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Prof Chris Hughes, Head of Department, was recently interviewed by Peter Ennis for Dispatch Japan in an article entitled 'Abe Doctrine Marks a Radical Shift in Japanese Security Policy.'

A virtual special issue of the prestigious international journal Political Geography has been published on the topic of 'the Politics of Migration' featuring PAIS academics.

Of the selected ten articles written between 1989 and 2015 are two by researchers in the cluster in PAIS:

• '"Desert trash"': Posthumanism, border struggles, and humanitarian politics', by
• '"We are not animals!" Humanitarian border security and zoopolitical spaces in EUrope', by

The virtual special issue reflects the internationally-renowned expertise in borders and migration research within the Department.

Available for free until 16 October 2015, the virtual special issue can be accessed here:

Congratulations to recent PAIS graduate Dessi Ekzarova, who has won an essay competition organised by the United Nations.

Here is what Dessi had to say on her achievement:

'Many Languages One World' is the name of the essay competition I was lucky enough to participate in and become one of the winners. It is organised by the United Nations and its aim is to celebrate the various languages and cultures around the world!

I wrote an essay on the topic of the Post-2015 UN Developmental Agenda and the best ways to put it into practice. The rules demanded that the papers are written in one of the 6 official UN languages (English, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, French or Spanish) and it cannot it be in a language native to the writer.

As a Bulgarian, it was greatly rewarding to write a paper on a topic so important to me, in the language which I feel allows me to express myself best - English.

All the other winners and I get to travel to the UN Headquarters in New York and have a week of exciting projects, while enriching ourselves by getting to know people from all over the world

Dessi flew for a week in New York where she took part in exciting UN projects at their headquarters.

Speaking about her experience in New York, Dessi said:

I just came back home from my week in New York, involving the presentation in the UN General Assembly. Safe to say it was one of the best experiences in my life! The other essay winners in the English group and I got the privilege to speak on sustainable economic growth and the necessity of decent work for all.

The presentation can be viewed online, , with Dessi appearing at the 9 minute 30 mark.

Dr. Maria Koinova has a new article "Sustained vs. Episodic Mobilization among Conflict-generated Diasporas," published in International Political Science Review on July 8, 2015. It is appears just in time for the 20-th anniversary of the fall of the Srebrenca enclave and the commemoration of the death of more than 8.000 Muslims, killed by Serbian paramilitary forces in 1995. On the basis of a comparative study of Bosnian Muslims, Serbs, and Croats in the Netherlands, the articles argues that a non-resolved issue between a host-state, home-state, and diasporas, such as the failure of Dutch peace-keeping forces to protect the Srebrenica enclave in 1995, is still alive today in the Netherlands. This is despite earlier half-measures by the host-state to take some responsibility and more recent court cases. This issue is very important why migrants have a difficulty to move on from their traumatic pasts in the Netherlands, unlike in Sweden, and that they mobilise in sustained ways.

More information about the article could be found here: