International Seminar: Crisis, Democracy and Development – Cartographies of the future
Held at World Social Forum, Tunis, 2013 A Brief Analysis by Dhruv Pande, 17 May, 2013. (The views reflected here are of the four sessions, out of six, in the Seminar Series) The…
More than Meets the Eye. Emerging Dynamics in the Turkish-PKK Peace Process
Little over a month has passed since Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), made a historic call to his followers to lay down their weapons and engage in…
Women in Islam: the promises of citizenship between religious and civil reformism
In the current debate between East and West, and, in that between Islamists and secular people, the emphasis on Islam raises a fundamental question: Can Islam tolerate equality between sexes and can it…
Where Have All the Seasons Gone? Current Impacts of Climate Change in Gujarat
Global warming has finally begun to get the attention of the world in the last few years, though a sense of urgency and a commensurate response is still lacking where it is needed…
Aristide Zolberg and African Studies
In a 2010 interview, Aristide Zolberg—the pioneer Africanist political scientist who died on April 12 at the age of 81—described his early interest in the politics of a continent in the first throes…
Naya Pakistan, an old fable: Ayesha Siddiqa
Kafila, May 10, 2013. Guest post by AYESHA SIDDIQA: The renowned television anchor Quatrina Hosain was in tears. A day after the incident of her being sexually assaulted at a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI)…
Bangladesh, Global Capitalism, and the Garment Industry
As the death toll continues to rise in Bangladesh’s worst industrial disaster yet, we reproduce a previously published article on the global garment industry taking the examples of Bangladesh and Argentina. Readers should…
The Democratic Transition in Tunisia: How is it going?
We are living in a historic and crucial moment for the building of real, genuine, and lasting democracy in the Middle East and North Africa. This is something that many of us have…
Freedom Day
Today marks the 19th anniversary of Freedom Day in South Africa. It is an occasion to reflect on the recent and distant past. This is significant because in recent weeks the past has…
EU Law and Rule of Law on the Balance: Justice for Hungary?
Hungary’s place in the sun in the EU After having a short overview about the controversial political developments in Hungary 2010-2013, the questions emerge: shall Europe be really ready for confrontations with Hungary?…
