Global Politics
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The Guests of Nero
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In his poignant film Nero’s Guests,1 historian P. Sainath describes Tacitus’ account of the burning of Rome in 64 A.D. As Rome was engulfed in civil unrest, Emperor Nero opened his gardens to throw the grandest party the ancient world had seen, as a distraction for those who wielded both power and influence. There was…
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The Success Condition for Protests
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One type of argument for the justification of protest activities has appealed to pragmatic considerations.1 Guided by the principle ‘the means should prefigure the end,’ defenders of what I call ‘the success condition for protests’ have argued that protests—and particular forms of it—are permissible only by virtue of their success2 in bringing forth practical results…
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The Final Barriers of Colonialism
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In 1947, the Crown in the Jewel of the British Empire finally broke free to shine on its own, as the Indian Subcontinent won its independence from British rule and the current geopolitical map of the region was created. 73 years on, while the days of foreign occupation and unwanted flags fluttering in Indian lands…
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Has the rule of law been replaced by the rule of politics?
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Introduction There are few doctrines more sacrosanct to the sphere of international human rights law than that of the rule of law. Its fundamentality is demonstrated by its inclusion in an array of mission statements and supranational bodies, ranging from the United Nations (which associates the principle with its basic functions,)[1] to the African Union…
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Student Politics and the Birth and Death of Bangladesh
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Abrar Fahad was a second-year student of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), the prime engineering university in Bangladesh. He was tortured inside his own residential hall and killed by leaders of the Chhatra League—the student-wing of the ruling party of Bangladesh, the Awami League—on October 7, 2019, for allegedly being critical on…
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The Hong Kong Riots: A Comparative Account of Media Coverage in Hong Kong and the UK
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Stuart Ashcombe and guest author Ryan Cheung analyse developments in press attitudes towards the protests in Hong Kong, tracing lines of division and convergence across major media outlets in Hong Kong and the UK.
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On the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 – And How It Began
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Jointly authored by: Harsh Bajpai, Ahmed Shafquat Hassan, Shreya Khandelwal The 2019 winter session of the Indian Parliament saw discussion, debate and disagreements surrounding the Citizenship Amendment Bill which – after receiving the President’s assent on 12th December, 2019 – has now become the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (henceforth referred to as ‘the said act’)….
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Australia’s Bushfire Crisis
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It is difficult to talk about the current bushfire crisis facing Australia with anything close to the objectivity required of a journalistic article. As my home, I have struggled to come to grips with the scope of the disaster that has occurred here. For a long time, we have had the benefit of sitting on…
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“The Chinese Dream” – Discourses of Opportunity and the Realities of Racism in Modern China
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This year’s G20 summit had no shortage of tense and exciting moments. Discussions pertaining to the global climate crisis, the US-China trade war, and Putin’s fatalistic remarks on the modern liberal project dominated headlines globally. Amidst this diplomatic flurry, one leader’s voice went relatively unnoticed. Bearing the heat of Osaka’s summer sun, surrounded by a…
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The Reluctantly Liberated: Reassessing Russia sympathisers in Ukraine
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In Donbass, Pro-Russian sentiments run deeper than the conventional narrative of a Russian propaganda campaign In July I travelled to the Luhansk region of Ukraine and visited the only crossing point to the so called ‘Luhansk People’s Republic’. I was given an excursion by a guide and a Ukrainian army officer who gave me the…