Hemoglobin E (HbE) is one of the most common hemoglobin variants caused by a mutation in the β-globin gene, and found at high frequencies in various Southeast Asian groups. We surveyed HbE prevalence among 8 ethnic groups residing in 5 villages selected for their high period malaria endemicity, and 5 for low endemicity in northern Thailand, in order to uncover factors which may affect genetic p...

This article focuses on strategies of inter-ethnic conflict resolution in southwest Afghanistan under the circumstances of social changes in a tribal society. Field research was carried on in September and October 2008 in Kabul and Zaranj, the province centre of Nimruz. During ethnographic fieldwork focusing on transnational identities of the Baloch people in the Afghan-Iranian border region, I...

I study how a variety of structural and strategic factors affect terroristmobilization, the likelihood of a splinter faction forming, and the positions adopted by terrorist leaders. The factors considered include the state of the economy, the viability of institutions for the nonviolent expression of grievance, the ability of the factional leaders to provide nonideological benefits, and the ris...

As a scientific term, as opposed to a colloquial expression, “race” is precisely defined to be a reproductively isolated:, table, and genetically distinct subpopulation of a species. There is no “white” race anywhere on the globe. One could say there is a Caucasian racial stock, but this grouping includes the people of Iran, Afghanistan, and northern India who have various shades of brown skin....

Post-9/11 incident the Taliban rule ended in Afghanistan and a democratic government was established through Bonn conference December 2001. The held with active intervention of US UN, which distributed power amongst different ethnic groups country, followed by promulgation constitution 2004 “Loya Jirga” Kabul. new proclaimed as sovereign, Islamic Republic-where state’s legitimacy would be achie...