Journal Articles by Silvia Tieri
Asia Maior, 2021
In 2019-2020, the Awami League maintained its grasp on power by resorting to repressive measures.... more In 2019-2020, the Awami League maintained its grasp on power by resorting to repressive measures. Political dissent was silenced through both legal and extrajudicial means. Poor civil rights protection confirmed that negative trends already emerged in previous years worsened further, as the country continued losing its democratic features.
Bangladeshi economy kept growing, but in 2020 the pandemic affected its current and projected growth rate, and the unemployment and inequality indexes. It also prompted the Government to adopt emergency policies for economic relief. Furthermore, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the country was struck by catastrophic cyclone Amphan and monsoon floods. These added to the damages caused in 2019 by seasonal floods and cyclones Fani and Bulbul. All such events highlighted the vulnerability of Bangladesh’s economic growth, human security, and socio-economic equality to external shocks and climate change. Reducing gender violence proved challenging. However, the country proceeded towards its Least Developed Country (LDC) graduation targets.
China remained Bangladesh’s main partner in the fields of infrastructure, trade, and defence. Relations with India were intense but marred by old and new issues, including border killings, water sharing, and India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Remarkably, Pakistan signalled its intention to revive relations with Dhaka. Lastly, while Bangladesh deserved commendation for it continued hosting one million Rohingya refugees with tremendous efforts, it also pursued their controversial relocation from Cox’s Bazar to Bashan Char. Relations with Myanmar deteriorated as attempts to repatriate the refugees to Rakhine failed, favouring China’s and the Organization of Islamic Conference’s (OIC) involvement in the crisis.
Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory, 2021
Taking 2019 Bollywood blockbuster Kesari as a case study, this paper argues that contemporary fil... more Taking 2019 Bollywood blockbuster Kesari as a case study, this paper argues that contemporary film trailers are not just promotional para-texts: they can be powerful ideological texts too, as they become accessible, reiterative, and interactive through social media. The paper performs a discourse and visual analysis of trailer and trailer-users interactions to demonstrate that the trailer formulates and disseminates an Islamophobic, anti-secular, Hindu nationalistic discourse with coherence and complexity. It also blurs difficult questions regarding Indians' participation in the British Indian Army, and reclaims Sikhs as part of the Hindu nation in line with Hindutva ideology.
Chapters by Silvia Tieri
Voices on South Asia Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Women's Status, Challenges and Futures, 2020
-Introduction: Menstrual Taboo and Gender-Discriminatory Access to Places of Worship
-A Hindu “Me... more -Introduction: Menstrual Taboo and Gender-Discriminatory Access to Places of Worship
-A Hindu “Mecca”: the Ayyappan Sabarimala Temple
-Exclusion of Women: Patriarchy or Faith?
-Judicial Precedents and the Supreme Court’s Verdict
-Protests, Mobilisation, and Politicisation
-Conclusions
-References
Voices on South Asia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Women's Status, Challenges and Futures, 2020
Introduction chapter of the edited volume "Voices on South Asia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives o... more Introduction chapter of the edited volume "Voices on South Asia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Women's Status, Challenges and Futures"
Edited Books by Silvia Tieri
Voices on South Asia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Women's Status, Challenges and Futures
World Scientific, 2020
This book investigates the contemporary social, political and economic issues faced by women in S... more This book investigates the contemporary social, political and economic issues faced by women in South Asia. It focuses on the policies and practices that have challenged or perpetuated gender inequalities, and the evolving role of women in South Asian societies. With contributions from practitioners, policy makers, academics and civil society activists from across South Asia, this volume provides a broad and diverse range of viewpoints on South Asian women's labour force participation, political participation, education, and health, as well as country-specific insights.
The volume is conceived as a stage for debate where specific insights act as a window into wider themes, practices and policies. Each essay is followed by policy-relevant recommendations and suggestions for avenues to improve current practice. This book will be relevant for undergraduate students and lecturers of South Asian studies, development, and policy studies, as well as industry practitioners.
Book Reviews by Silvia Tieri
Nations and Nationalism, Oct 2022
The argument occasionally becomes repetitious. Some points could have been substantiated better o... more The argument occasionally becomes repetitious. Some points could have been substantiated better or expressed in more condensed form. One may also contest the importance the author attaches throughout to the centrality of the 'security synthesis' in nation-formation in the case of Kosova and its alleged impact on the relations between Albanians and Serbs. Notwithstanding such areas of improvement, the book contributes to filling the gap in the literature on cleavages in post-conflict societies. The study also establishes Rama further as a leading authority on topics of statehood, nationalism and elites in the Balkans.
