Why did the peaceful Tamil minority eventually became a violent secessionist group dedicated to the goal of establishing Tamil Eelam homeland?
The failure of the ICTR to deliver equal justice to RPF war criminals as those Hutus who perpetuated the Rwandan genocide threatens to set a dangerous international precedent.
Ethnic conflict can be explained as rational using a combination of rational-choice theory and interpretivism. Viewed through this lens, the meaning of ethnic conflict within the context of the politics of culture and transition.
By choosing to ignore an agonistic approach, democratic politics in Turkey has in fact exacerbated the antagonistic potential existing in society.
Migrant workers in France (particularly from North Africa and Asia) have been discriminated in the job market as well as in different social aspects of life such as housing.
Multicultural societies should not institutionalize a form of group recognition, as it is unjust to expect an individual to respect a particular culture when their lifestyle or principles are attacked by that culture.
There is a stark analogue between the policies and moral justifications for pre-emption in the Bush Doctrine and the workings of, and moral justifications given for, pre-crime.
It could be argued that Russian foreign policy is based on the belief that Russia still has the right to impose its interests on the post-communists states as if they still were Moscow’s satellites.
Major processes such as globalisation remain – despite their international appearance – locally embedded. Area specialists can contribute to a more refined interpretation of these developments.
The beginning of the 1990’s marked the start of a transition in the realm of Indonesian politics, as the population began to show their frustration towards Suharto’s authoritarian regime.
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