Last week I attended an intriguing panel discussion hosted by Brookings, with Nigeria at its focus. There is a proposal among the ECOWAS countries (Economic Community of West African States) to introduce a common currency, as a mechanism to promote stability to that part of the region. The common currency will be called ECO. They …
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Dec 19
Internal Displacement and Conflict: Kashmiri Pandits in Comparative Perspective
Just wrapped up another great semester of teaching at George Washington University (Fall 2019). This time it was cool to be the Professor with her own book teaching international policies for Refugee and Migrant Crisis. GWU students amaze me, very bright and engaged. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sudha+rajput
Jun 20
World Refugee Day – some thougths
World Refugee Day: June 20, 2019 This day should be of concern to all of us, as it is a reminder that the issue of refugees, stateless people, asylum seekers and those who remain internally displaced within their countries continue to pose survival challenges for almost 70 million people of our world. Regardless of the …
Apr 01
Book: Internal Displacement and Conflict
Book: Internal Displacement and Conflict: The Kashmiri Pandits in Comparative Perspective Available through ROUTLEDGE (Publisher) at 20% discount, use the code SOC19.
Feb 26
One Darfur community is sick of fighting – bringing peace back
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6736564/2016/02/22/darfur-conflict-peace Feb 26 2016 The Darfur conflict erupted in 2003, leading to the death and displacement of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese citizens and capturing the world’s attention. Three years later, the Darfur Peace Agreement was signed — but the war raged on. Then, in 2011, came another peace agreement, the Doha Document for Peace …
Nov 24
Displaced Serbians accommodate incoming Syrian Refugees
Where Wars Collide: Inside a Serbian Center Home to Refugees Old and New By Sara Elizabeth Williams November 23, 2015 | 10:41 am Afghani teenager Khalil squinted in the winter Balkan sunshine and winced as he flexed his left bicep, red and inflamed where a police dog bit him a few days back, in Bulgaria. …
Oct 14
Khartoum, Sudan – Conducting Conflict Research Workshops Aug 2014
Conflict Analysis Tools and Methods Capacity Building Workshop – Khartoum, Sudan August 16–21, 2014 Two S-CAR faculty members, Daniel Rothbart and Sudha Rajput, traveled to Khartoum, Sudan to facilitate a one-day symposium and five-day workshop entitled “Conflict Analysis Tools and Methods Capacity Building.” Supported by USAID and the international organization, AECOM, the symposium and workshop …
Sep 10
Israel and Gaza – Internal displacement – Sept 10, 2014
(1) According to UNICEF, around 500,000 Gazans were internally displaced during the Israeli aggression. (2) The infrastructure at UN schools is not suitable to house thousands of families and definitely not for the children. Disease is spreading specially among children due to overcrowding… we are not asking for the impossible. We only want our houses …
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