive violence has not continued there have been smaller violent incidents with several people killed every year.
2008: Ups and downs in Korea
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January 12, 2009 - 09:42 -
by Geir Helgesen, Senior Researcher, NIAS
Last year in Korea was, as was previous years, filled with ups and downs, hopes and doubts, surprises and shocks, mystical occurrences and wild speculations, political shrewdness and political stupidity, conflict and thaw, tragedies and hope, fear and forgiving. All in all probably not so different from previous years, so what can be said about the recent past and the possible future on the Korean peninsula?
THE ATTACK ON MUMBAI By Stig Toft Madsen Lund University
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January 6, 2009 - 04:48 -
The attack on Mumbai came after a series of terrorist acts in other Indian cities. Shortly after the attack, a hitherto unknown group, the Deccan Mujahidin, took the responsibility. Because the attack on Mumbai followed the attacks to which