1st Edition
Strongman’s Brokers Old Diasporas and New Networks in the Age of Populism
Preface
Ameem Lutfi, Nisha Mathew and Serkan Yolaçan
Introduction
Ameem Lutfi, Nisha Mathew and Serkan Yolaçan
1. Iron fist or nimble fingers?: An anatomy of Erdogan's strongman politics
Serkan Yolaçan
2. Bhakt nation: The return of the Hindu diaspora in Modi’s India
Nisha Mathew
3. Cadre as informal diplomats: Ferdinand Marcos and the Soviet Bloc, 1965–1975
Joseph Scalice
4. Spooks, goons, ‘intellectuals’: The military–catholic network in the Cold War diplomacy of Suharto’s Indonesia
Deepak Nair
5. The Social Life of Syrian Diplomacy: Transnational Kinship Networks of the Asad Regime
Paul Anderson
6. Pretenders, entrepreneurs, and mercurians: An ethnohistorical approach to conceptualizing diplomacy
Ameem Lutfi
Biography
Ameem Lutfi is Assistant Professor in History and Anthropology at LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan. His research explores diasporic mobility and transnational military labour markets in the Indian Ocean.
Nisha Mathew is Associate Professor at Mahindra University, India. Her research focuses on the post-imperial histories of trade, mobility, smuggling and offshore financing in the Indian Ocean.
Serkan Yolaçan is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, USA. His research explores the interplay between diasporic mobility, historical practice, and political change in the Caucasus.
