...Gaik Cheng Khoo There is a danger that internal power struggles may cause distractions and derail the project of reformation. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Malaysia politics civil society corruption ethnicity Mahathir...

...Amy Nethery [T]he idea that being ‘tough on asylum’ wins elections has become one of the great enduring myths of Australian politics, and apparently both major parties have decided that the stakes are too high to try anything different. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The...

...Frank-Borge Wietzke Political conflicts can flare up when new, increasingly vocal lower-middle-income groups enter the political arena and when this threatens the advantaged positions of established middle classes. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University...

...Joshua Lustig A prominent philosopher of science calls for a radical political realignment to confront the existential threat posed by the climate crisis. Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime , by Bruno Latour Polity , 2018 © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved...

... immigration politics foreign influence interference espionage democracy trade economy Chinese Australians entrepreneurialism racism 229 The most disturbing aspect of the debate is the impact it is having on Chinese Australians who want to successfully integrate into Australian society...

...Fiona B. Adamson [D]iaspora politics can be viewed as not only enhancing or challenging state power in particular cases, but also contributing to new forms of global identity politics that transcend state institutions. © 2016 Current History. All rights reserved. 2016 The Regents of the...

...Amanda Snellinger 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. © 2016 Current History. All rights reserved. 2016 The Regents of the...

...Gerard Delanty While the European Union has embedded itself in ordinary life through administrative integration and cultural symbols, this “banal authority” may not be enough to handle tough political tests. The Politics of Everyday Europe: Constructing Authority in the European Union , by...

...Gabrielle Lynch [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. Gabrielle Lynch Kenya Africa Uhuru Kenyatta International Criminal Court...

... citizens have died in politically motivated violence over the past four years. While its foreign direct investment inflows ($5.6 bil- lion in 2013) put it in the company of advanced nations like France and Japan, it joins Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in a group of five coun- tries that accounts...

... University of California Mary Moran Africa Liberia Ebola epidemic Ellen Johnson Sirleaf African politics health care corruption 177 With each promise of more foreign aid by multilateral donors, the general public assumed that the nation s elites would grow richer while ordinary people...

...Sara Rich Dorman [N]ationalism in much of Africa continues to manifest itself in a struggle for control of the state where political institutions are unable to accommodate pressures for representation. © 2015 Current History. All rights reserved. 2015 The Regents of the University of California...

...Siddharth Varadarajan [D]espite the global goodwill, economic good fortune, and political triumphs Modi has enjoyed, questions are increasingly being asked about his capacity to deliver on the promises that won him the election. © 2015 Current History. All rights reserved. 2015 The Regents of...

... the University of California 62 Winning higher office requires building cross-party electoral coalitions at lower levels; governing requires different coalitions that may be only partially related to the electoral alliances. Old Ways and New Alternatives in Brazilian Politics KATHRYN HOCHSTETLER...

... in a series on resurgent nationalism. © 2015 Current History. All rights reserved. 2015 The Regents of the University of California Avi Roshwald global crisis failure nation-state nationalism resurgent identity politics integration globalization globalization historical memory...

... politics Should the United States and its allies inter-vene in the civil war that is tearing Syria apart? Failure to do so arguably condemns the Syrian population to yet further suffering. Intervening, on the other hand, might make things worse, embroiling Western powers in another hopeless military...

... Regents of the University of California Eswaran Sridharan India politics elections corruption coalitions Rahul Gandhi Narendra Modi governance 123 As India heads into an election year, its politics seems characterized by confusion and drift. The Congress Party led United Progressive...

... University of California Arab Spring European debt crisis politics economy security science resources democracy authoritarianism climate change 3At the start of a new year, debt woes and Arab uprisings have hung ominous clouds over the planet, including risks of anoth-er economic...

... Charts © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Economy politics security resources science A Statistical Snapshot of the World Sources: Economist Pocket World in Figures (2012); Freedom House; Inter-Parliamentary Union; National...

... Permissions web page, https://www.ucpress.edu/journals/reprints-permissions . 2004 Current History politics economy security social science technology innovation Current History s GLOBAL PROGRESS REPORT Current History invited its contributing editors a group of 21 international scholars to...