by Natividad Gutiérrez Chong | Jun 23, 2022 | blog
The first time I was in a “real” autonomy was in 1983, in an autonomous demarcation in the province of Yunnan, in the People’s Republic of China. That experience made me aware of the possibility that non-dominant peoples – ethnic minorities as...
by Sam Pryke | Jun 17, 2022 | blog
It is possible to find coverage of most things and nationalism in academic journals. For example: obscure sports (lacrosse) (Robidoux, 2022), wildflowers (Dahl, 1998), style of hats (Akturk, 2017) and food: gastronationalism (De Soucey, 2010) – literally, nationalism...
by David Landon Cole | Jun 8, 2022 | blog
I was very sad to hear that my friend, Dr Shane Nagle, who served for several years as ASEN’s conference secretary, passed away in April at the age of only 35 after being diagnosed with a glioblastoma in 2021. Shane and I met when I was a masters’ student...
by Michael Hechter | May 31, 2022 | blog
Everybody knows that the United States is a highly polarized country, divided into blue states and red. Blue states tend to favor minority voting, abortion rights, mask mandates, climate mitigation, gay and transgender rights, Medicare expansion, gun controls, a...
by Taras Kuzio | May 23, 2022 | blog
The small number of 25,000 Armenians continuing to live in Karabakh are too small in number to require an autonomous republic. Meanwhile, keeping 2,000 Russian peacekeeping forces in place is a bad policy option as their primary goal will be to keep tensions simmering...
by Adrian Guelke | May 9, 2022 | blog
In elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly in May 2022, Sinn Féin won the largest share of the vote of any party by a wide margin. In terms of seats it was just ahead of the second placed Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). This was the first time a nationalist...
