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Remembering the Amu Darya

Oscar Fraser Turner is Co-Founder of Project Amu Darya which aims to record an oral…

Maldives Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

Dr Athaulla A Rasheed is a former diplomat for the Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…

At Kazan BRICS Summit, Russia’s Eurasian Identity Looms Large

Eugene Chausovsky is Senior Director for Analytical Development and Training at the New Lines Institute…

Gaza by the Sea: Palestine’s Cultural Flagship

Mahmoud Muna is a bookseller and cultural activist in Jerusalem and co-editor of Daybreak in…

The Taiwan Story: How a Small Island will Dictate the Global Future

Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at…

Following the Great Mongolian Road: Biocultural Diversity and Intangible Heritage in the Mongolian Gobi Desert

Simon Phillips is an ethnobotanist with the Centre for Biocultural Diversity, University of Kent and…

The Struggle for Safe Drinking Water in Coastal Bangladesh

Dr Sonia Ferdous Hoque is an Environmental Social Scientist, working as a Senior Research Associate…

Politics and Religion: Sectarianism in the Middle East

Professor Simon Mabon is Director of the Sectarianism, Proxies and De-sectarianisation (SEPAD) project at Lancaster…

Ismaili Tradition and its Global Communities in the Modern World

Wafi A. Momin is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Ismaili Special Collections Unit at…

No Change for Turkmenistan

Anabel Loyd has spent much of her adult life travelling in search of the lost,…

Mongolian Archaeology Tomorrow

Dr Joshua Wright is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at the University…

Asia’s Stock Markets, From The Ground Up

Herald van der Linde is the author of Asia’s Stock Market: From the Ground Up,…

The Mongolian Mindset on Uncertainty: Insights for Learning

Dr Saranzaya Manalsuren is a Senior Lecturer at LSBU Business School, London South Bank University.…

The Persistent Challenge of ‘Islamic Exceptionalism’

Hadi Enayat is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations…

The Crisis of Responsibility to Protect in Myanmar: Failing to Prevent and Respond to Atrocities

Dr Noel M Morada is a Visiting Research Professor at the Nelson Mandela Centre for…

Sufism in the 21st Century: A Living Tradition

Dr Ines Aščerić-Todd is a Lecturer in Arabic and Middle Eastern Cultures at the University…

Religious Regulations in Malaysia and their Implications: Lessons from Mentega Terbang

Dr Choong Pui Yee is a senior lecturer at the Department of Southeast Asian Studies…

Filipino Migrants as Agents of Change

Dr Mina Roces is a Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts, Design and…