By Sandra Kolb One and a half million people have fled Ukraine in just ten days- a mass exodus presenting numbers Europe has not experienced since World War II (UNHCR, 2022). As people leave their homes, most are heading to the neighboring European countries of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova in search of safety. …
By Troy N. Egan In 1960, a 34-year-old Polish-born electrical engineer named Paul Baran wrote a report that would reshape the way we communicate. He and his wife of five years had moved from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, where he obtained his Master’s degree at UCLA the year before, and where he began his work … Continue reading War & Order: What Web3 Can Teach Us About WW3
By Yasmine Yang; Shuji He On February 1, 2021, just hours after the military coup d’état seized key members of Myanmar’s government, and former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi released a statement on the “Chair NLD” (National League for Democracy) Facebook page in which she urged people “not to accept the coup by the military and … Continue reading The Protracted War in Myanmar
By Andrew Lim I attended the 2021 New Zealand Political Studies Association’s (NZPSA) Conference on 8-10 February 2022, which was held via Zoom. This article gives a brief account of my experiences at the NZPSA Conference followed by a discussion of the pros and cons of Zoom conferencing. I argue that while Zoom helps overcome … Continue reading The 2021 NZPSA Conference: navigating the opportunities and challenges of Zoom
Aotearoa/New Zealand has experienced a tragedy in the Christchurch Massacre: 50 lives stolen, dozens more directly harmed, and the conscience of a political community shocked, perhaps awakened from slumber. What comes next? In situations like this, one thing that commonly happens is the wide and public restatement of values. There are benefits to this: these … Continue reading What Comes After Tragedy? | Editors
By Natalia Bogado Hernandez “Men of every creed and race gather here before thy face asking thee to bless this place god defend our free land.” To this adopted Kiwi, the March 15th terrorist attacks felt like a tragedy of apocalyptic proportions. The initial disbelief, the subsequent shock, the final abatement and sheer … Continue reading “The Victims are Us; The Perpetrators are Not”: Political Communication Following a Terrorist Attack | N.B.H.
By Andrew Lim 15th March 2019 is a date which will live in infamy for New Zealanders. On that grim day, a White supremacist and self-proclaimed “eco-fascist” murdered 50 people and wounded 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch. Fortunately, the New Zealand Police authorities acted swiftly, apprehending him and three other suspects. At the … Continue reading The 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings and implications for New Zealand society and public policy | Andrew Lim
Dr. Stephen Winter The long wait is over. The Royal Commission into abuse and neglect in out-of-home care now has a full complement of commissioners, a budget and its final terms of reference. Recent commentators have focused on the fact that religious care arrangements are now included. However, there are a range of other changes, … Continue reading The Widening Challenge of the State Care Abuse Inquiry
By Andrew Lim The 14th Malaysian general election (GE14), held on 9 May 2018, will be long remembered as an important date in Malaysian history. For the first time in the country’s 61-year history, the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN; National Front) lost its majority in the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives), the Malaysian Parliament’s … Continue reading Malaysia boleh! Making sense of the 2018 Malaysian general election
In the past year, religious rioting and other forms of communal violence have increased in several areas of India. In the past two weeks alone, riots have broken out in West Bengal, Bihar and Rajasthan killing a handful of people and causing extensive damage. The police have arrested local officials from the ruling nationalist Bharatiya … Continue reading Sanjal Shastri & Chris Wilson: Religious Riots as Political Strategy in India
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