By Mikael Gravers, Aarhus University: Early in the morning on 1 February 2021, the Myanmar armed forces (Tatmadaw) arrested President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, along with other high-ranking National League for Democracy (NLD) members. As
Life Under the Radar: Female North Korean Migrants Living in China.
By Kate Allanson, MA North Korean Studies Student, University of Central Lancashire: A life underground or risk repatriation. This is the choice many North Korean migrants are faced with once they cross the Yalu River, setting foot on Chinese ground.
Hindu Cultural Nationalism and its implication for India
By Amit Singh, PhD candidate, University of Coimbra: Cultural nationalism is a form of nationalism in which the nation is defined by a shared culture. It focuses on a national identity shaped by cultural traditions. In the Indian context, the
A New Cold War? Can we maintain good academic relationships with China post Covid-19?
By Jørgen Delman, University of Copenhagen: As a social scientist working in the field of Chinese politics, I note with interest the speed with which perceptions of China changed these last months. A Cold War mentality is detectable. We hear
Announcement: the InFocus blog has relaunched!
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the relevance of posting insightful analyses has become apparent. We are therefore content to announce that the InFocus blog has relaunched!
Osama bin Laden og Ayman al-Zawahiri i Afghanistan og Pakistan
De to terrorister, som jeg vil fokusere på, er Osama bin Laden (født 10. Marts 1957 i Jiddah i Saudi Arabien, død 2. maj 2011) og i mindre omfang Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri (født 19. Juni 1951 i Cairo i Egypten).
Aceh as a model of Asian-European security cooperation by Timo Kivimäki
Aceh as a model of
Asian-European security cooperation by Timo Kivimäki
Peace for Asia
By Stein
Tønnesson
Research
Professor, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
Exhibiting the Chinese War of Resistance in the People’s Republic of China
Karl Gustafsson,
M.A., Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of Political Science, Stockholm University
Gendered Globalisation and Social Change by Nira Yuval-Davis
The social change affecting gender relations in society as a result of globalisation is paradoxical. On the one hand, as a result of globalisation women are allowed entry to roles and arenas of society in which they were not allowed