Myanmar’s security forces have conducted clearance operations in the Rakhine State since August 2017, driving a mass exodus of ethnic Rohingyas to neighboring Bangladesh. In The Rohingya Crisis: Analyses, Responses, and Peacebuilding Avenues, Kawser Ahmed and Helal Mohiuddin address core questions about the conflict and its global and regional significance. Ahmed and Mohiuddin identify the defining characteristics of Rohingya identity, analyze the conflict, depict the geo-economic and geo-political factors contributing to the conflict, and outline peacebuilding avenues available for conflict transformation at the macro-, meso-, and micro-level. This book is recommended for students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, peace and conflict studies, political science, and Asian studies.
Kawser Ahmed, PhD, is executive director of the Conflict and Resilience Research Institute, Canada.Helal Mohiuddin, PhD, is director of research and communication at the Conflict and Resilience Research Institute, Canada.
AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter One: What’s in the Name? The Rohingya Question in Historical PerspectivesChapter Two: Rohingya Conflict Condition, Contexts, and AnalysisChapter Three: Mimesis, Actor Mapping, and Rohingya Conflict-Aggravating ConditionsChapter Four: Local, Regional, and Global Security Implications of the Rohingya ConflictChapter Five: Geopolitics and Geo-economics of the Rohingya ConflictChapter Six: Livelihood: Rohingya Social OrganizationChapter Seven: Rohingya Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding AvenuesConclusionBibliographyIndexAbout the Authors
This is a must-read book for those seeking to understand the complexity of the Rohingya crisis and its implications for Bangladesh... A very useful work that should be of interest to all in refugee studies globally.