Tag: Displacement & Migration
38 Articles
- Society & Culture
Compelled Silence and Compelled Sound in the Uyghur Genocide
Introduction One afternoon in June 2018, I found myself browsing in an antique shop in Östengboyi (The Stream’s Edge), a neighborhood running alongside the Id Kah mosque of…
December 15, 2020
- Global Governance
Global Leadership on Climate-Linked Human Insecurity: Learning from Pacific Island States
Change and challenge have defined the year 2020. The global pandemic has claimed over a million lives and threatens livelihoods around the globe, the climate crisis persists…
November 7, 2020
- Society & Culture
Uncertain Days for Scholars as Sino-U.S. Tensions Rise
In July, the Trump administration outlined plans to end the Fulbright program academic exchanges with China and Hong Kong. The move was one of several ways in which cultural…
September 28, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
Where are the Women? Why Expanding our Understanding of Venezuela’s Humanitarian Crisis Matters
Considering that humanitarian and displacement crises affect women disproportionately and exacerbate existing gender inequalities, it is crucial for researchers and policymakers…
May 11, 2020
- Conflict & Security
Towards a New Endgame in Venezuela
Latin America entered this decade with high hopes: strong economic growth promised to propel much of the region ahead into prosperity. Many Latin American countries made…
December 18, 2019
- Dialogues
Migration and Displacement in an Era of Chaos with Caroline Njuki
GJIA: The atmosphere surrounding the migrant crisis seems to be extremely chaotic and dramatized in the media. Is this helping? CN: There is a lot of talk and seeming action, as…
December 17, 2019
- Global Governance
Managing Displacement in the Era of Climate Change
A decade ago, when researchers from a range of disciplines started to focus on these issues in a concerted way, there was not really a field of study of which to speak. There was…
November 7, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Examining the International Community’s Long-Standing Double Standard on Refugees
To understand the current situation and how to move forward, it is worth comparing the Palestine refugee problem to the plight of Jewish refugees in the rest of the Middle East…
July 17, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Uncertainty in the Uighur Diaspora: A Brother’s and Sister’s Tale
Gulmira’s brother Mehmet also endured an unexpected and harrowing experience with the Chinese authorities. When Mehmet, who was studying to earn his PhD in the United States,…
July 12, 2019
- Dialogues
Dr. Mireille Twayigira on the Realities of Refugee Experience
GJIA: As a country, what can the United States do to ensure that children who are forced to flee from conflict can receive an education? MT: There’s a lot that can be done, but…
March 22, 2019