CALL FOR PAPERS
Rethinking Regions: Asia, Africa, Middle East, & Central Asia

The Conference is set to explore the ongoing turbulence and transformation in the regions of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The forum will focus on the latest security, political, identity, and developmental challenges and emerging trends in these regions and address their impact of the regional and the international systems.

Thematic Areas
• Power, International Security, & Terrorism
• The Rise of China & New Regional Politics
• Economic Politics & Development
• Issues of Identity: Ethnicity, Gender, & Race
• Politics of Religion & Society
• State Institutions & Organizations
• Authoritarianism, Regime Stability, &Change
• Activism & New Media
• Immigration & Refugee Flows

Submissions
Abstracts for papers, poster presentations, and panel sessions for the conference should be submitted by February 15, 2017. Papers and presentations are invited from all areas of international politics, conflict and development, from both academics and practitioners. Proposals for workshops and poster presentations are also welcome.
https://conference.viu.edu/cdia/