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Asia’s Newest Flashpoint? The China-India Line of Actual Control – Michael Kugelman
ByMichael Ryder 9 July 20202 January 2021

Click here to register A long, tense, and deadly border spat in the region of Ladakh has plunged India-China relations to their lowest point in decades. Michael Kugelman will explain what may have caused the current border crisis, consider possible endgames, and discuss the implications of the crisis for the bilateral relationship and regional and global geopolitics. Michael Kugelman is Asia Program deputy director…

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The Grammar of Violence along the India/Pakistan Border: a Data-Driven Story – Dr Rudra Chaudhuri
ByMichael Ryder 2 July 20202 January 2021

Exceptionally, this event is open only to members of the RSAA. If you are a current member, please click here to register. If you not a current member and would like to participate in this webinar, then please go to our Membership page to join and then return here to register. Dr Rudra Chauduri is the…

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The Russian Conquest of Central Asia and the Myth of the “Great Game”- Dr Alexander Morrison
ByBriony Watson 25 June 20202 January 2021

Click here to register The Russian conquest of Central Asia was the 19th century’s most dramatic and successful example of European imperial expansion, adding 1.5 million square miles of territory and at least 6 million people – most of them Muslims – to the Tsar’s domains. However its historiography has been blighted by a number of…

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Our Bodies Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women – Christina Lamb
ByMichael Ryder 18 June 20202 January 2021

We are delighted to be able to host this webinar jointly with the Shute Festival – click here to register Chrsitna Lamb’s book is the first major account to address the scale of sexual assault in modern conflict, which exposes the unheard stories of women in war zones with unfailing care and humanity. Samantha Knights QC will…

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Arab Federation: the United Arab Emirates, then and now – Dr Frauke Heard-Bey
ByMichael Ryder 13 June 20202 January 2021

Click here to register Not long ago the UAE was considered a ‘developing’ country. Yet, since the seven member emirates came together in a federation in 1971, nearly five decades have past and the country holds the record of being the only surviving Arab federation. The history, which predates the formation of this federation led…

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