SOAS Research Online

2021

Vinjamuri, Leslie, Slaughter, Anne-Marie, Sawers, John, Kupchan, Charles A., Nossel, Suzanne, Cooley, Alexander, Scheider-Petsinger, Marianne, Mitter, Rana and Vakil, Sanam (2021) US Spotlight: The year in review and looking ahead. Chatham House [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cheung, Olivia (2021) Xi demands respect at the US-China virtual summit. East Asia Forum [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mou, Yu (2021) How to Prevent Miscarriages of Justice. US-Asia Law Institute Perspectives [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Suzuki, Satona (2021) Did the Attack on Pearl Harbor Cost the Axis Powers the War? History Today [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Marois, Thomas (2021) Why a public bank could accelerate NJ’s clean-energy ambitions. NJ Spotlight News [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Istratii, Romina (2021) Domestic Violence, Faith, and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: 16 Days Of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Public Orthodoxy [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2021) A polarized America still showing little sign of unity. Chatham House [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Tanner, Thomas (2021) Loss and damage: What next for the “Russian Doll” of climate change action? SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Venkat, Vidya (2021) In India, democracy isn't dead. The Wire [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Yidana, Nuhu (2021) Consumer Protection in Ghana: Oversight, Enforcement and Recommendations. Commercial Law Research Network Nigeria (CLRNN) [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Playing Beta to China and Other International Alpha Powers (Again). FORSEA US-China Tensions Roundtable [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wilkinson, Emily and Tanner, Thomas (2021) COP26: The good, the bad and the ugly. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Siciliano, Giuseppina (2021) COP26: A “just” decision-making process is needed for a “just” transition. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Gencsu, Ipek, Roy, Rathin, Prizzon, Annalisa, Cao, Yue, Colenbrander, Sarah, Locke, Anna, Dupar, Mairi, Mendez-Parra, Maximiliano, Wilkinson, Emily, Tanner, Thomas, Leon-Himmelstine, Carmen and Tant, Emilie (2021) Our thoughts on COP26 – reflections on the Glasgow Climate Pact. ODI Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Lee, Yenn (2021) Below-the-line conversations: A computer-facilitated case study of Guardian reader comments. Software Sustainability Institute Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Ouyang, Wen-chin (2021) Multilingualism and Global Humanities in the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic. Goldsmith Centre for Comparative Literature [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Siciliano, Giuseppina (2021) Community-led energy solutions as the future of just and clean energy transitions. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Newsham, Andrew, Shonhe, Toendepi and Bvute, Tsitsidzashe (2021) Lessons from Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Ramgotra, Manjeet (2021) Beyond Individualism: Freedom Sociability and Justice. ISRF Bulletin [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Ignoring Global Realities? Western Governments need to invest in Asian Studies in their Universities. FORSEA Opinion [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Hylton, Richard (2021) Eugene Palmer: a Black British artist you need to know about. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Fiaz, Hassan (2021) Squid Game, The Rat Race, and a Rigged Rulebook: Why Fewer of us Are Opting to 'Continue Playing'. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Suzuki, Satona (2021) Channels Business Global Interview. Channels Business Global [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Post-colonial intellectual counter-spaces under threat. University World News [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2021) Biden’s Realism will Drive Competition Among US Allies. Chatham House online [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Suzuki, Satona (2021) Japan: what are the chances of a woman becoming prime minister in a deeply patriarchal society? The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Lwabukuna, Olivia (2021) The Responsibility to Protect IDPs: African and Kenyan Encounters. Fresh Perspectives [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cullet, Philippe (2021) Le mauvais signal de la Suisse à l’approche de la COP26. Le Temps [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mosse, David (2021) Critical Scholarship in Perilous Times: a Conversation with David Mosse, Winner of the 2021 Jack Goody Award. Comparative Studies in Society and History [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Suzuki, Satona (2021) Japan’s post-Olympic challenges. Asian Affairs [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2021) Joe Biden’s botched Afghan withdrawal will create a crisis of confidence among US allies. The Sunday Telegraph [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2021) Afghanistan: The fate of Biden’s Doctrine is Uncertain. Afghanistan: The fate of Biden’s Doctrine is Uncertain [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Gallagher, Julia (2021) State aesthetics and meanings of political architecture in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Africa at LSE [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) State-Think and the Problem with University Education in Post-Colonial Societies. FORSEA Featured Opinion [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Menon, Annapurna, Nandan, Arshita and Krishnakumar, Jo (2021) Differences Empowering Solidarity: Notes from a Workshop. University of Westminster Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Nelson, Matthew J. (2021) Will Muslim-Majority States Recognise the Taliban’s "Islamic" Regime? Pursuit [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Fell, Dafydd (2021) Taiwan Studies Book Promotion: A World Book Tour of Taiwan’s Green Parties during the Pandemic. Newsletter of the European Association of Taiwan Studies [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) The Misuses of Histories and Historiography by the state in Myanmar: The Case of Rakhine and Rohingya [Blog post]. FORSEA Opinion [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Gerteis, Christopher (2021) The Hidden Conservativsm of the 'Radical' Sixties Generation. Cornell University Press [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Hijjas, Mulaika (2021) Jawi: identity and controversy. New Mandala [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Bahadur, Aditya and Tanner, Thomas (2021) BLOG: Rethinking urban climate resilience: time for a reset? IIED Website [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2021) The US’s strict Covid border policy is alienating Europe. Financial Times [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Roy, Pallavi (2021) Rethinking anti-corruption: The need for politically located data. Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wood, Jiyeon (2021) Korean Collections at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Korean Studies Trends [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mezzadri, Alessandra (2021) Informal Employment and the Social Reproduction of Value. Marxist Sociology Blog; Developing Economics [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Ait Said-Ghanem, Nadia (2021) Joseph Svoboda: selling clay tablets in nineteenth-century Baghdad. SOAS History Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Rodet, Marie, Camara, Bakary, Deleigne, Marie-Christine and Pelckmans, Lotte (2021) Under the Radar: Descent-based Slavery as a Form of Contemporary Slavery. The Republic [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Istratii, Romina (2021) On the Conflict in Tigray. Public Orthodoxy [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cullet, Philippe (2021) Addressing Inequality to Foster Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Environmental Regimes. Pathway to the 2022 Declaration – A Blog by Jurists for Diplomats [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2021) Biden's Summitry was Reassuring Now Comes the Hard Part. Council of Foreign Relations [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Aung San Suu Kyi in court: 'All these charges have been trumped up'. France 24 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) How Racist is your Engagement with Burma Studies? FORSEA [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Liu, Jieyu (2021) What effect will China‘s three-child policy have on working women? The Independent, 7 June 2021 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2021) Why the Wuhan lab theory inquiry will help Biden heal a divided America. Telegraph [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Dussud, Morgane (2021) Conducting research in the midst of a military coup in Myanmar. LSE Field Research Methods Lab [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cullet, Philippe (2021) For COP26 Britain Must Host the Most Ambitious Climate Change Conference Ever. SOAS ICOP Policy Briefings [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Busuttil, Nicolette (2021) Entrenching Invisibility and Creating Vulnerability: The Absence of Disability in the UK’s New Plan for Immigration. Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) Blog on Refugee Law and Forced Migration [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Istratii, Romina, Papagianni, Estela, Ghebreweldi, Mebrak and Damtew, Aklil (2021) Starting a research project during a pandemic and a war: lessons from project dldl/ድልድል. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Thomson, Nicholas and Meehan, Patrick (2021) Five considerations for international actors trying to engage with drugs policy in Myanmar. Drugs and (dis)order [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Goodhand, Jonathan and Meehan, Patrick (2021) Drugs ‘trilemma’: how to halt the deadly trade while still ensuring development and peace. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Ait Said-Ghanem, Nadia (2021) Ibrahim Elias Gejou and Old Babylonian omens. SOAS History Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Rodet, Marie, Camara, Bakary, Dust-Lee, Leah and Pelckmans, Lotte (2021) The fight against descent-based slavery in Mali. Africa Is A Country [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Stevano, Sara and Pérez Niño, Helena (2021) Insurgency in Cabo Delgado: capitalist penetration in the periphery of the periphery. Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Lu, Xiaoning (2021) Sang culture: how a reluctant Russian singer became the hero of young pessimists across China. Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2021) Biden shows huge ambition but trade-offs are inevitable. Chathamhouse.org [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Kashyap, Megha (2021) Living Between Two Worlds. Convivial Thinking [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2021) The Colour Bar at the Border. Tribune [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

van Huellen, Sophie and Abubakar, Fuad Mohammed (2021) Why Ghana doesn’t get the full value of its cocoa beans – and how this could change. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Istratii, Romina (2021) The necessity for a decolonial approach to researching and addressing domestic violence in diverse religio-cultural contexts. Project dldl/ድልድል blog. SOAS University of London [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Bruce-Jones, Eddie (2021) The UK and Race: A Warning for Europe. Verfassungsblog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Thumpston, Daniel (2021) Semiconductors: Digital (Dis)Integration in Asia? ISPI Online [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2021) "Craftwork is not the Easy Option": interview with Trevor H.J. Marchand. ZDH Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Fell, Dafydd (2021) Taiwan’s Green Diplomacy And The 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis: The Legacy Of Penny Kemp’s Taiwan Visit. Taiwan Insight [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Lerche, Jens (2021) Jat Power and the Spread of the Farm Protests in Northern India. The India Forum [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Clark, Phil (2021) The Two Rwandas: Development and Dissent under Kagame. Foreign Affairs Online [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Nelson, Matthew J. and Ahmed, Zahid (2021) Pakistan, the Taliban, and the Future of Afghanistan. Ear to Asia Podcasts, episode 87 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Pringle, Tim (2021) Which side are you on? positions politics/episteme [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Rao, Rahul (2021) Decolonisation’s Conservative Enemies and Liberal Friends. Art School [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Rudge, Alice (2021) Thinking Beyond the “Wild” Pandemic. Edge Effects [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Chami, Nandini and Kanchan, Tanvi (2021) A Feminist Social Media Future: How Do We Get There? Bot Populi [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2021) Clarity of Conviction but Harnessing Competition Is Key. Chathamhouse.org [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

