Reviews

Review – Return Engagements

Martin Duffy • Aug 31 2023 • Features

Việt Lê portrays a new approach to contemporary visual art in Cambodia and Vietnam that moves beyond a fetishised focus on conflict and trauma.

Review – The Invention of International Order

Christopher David LaRoche • Aug 28 2023 • Features

Glenda Sluga highlights the oft-neglected political influence of non-state actors in the wake of the Napoleonic wars, but fails to provide a formal theory for analysis.

Review – The Path to Genocide in Rwanda

Andreas Moeller • Aug 24 2023 • Features

Despite some familiar conclusions, Omar McDoom’s important contribution provides a quality in-depth analysis of the Rwandan genocide, particularly on participation.

Review – The Comfort Women of Singapore

Kristin Hynes • Aug 21 2023 • Features

Kevin Blackburn provides a detailed account of the sexual slavery practiced in wartime Singapore, but is limited by a dearth of first-hand testimony from local sources.

Review – Waiting for Dignity

Abdul Ghani Amin • Aug 16 2023 • Features

Florian Weigand uses the case of Afghanistan to posit a theory of legitimacy and authority under armed conflicts, but fails to consider the role of parallel institutions.

Review – My Fourth Time, We Drowned

Lida Naeim-Jäggi • Aug 13 2023 • Features

This thoroughly researched work gives victims a voice through eye opening accounts of refugee and migrant experiences alongside criticism of international organisations.

Review – ‘Fragile States’ in an Unequal World

Babatunde Obamamoye • Jul 23 2023 • Features

Despite the title, the book’s central theme focuses on narratives of state fragility, achieved through an innovative use of stories from those involved with the g7+.

Review – Terrorism: The Power of Weakness and Fear

Nick Brooke • Jul 13 2023 • Features

Juan Romero’s novel approach to the use of fear by terrorists draws on an impressive range of materials and makes a valuable contribution to the terrorism literature.

Review – The Digital Silk Road

Areesha Anwer • Jul 6 2023 • Features

Jonathan Hillman details the growing online influence gained by China through its Digital Silk Road, but fails to effectively cover its socio-economic impacts.

Review – Practicing Peace

Sarwar Minar • Jun 25 2023 • Features

Aarie Glas describes practices of conflict management in Southeast Asia and South America but questions arise about the applicability of such practices in other regions.

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