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Requiem for a remembrance
A review of 'A Passage North' by Anuk Arudpragasam.
Khorshed Deboo | Oct 26, 2021
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
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