Recent | Notes on Displacement and Hope

Writing as An Act of Hope and The Politics of Exile

“I am building my career on the loss of a man named Stojan Sokolović, and on the loss of many millions of others, who may or may not...

Climate change,social justice,and dislocation in the United States:Recommendations for Policy Makers

Abstract This policy brief discusses the challenges of dislocation in the United States and offers policy recommendations for how the...

Reflections on Academia, Solidarity, and Support for Refugees

As civilians continue to be targeted by Russian armed forces in Ukraine, many are trying to leave their homes and find refuge in...

The 2021 Hurricane Season Showed US isn’t Prepared

As climate-related disasters push people deeper into poverty Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2021, 16 years to the day after...

Climate Change Displacement Is Not Just Another Issue at Our Border

Climate related migration and displacement occur in fragile states and in developed democracies. However, the US government continues to...

Migration, Extremism, & Dangerous Blame Games: Developments & Dynamics in Serbia

Abstract The rapid arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants into the European Union (EU) from the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa...

EU Negligence and Bosnia’s Ineffective Systems and Nationalism Put Lives of Migrants at Risk

Hundreds of migrants have slept in the open or in abandoned buildings in freezing temperatures in Bosnia and Herzegovina this month....

Why Are European Extremists Interested In Serbia?

Who is a patriot and who not? Who decides this? How do "ordinary" people in need get used by organizations with politically motivated...

Nationalism: The Drink of Political Losers

When Donald Trump announced that he would run for President, many laughed. When the campaign was ongoing, I kept telling my American...

Stitching Memories

The Ministry of Pain is a meditation on getting lost in the streets of what once used to be your own hometown; on self-invention; on...

Exorcizing Fear and Catching Stories

My grandmother often complained that her heart ached. I learned later that heartache is one of the only ways that our physical and...