It is impossible to understand the creation and continued survival of de facto states without
reference to external actors. External patrons provide vital support and the international …

This article investigates how the global dominance of the transitional justice (TJ) discourse
and practice–and the controversies and conflicts that arise around TJ–have come to make …

Much contemporary analysis of world order rests on and reproduces a dualistic account of
the international system, which is divided into liberal and non-liberal spaces, practices and …

The ending of the war in Sri Lanka in 2009 led to significant changes in the political
strategies pursued by Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora groups in the UK. One contentious feature …

This paper examines the impact that cross-border contacts and ideals of transnational
Kurdish community have on Kurds in Iran. Incorporating survey and interview data from …

Accounts of Tamil long-distance nationalism have focused on Sri Lankan Tamil migrants.
But the UK is also home to Tamils of non-Sri Lankan state origins. While these migrants may …

In the armed conflict in Sri Lanka (1983–2009), the diaspora was actively involved, most
importantly through its financial and political support to the Tamil separatists. This article …

This chapter explores the memories of an extended family of Bosniaks, forced to flee their
homes during the 1992–1995 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Based on ethnographic fieldwork …

This article explores the global dimensions of violent conflict and the parallels and links
between violence in the diaspora and the homeland. It does so by discussing Tamil street …

Public debates over the last two decades about social memories, about how as societies we
remember, make sense of, and even imagine and invent, our collective pasts suggest that …