... inequality. Effective adaptation requires addressing the full range of both immediate and root causes. climate change inequality history colonialism accountability climate justice Responsibility is a key term in climate justice, as in any other arena. But over time, discussions...

...Audrey Truschke A new book explores a premodern idea of the Indian subcontinent as a home for members of all religious traditions: the vision of Hindustan developed by the seventeenth-century historian Firishta, a Persian-speaking Muslim. His perspective was neglected and distorted by colonial-era...

... by The Regents of the University of California 2021 Guyana race politics energy industry colonialism In an ignominious first for the Commonwealth Caribbean, the aftermath of Guyana’s March 2020 general election dragged on with no officially declared result for five agonizing months. The voting...

...Joshua Lustig A historian argues that the story of a former slave who became a leading statesman in Ottoman Tunisia, and then a political exile maneuvering to preserve his estates during French colonial rule, shows how North Africans found ways to pursue their own interests—and develop their own...

..., including access to health care, formal employment, ownership and registration of real estate or private businesses, and banking or other financial services. Russia Crimea Ukraine annexation Crimean Tatars colonialism More than six years have passed since Russia opportunistically annexed...

...Abidin Kusno The lack of planning can be understood as an art of governing, for it ensures the operation of informality. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Indonesia urbanization development climate change colonialism Joko...

...Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie Western museums are under pressure to return cultural artifacts looted during the colonial period, as world-class African institutions emerge to claim rights to lost heritage. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University...

... refugees Myanmar military junta Burma Bangladesh British Empire colonialism migration Buddhists Muslims Rakhine ethnic cleansing genocide Aung San Suu Kyi 149 Myanmar has consolidated its impunity, making its crimes a fait accompli. To do so, it first destabilized the legitimacy...

... United States Hurricane Maria colonialism postcolonial economic development trade globalization investment bankruptcy austerity diaspora migration 43 Hurricane Maria was a singular event in Puerto Rico s history. The storm struck on September 20, 2017, and left unparalleled devastation...

... colonial legacies legal system education policy Eric Anchimbe Africa Cameroon language conflict France Britain colonialism postcolonial ethnic rivalry Anglophone Problem 169 [T]he intertwined nature of language, politics, and identity permeates the nation, its institutions...

...Navine Murshid Bangladesh has neither the military nor the diplomatic power to force a solution on Myanmar. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Navine Murshid Bangladesh Myanmar Rohingya Rakhine colonialism Burma citizenship...

... University of Chicago Press , 2017 © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California José Moya book review Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo Latin America Allure Power Idea Latin American history colonialism imperialism neoliberalism...

...Sumit Ganguly A new book on Britain's reign in the subcontinent, departing from earlier generations of scholarship, does not sanitize the brutality and racism that undergirded the colonial enterprise. The Chaos of Empire: The British Raj and the Conquest of India , by Jon Wilson . Public...

... Fanar Haddad Iraq borders colonialism sectarianism corruption Shia Sunni Kurds Middle East Sykes-Picot Ottoman Empire Baghdad nationalism 343 [F]ocusing on the supposed consequences of Iraq s artificial foundations diverts our attention from the real issues cumulative or immediate...

... colonialism Hinduism Congress party Bharatiya Janata Party Ramayan scheduled castes Dalits Cold War communications Muslims Narendra Modi It is a paradox of contemporary scholarship that the notion of globalization has become com-monplace, yet comparative analysis captures only fragments...