Myanmar has consolidated its impunity, making its crimes a fait accompli. To do so, it first destabilized the legitimacy of the Rohingya as a group …

[T]he intertwined nature of language, politics, and identity permeates the nation, its institutions, and the public and private lives of its citizens.

[T]he conflicts surrounding the 2017 elections severely eroded the integrity of democracy in Kenya.

Bangladesh has neither the military nor the diplomatic power to force a solution on Myanmar.

Burmese politicians of all persuasions … seem to be equally bereft of inspiration for negotiating a path to a peaceful and inclusive state in which the hopes and aspirations of non-Burman and non-Buddhist communities would be protected.

Nepal's new constitution was supposed to cap a momentous decade that saw the end of the monarchy and civil war. But identity politics and economic discontent have called national unity into question.

The party Lee founded … is grappling with the question of how to hold onto power in the face of a more diverse and demanding electorate and a less advantageous economic environment.

[T]he ICC's intervention did not help prompt a political transition, but was instead effectively framed as an injustice and used by the defendants and their supporters to mobilize political support.

Just a few years after becoming Africa's newest nation, South Sudan is embroiled in civil war and faces bankruptcy despite its ample oil wealth, thanks to a cynical scramble for the spoils of power.

[N]ationalism drives public impulses to crack down on immigration, yet the only effective way to increase immigration control is to cooperate with other nations—that is, by pooling resources and sovereignty… .

There are dangerous sparks and embers of national, ethnic, and cultural conflict throughout the continent, capable of causing new conflicts and reanimating old ones, but they are mostly subdued by historical standards.

[T]he war undoubtedly acted as a major catalyst to an aspect of the modern world we have seen time and time again, namely the mobilization of ethnic groups by great powers for their own geopolitical interests.

A better understanding of the flaws in China's ethnic policy would help ease the vicious cycle of ever more sticks and carrots in dealing with sensitive regions.

[A]lthough the institutionalization of the ruling party organization after Meles's death ensured the immediate survival of the Ethiopian regime, we should not confuse short-term stability and growth with long-term sustainability.

Croatia has bought its ticket to Brussels, and Montenegro could be next, while Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia, and Kosovo are stuck in a crowded, smoky waiting room.

[T]he country has bought a short amount of time in which to entrench the new constitution, wield it for reform, and battle ghosts of the past.

The impact on Iraq's stability and security of the 2007 decision to send more US troops remains a matter of debate. A new book highlights the surge's human costs.

The 1990s saw a great deal of positive political change in Kenya—most notably, relative freedom of speech and organization, [and] regular multiparty elections. … But almost counterintuitively, the regime has shrunk into something of a corrupt and hollow shell. … As the 2002 election begins to loom, echoes of the repression of the one-party era have begun to be felt.

The fragility of Nigeria's new democracy is rooted in the onerous burden of the preceding era of military misrule and the shallow nature of the May 1999 transition from autocracy to democracy.

Sri Lanka's troubles will be solved only through a political settlement that guarantees the fundamental freedom and human dignity of all Sri Lanka's citizens, regardless of ethnic or religious identity.