Nations and Nationalism, 2022
Book review of "Sikh Nationalism: From a dominant minority to an ethno-religious diaspora", by
G... more Book review of "Sikh Nationalism: From a dominant minority to an ethno-religious diaspora", by
Gurharpal Singh & Giorgio Shani,
Cambridge University Press, 2021.
How India became territorial: foreign policy, diaspora, geopolitics: by Itty Abraham, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2014, xviii + 217 pp., $ 25, ISBN 978-1-503-60841-2
Contemporary South Asia, 2020
newbooks.asia, 2020
Review of: Comrades against Imperialism: Nehru, India, and Interwar Internationalism
Published by... more Review of: Comrades against Imperialism: Nehru, India, and Interwar Internationalism
Published by Cambridge University Press
Author: Louro, Michele L.
Haley J. Swedlund, The Development Dance: How Donors and Recipients Negotiate the Delivery of Foreign Aid (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017)
International Studies, 2020
Lim et al., China's One Belt One Road Initiative, Imperial College Press, 2016 (Book Review)
Journal of China and International Relations, 2019
Yasmin Khan, The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 2017 (New Edition)
History and Sociology of South Asia, 2019
The Australian Outlook, 2018
The United States has lost its political and moral primacy and is now confronting an increasingly... more The United States has lost its political and moral primacy and is now confronting an increasingly assertive China. As power shifts from West to East, the Asia-Pacific has emerged as a crucial arena. The next multipolar world order under negotiation poses questions as to what role multilateralism might play in it.
In The New ASEAN in Asia Pacific & Beyond ASEAN expert Shaun Narine offers an exhaustive analysis of the organisation’s history, institutions and international linkages with a view to determining its role in the next decade.
Book Review: Amitav Acharya, East of India, South of China: Sino-Indian Encounters in Southeast Asia
In East of India, South of China: Sino-Indian encounters in Southeast Asia Amitav Acharya pens so... more In East of India, South of China: Sino-Indian encounters in Southeast Asia Amitav Acharya pens some compelling pages of history of international relations, focusing on the evolution of the India–China–Southeast Asia relationship from the immediately post-colonial period to the present day. India–China relations are acquiring growing relevance within the study of Asian international relations, especially in light of India’s increased assertiveness in its economic and foreign policy outreach and China’s expansion in the Indian Ocean Region. Acharya’s book highlights the critical role played by Southeast Asia within Indo–China dynamics. Geographically located at the crossroads between the subcontinent and East Asia, the region has not only provided the ground for the two ‘Asian giants’ to interact with each other: it has also contributed to shaping the outcomes of such encounters.
Africa in the Indian Imagination: Race and the
Politics of Postcolonial Citation, by A. Burton
(Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2016)
Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2018
In Africa in the Indian Imagination Burton defies celebrative narratives of Afro-Asian solidarity... more In Africa in the Indian Imagination Burton defies celebrative narratives of Afro-Asian solidarity, offering a refreshing and powerful perspective on the relations that existed between India and Africa – and Indians and Africans – in the aftermath of India’s independence and with Africa in the throes of decolonisation.
Promoting Development: The Political Economy of East Asian Foreign Aid, by B. Stallings and E.K. Kim (Singapore: Palgrave, 2017)
Journal of East Asian Studies, 2018
In the book under review, Stallings and Kim look at the foreign aid policies of three non-traditi... more In the book under review, Stallings and Kim look at the foreign aid policies of three non-traditional donors—Japan, South Korea, and China—focusing on the economic model that characterizes their behavior as donors. The book's main conclusion is that the aid performance of these donors presents a set of relevant and peculiar features that can be summarized as the " East Asian model of aid. " This places them as a unicum within the donors group, as well as grants their foreign aid a high level of effectiveness.
Revitalising the Silk Road: China's Belt and Road Initiative, by R. T. Griffiths (Leiden: Hipe Publications, 2017)
Contemporary South Asia, 2017
The volume under review attempts to reconstruct the history of the BRI from its inception
and to... more The volume under review attempts to reconstruct the history of the BRI from its inception
and to contextualize it within the broader canvas of China’s current international role
and engagement, and the specific interests of the countries involved in the venture.
