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Tag Archives: Asia
March Madness at Notes on the Periphery!: Part 5 (full bracket)
Over the past month, Will Vogt and I have unveiled an entire “bracket,” modeled off the 68-team format used during college basketball’s final tournament, to provide a short preview of 64 “forgotten” conflicts across the world. In each “regional”—Middle East … Continue reading
Obscurity: Attack of the (Royal Army of the) Sulu
Building on the theme of the “periphery,” I’d like to use this blog space to highlight the unorthodox, the unexpected, and the truly bizarre in international affairs. For the record, this post is NOT about Dennis Rodman’s excursion to the … Continue reading