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National Colonialism: Nation‐State, Colonialism and Colonisation of Kurdistan

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 414-425, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘national colonialism’ to capture colonial relations in the nation‐state form. It does so through a critical appraisal of the concept of ‘internal colonialism’, which largely fails to explain the links between nationalism and colonial relations.
Behnam Amini
wiley   +1 more source

Will the Rojava Revolution Survive? Theory, Practice, and the Future of Democratic Confederalism

Pacha. Revista de Estudios Contemporáneos del Sur Global, 2021
After the outbreak of the Syrian war, the armed resistance of the Kurds against the radical Islamists drew considerable attention from across the world. Although the Kurdish movement has a history of forty years of armed fight in the region, especially against Turkey, they gained global fame during the war in Syria.
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Environmental Politics in North and East Syria/Rojava: A Scoping and Conceptual Literature Review

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 26, Issue 1, Page 74-89, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article presents a scoping and conceptual literature review on environmental politics in North and East Syria/Rojava. The review aims to synthesize existing academic research in English on the interplay between armed conflict and environmental change in the region, focusing on the Kurdish‐led socio‐political model known as the Autonomous ...
Pinar Dinc, Maria Andrea Nardi, Mo Hamza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydro‐Insurgency: Weaponization of Water Resources and Infrastructure in Northeast Syria

World Water Policy, Volume 11, Issue 4, Page 924-938, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the strategic weaponization of water resources by Turkey‐backed armed groups in Northeast Syria (NES) within the broader context of the Syrian civil war. As the conflict evolved, water infrastructure—dams, rivers, and irrigation systems—became central to warfare, governance, and foreign agendas. The article introduces the
Farhad Hassan Abdullah Mamshai
wiley   +1 more source

The Enduring Problem of Statism: Social War, Total Liberation and Postdevelopment in the Decolonization Industry

Development and Change, Volume 56, Issue 6, Page 1228-1257, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Confronting statism within the university, this article argues that statism is colonialism. By recognizing statism as the foundational structure of colonialism, the author illuminates the immediate technologies and evolving structures of socio‐ecological subjugation across various cultural, historical and political contexts.
Alexander Dunlap
wiley   +1 more source

Boosting sustainable technology through the new EU competition policy

European Law Journal, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 227-249, October 2025.
Abstract EU antitrust is at the crossroads. It faces calls to be more supportive of corporate sustainability initiatives and, since the publication of the Draghi Report, increased pressure not to stand in the way of the global competitiveness of European industries.
Sandra Marco Colino
wiley   +1 more source

Naples, 2032: Visionary Fragments of the Eco‐Transfeminist City

Antipode, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 996-1016, May 2025.
Abstract Following critical Black studies scholar and activist Walidah Imarisha's (2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzcgpm5rxG8) words, “We can't build what we can't imagine, all organising is science fiction”, this paper investigates the subjective and collective imaginaries about the Southern Italian city of Naples, from the positionalities and ...
Ilenia Iengo
wiley   +1 more source

Northern Realignment? Explaining Nordic Consent to NextGenerationEU

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 786-803, May 2025.
Abstract This article explains the consent of the European Union's (EU) Nordic member states to NextGenerationEU (NGEU). Broad domestic consensus against EU‐level fiscal federal measures, based on what the growth model literature calls labour‐inclusive export‐based growth models, was overcome through two channels.
Johan Ekman, Rune Møller Stahl, Magnus Ryner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A constitution beyond the state: an examination of the Social Contract of Rojava

Global Social Challenges Journal
While constitutions and nation states are typically understood as mutually constitutive within the post-Westphalian order, contemporary social and political movements of stateless and Indigenous peoples across the world have articulated radical social ...
Leila Faghfouri Azar, Eleanor Finley, Omer Pacal   +2 more
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Beyond the Populist Moment: Nationalism and the Democratic Chain of Conflict

Constellations, EarlyView.
Michaelangelo Anastasiou
wiley   +1 more source