Policy papers by Silvia Tieri
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, 2021
Migration has taken place throughout human history and continues to do so in the 21st century. In... more Migration has taken place throughout human history and continues to do so in the 21st century. In many recent instances, the states to which migrants are headed have framed migration as a security issue, i.e. a threat to their citizens’ livelihood, safety, and cultural identity. Discourses that securitize migration, thus criminalizing immigrants, are not unique to the US and the EU, or to South-North migration: they pertain to South-South migration as well. This article draws attention to
a case of migration and border securitization from the global South: the one concerning India-bound informal migration originating from Bangladesh. This, incidentally, is also the country of origin of
large numbers of migrants that have made their way to Europe during the last decade. This article asks what the consequences of a securitized approach to the framing and managing of migration
are, and whether they are worth the costs or are at all affordable for the countries involved. The article aims to assess the potential impact that securitized discourses have on Indo-Bangladeshi relations, and on the domestic politics of India and Bangladesh. To do so, it reviews the processes of securitiziation of the India-Bangladesh border and criminalization of Bangladeshi migrants in India’s contemporary domestic politics with reference to recent (2019-2021) events and current affairs.
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Journal Articles by Silvia Tieri
Bangladeshi economy kept growing, but in 2020 the pandemic affected its current and projected growth rate, and the unemployment and inequality indexes. It also prompted the Government to adopt emergency policies for economic relief. Furthermore, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the country was struck by catastrophic cyclone Amphan and monsoon floods. These added to the damages caused in 2019 by seasonal floods and cyclones Fani and Bulbul. All such events highlighted the vulnerability of Bangladesh’s economic growth, human security, and socio-economic equality to external shocks and climate change. Reducing gender violence proved challenging. However, the country proceeded towards its Least Developed Country (LDC) graduation targets.
China remained Bangladesh’s main partner in the fields of infrastructure, trade, and defence. Relations with India were intense but marred by old and new issues, including border killings, water sharing, and India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Remarkably, Pakistan signalled its intention to revive relations with Dhaka. Lastly, while Bangladesh deserved commendation for it continued hosting one million Rohingya refugees with tremendous efforts, it also pursued their controversial relocation from Cox’s Bazar to Bashan Char. Relations with Myanmar deteriorated as attempts to repatriate the refugees to Rakhine failed, favouring China’s and the Organization of Islamic Conference’s (OIC) involvement in the crisis.
Chapters by Silvia Tieri
-A Hindu “Mecca”: the Ayyappan Sabarimala Temple
-Exclusion of Women: Patriarchy or Faith?
-Judicial Precedents and the Supreme Court’s Verdict
-Protests, Mobilisation, and Politicisation
-Conclusions
-References
Edited Books by Silvia Tieri
The volume is conceived as a stage for debate where specific insights act as a window into wider themes, practices and policies. Each essay is followed by policy-relevant recommendations and suggestions for avenues to improve current practice. This book will be relevant for undergraduate students and lecturers of South Asian studies, development, and policy studies, as well as industry practitioners.
Book Reviews by Silvia Tieri
Gurharpal Singh & Giorgio Shani,
Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Published by Cambridge University Press
Author: Louro, Michele L.
In The New ASEAN in Asia Pacific & Beyond ASEAN expert Shaun Narine offers an exhaustive analysis of the organisation’s history, institutions and international linkages with a view to determining its role in the next decade.
and to contextualize it within the broader canvas of China’s current international role
and engagement, and the specific interests of the countries involved in the venture.
Policy papers by Silvia Tieri
a case of migration and border securitization from the global South: the one concerning India-bound informal migration originating from Bangladesh. This, incidentally, is also the country of origin of
large numbers of migrants that have made their way to Europe during the last decade. This article asks what the consequences of a securitized approach to the framing and managing of migration
are, and whether they are worth the costs or are at all affordable for the countries involved. The article aims to assess the potential impact that securitized discourses have on Indo-Bangladeshi relations, and on the domestic politics of India and Bangladesh. To do so, it reviews the processes of securitiziation of the India-Bangladesh border and criminalization of Bangladeshi migrants in India’s contemporary domestic politics with reference to recent (2019-2021) events and current affairs.