van Huellen, Sophie and Asante-Poku, Nana Amma (2021) How commodity exporting countries like Ghana have been hit by COVID-19. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Rodet, Marie, Camara, Bakary and Pelckmans, Lotte (2021) Pourquoi l’« esclavage par ascendance » subsiste encore au Mali. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Roy, Pallavi (2021) Outside/In: Caste and Race: The criminalization of protests. Global Integrity : Outside/In [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Enonchong, Laura-Stella (2021) Chad’s ‘covert coup’ and the implications for democratic governance in Africa. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie and Kundnani, Hans (2021) New U.K.-US Alignment can Reshape Transatlantic Cooperation. Chatham House [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mou, Yu (2021) Miscarriages of Justice and the Construction of Criminality in the People’s Republic of China. Amicus Curiae [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W., Win, Kyaw and Smith, Matthew (2021) Myanmar's military coup: Pro-democracy protests continue despite bloody crackdown. France24 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Owen, Miller (2021) How Korea Became a Forgotten War. Jacobin [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) In-Depth News Analysis on Myanmar Crisis. KBS World Radio Korea 24 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Zarni, Maung and Charney, Michael W. (2021) မြန်မာအာဏာသိမ်းမှုသည်ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်လက်အောက်ဒီမိုကရေစီအသွင်ကူးပြောင်းရေး၏ lie ကိုဖြိုခွဲခဲ့သည် [Myanmar’s Coup Crushed the BIG LIE of Democratic Transition under Aung San Suu Kyi]. FORSEA [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2021) America is Back, But the World Has Changed. Chatham House online [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W., Zarni, Maung and Tatlow, Didi Kirsten (2021) China's Impact on the peoples of Cambodia, Myanmar and Hong Kong. CISD-SOAS [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin (2021) Artificial intelligence must not be allowed to replace the imperfection of human empathy. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Marois, Thomas and McDonald, David A. (2021) COVID-19 illustrates why Canada needs more — and better — public banks. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Myanmar's detained Aung Suu Kyi faces delays in detention as military enforce tougher order on protesters. ABC Radio National [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Rodet, Marie, Camara, Bakary and Pelckmans, Lotte (2021) Mali fails to face up to the persistence of slavery. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Kesar, Surbhi and Lahoti, Rahul (2021) The Budget does not help those facing hunger, unemployment and loss of educational opportunities. Frontline [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. and Zarni, Maung (2021) Understanding Myanmar's Civil Disobedience Movement. FORSEA [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Myanmar coup: Internet shutdown as crowds protest against military. France24 News [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2021) The Trial of Trump is Not Enough to Repair Democracy. Chatham House online [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Myanmar Coup: How the Military Has Held Onto Power for 60 Years. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W., Than, Tharaphi, Donowitz, Paul and Vinnell, Kim (2021) How can the international community restore democracy in Myanmar? Inside Story. Aljazeera Inside Story [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Situation in Myanmar. LBC Leading Britain's Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Lokhandwala, Zainab (2021) Neoliberalisation of Indian Agriculture: Undermining of the Right to Food of Farmers. Socio Legal Review [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Fell, Dafydd (2021) Why the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict should matter to Taiwan. Taiwan Insight [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Marois, Thomas (2021) Public banks at a time of Covid-19: opportunities, threats, and just transitions. UCL IIPP Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W. (2021) Are We as Area Studies Scholars Guilty of Negligence in Allowing Genocides to Happen in the Regions we Study? Forces for Renewal in Southeast Asia Opinion [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Abraham, Rosa, Basole, Amit and Kesar, Surbhi (2021) Pandemic Effect: 9 Months On, More Younger Workers Remain Jobless. India Spend [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W., Zarni, Maung, Guillermo, Ramon, Vartavarian, Mesrob, Wieringa, Saskia and Chachavalpongpun, Pavin (2021) How ASEAN States Make Their Peoples Unable to Think. FORSEA [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2021) Trumpism is condemned to be a fringe movement after the Storming of the Capitol. Telegraph [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Meng, Gaofeng and Deakin, Simon (2021) Re-learn how to govern risk. Beyond the Pandemic [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Hirmer, Monika and Rao, Giridhar (2021) The Politics of Language: The Case of Hyderabad, Decolonial Subversions, and Esperanto in an Indian University. Esperantic Studies Foundation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]