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On Protests, Revolutions, and the New Roman Empire: Notes on America
By American, I mean that I am a beneficiary of empire, more specifically: the same empire so central in creating the world as we know it today, the same empire that was protested the world over in 2019. A different kind of Rome, this time clad in stars and stripes, presides over a different kind of Empire today.
Black Flowers of Civilization: Violence, Colonial Institutions, and the Law in Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians
Law derives its legitimacy from a specific way of exercising war: the colonial western state. In this essay, I argue that this specific way of waging war – and the institutions created to sustain it – underpin law’s authority in the western imagination.
The Trolley Problem and COVID-19
What do we do when we face the trolley problem in real-time, due to COVID-19?
The Arab Spring is Alive and Kicking
Since the beginning of the last decade, when millions of people rose-up in revolutions against corruption and dictatorship across the Middle East, demanding their legitimate human rights, there was a widespread atmosphere of optimism and excitement for fundamental reforms. However, regretfully, these hopes soon faded away.
Knowing one’s place
Discrimination, racialization, and transnational social movements are intricately layered within each context they manifest in — the Institute is no different.
Puppeteers in Combat Garb: Taingyintha and the Politicisation of Ethnicity in Myanmar
The Rohingya Refugees carry with them a painful history of oppression from ethnic cleansing, and continue to be a persecuted minority. How do the Burmese government and the Tatmadaw sustain and push the representation of the Rohingyas being ‘illegal immigrants’?
George Floyd, Racisme, Diversité & ce que Gisa en fait
Dans cet article, David Rochat revient sur les réactions suite au meurtre de George Floyd, afin de soulever des interrogations concernant l’emploi de la notion de “diversité” à l’Institut, et plus particulièrement par GISA. Il plaide également en faveur de plus de sollicitations médiatiques, déclarations politiques et réflexions académiques capables d’embrasser et d’interroger le racisme dans sa complexité transnationale.
No, we have not forgotten about Burrin’s Q&A
How do you say ‘gaslighting’ in French?
To Change the US-Russia Relationship, Reinvigorate the US State Department
The path to a healthier diplomatic engagement may lie in strengthening the professional service of the flailing State Department.
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