conflict

Vanni: A graphic history
A recent graphic novel highlights the human cost of Sri Lanka’s civil war.
Elijah Hoole | Jun 16, 2020


Poppies and power in Afghanistan
How drug trade, foreign aid and global politics impacted the Afghan state and society.
The Editors | Mar 11, 2020

Violence in the time of ‘no-war’
Sri Lanka’s militarised approach in the aftermath of the civil war has had destabilising social consequences.
Ahilan Kadirgamar | Sep 29, 2014

Battlefield to marketplace and back
Peace in Burma is hampered by an economic logic of limited utility.
David Brenner | Sep 15, 2014

CIA in Mustang, MIA in Dharamsala
A new novel on Tibet highlights, and skirts around, many of the region’s issues.
Ross Adkin | Sep 09, 2014

Peace, justice and conflict in Afghanistan
Can Afghanistan move forward without addressing its past and present human rights violations and war crimes?
Sari Kouvo and Ehsan Qaane | Apr 28, 2014

The many faces of the diaspora
With tens of thousands of educated Afghans fleeing the country, an imminent brain drain threatens the reconstruction of Afghanistan after 2014.
Fariba Nawa | Mar 27, 2014
