Scholars in the Press
New Article: Ideology, Discourse, and Alliance Structures: Explaining Far-Right Political Violence in Turkey in the 1970s
By Selin Bengi Gümrükçü Published in Terrorism and Political Violence During the 1970s, Turkey’s radical nationalist youth were ideologically and culturally shaped by their involvement in the idealist (ülkücü) movement. The idealists also played a significant role on the streets in fomenting the mass political… Continue reading→
“The 2022 Beijing Olympics Will Be Yet Another Games Tarnished By Genocide”
On February 4, 2020, Dr. Teng Biao published an opinion piece titled, “The 2022 Beijing Olympics Will Be Yet Another Games Tarnished By Genocide,” in the Washington Post. Read the article here. Dr. Teng Biao is an academic lawyer, currently Grove Human Rights Scholar at… Continue reading→
Human Rights Scholar & Other Chinese Dissidents Face Public Harassment
The Washington Post reported in an article published on December 18th, 2020 that human rights scholar and activist Teng Biao, together with other Chinese dissidents in North America, were the latest victims of public harassment staged by Guo Wengui, a Chinese businessman with links to… Continue reading→
Oppression, Resistance and the High-tech Totalitarianism
By Teng Biao, published by Democracy Seminar on December 16, 2020 This piece is based on Teng Biao’s presentation during “Repression and Resistance: Inside and Outside the Academy” webinar organized by the New University in Exile on November 12, 2020 (video available). The webinar was focused on… Continue reading→
Purge, Exile, and Resistance: Rethinking the Conflict of the Faculties through the Case of Academics for Peace in Turkey
By Cem Özatalay, Associate Professor in the Sociology Department, Galatasaray University Published in the European Journal of Turksish Studies, December 2020 Introduction “Like dissident journalists, writers, and artists, the persecution of dissident academics by governments has been a common issue since the beginning of modern times. Raison… Continue reading→
“On Repression & Resistance”
By Aysen Candas, published by Democracy Seminar on December 8, 2020 This piece was first presented at the “Repression and Resistance: Inside and Outside the Academy” webinar organized by the New University in Exile on November 12, 2020 (video available). The webinar was focused on… Continue reading→
Dissident human rights activist faces harassment at his home in New Jersey
An excerpt from “In Princeton Junction, a Chinese dissident faces harassment as part of a disinformation campaign by a billionaire with close ties to Steve Bannon,” by Krystal Knapp, published in Princeton Planet. Teng Biao, who has lived in Princeton Junction since 2015, is the… Continue reading→
Kaveh Madani awarded American Geophysical Union’s Ambassador Award for 2020
Kaveh Madani, the Henry Hart Rice Senior Fellow at the MacMillan Center, has been awarded the American Geophysical Union’s Ambassador Award for 2020. The award is given annually to one to five honorees in recognition of outstanding contributions to one or more of the following… Continue reading→
Drugs, Guns And Four Stories From The Northeast
September 25, 2020 Binalakshmi Nepram, published a piece in “Outlook” describing aspects of the 1980s and 1990s in Northeast India: increasing military presence and the imposition of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, the rise in armed insurgencies, the soaring narcotics trafficking and drug abuse,… Continue reading→
India and China are clashing. Northeast India is caught in the middle — again.
September 22, 2020 Binalakshmi Nepram, founder-director of the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and the Control Arms Foundation of India and the co-founder of the Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples, Gender Justice and Peace published an opinion piece in the Washington Post. In the article,… Continue reading→