Rohingya Stories

This book confronts, and redresses, the remarkable lack of understanding and knowledge about Myanmar, particularly in the West, on the backdrop to the Rohingya crisis and genocide. It provides an ethnohistorical overview, discusses the cross-border dynamics, the genocide, and UN/international responses, It focuses on the refugee camps, regional security and Rohingya repatriation issues. The book presents a much broader and rounded view beyond the ongoing crisis, highlighting perspectives both from within' and 'outside' it. This unique book collates chapters by a global, diverse team of interdisciplinary scholars and experts bringing together an integrated and holistic analysis toward a better understanding of the roots of the ongoing crisis, survival and protection of the Rohingya refugees. It is useful to students, scholars and policymakers seeking to understand the complexity of the crisis, working in areas such as history, conflict/refugee studies, international affairs and regional studies, political science, sociology and anthropology.