Conversation and Reflection: BRI, Chinese Nationalism, and Chinese Migrant Workers

[Note to readers: This post is by Xin Li, who asked me to post it for him due to internet issues. Any mistakes in posting are mine, with apologies. Dr. Kamp] In my final blog, I will discuss BRI, the role of Chinese nationalism, and Chinese migrant workers through the reflection of a conversation I […]

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Labor migration impact on Tajikistan; the case of its women and children

Introduction How is a Tajik woman portrayed in the story of Tajikistan and Central Asia in general? How much this notion of lack of geopolitical interest in the country and zero economic resources is creating a vacuum around the Tajik woman? How invisible are they? What does it take to bring the voice of women […]

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The Implications of Sanctions for Migrants in Iran (Post 1 of 2)

In my last pair of blog posts I discussed the impact of sanctions imposed on Iran on Iranian emigration rates. I first addressed the effects of recent sanctions on the Iranian economy to provide a bigger picture of what has been going on in the country. I then looked at larger trends in Iranian migration […]

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The Implications of Sanctions for Afghan Migrants in Iran

In the first part of my final blog post I briefly discussed the migrant population of Iran and specifically addressed the importance of Iran as a labor migration destination for Afghans. For the final portion of my post, I will be examining what happens when a nation is so devastated economically that it cannot support […]

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My Homeland, My People: Memory in Kazakh Migrations Past and Present

Throughout my blog posts this semester, I have attempted to explore the relationships between historical migration events, the folk narratives remembering those events, and how these narratives are exploited by modern states to build nationalist mythologies. I have compared nation building through the use of mythic histories in Turkey and Kyrgyzstan. This theme is particularly […]

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Impacts of Return, Construction of Ethnicity, and Diaspora Diasporas: Some Final Thoughts on the Circassian and Abkhaz Experiences

Like the Circassians and other groups I wrote about in a previous blog post, the Russian campaigns in the Caucasus in the 1800s resulted in over half of the Abkhaz population leaving their historical homeland on the northwest shore of the Black Sea for Turkey, in what Abkhaz historian Stanislav Lakoba called an “ethnic catastrophe”  […]

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