Dr. Asher Lubotzky is a teaching fellow and scholar in residence in the Department of Political Science at the University of Houston, specializing in settler colonialism, apartheid, and decolonization in Southern Africa, as well as Africa–Israel relations. He holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University, where his dissertation examined Israel’s early ties with Southern Africa and divergent interpretations of Zionism among South Africans. A recipient of the Gerda Henkel PhD Scholarship, he has also published on the Herero and Nama genocide and holds graduate degrees from Bar-Ilan University and the University of Haifa.
Spanish filmmaker Carlota Pereda will become the first Spanish director and the fourth woman of any nationality to open the Sitges Film Festival, the world’s leading festival for fantasy and horror cinema,
Michel Foucault’s examination of how medical, legal and social institutions classify human bodies is returning to public debate with the publication of an unpublished text, The Hermaphrodites, as the French philosopher’s centenary approaches on 15 October. Written in 1978 and
Sri Lanka’s investigation into alleged irregularities in substandard coal imports has intensified, with a presidential commission questioning the general manager of the state-owned Lanka
Sri Lanka’s Parliament has passed an amended Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Bill, introducing provisions intended to strengthen the investigation and punishment of fraud, bribery and corruption
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), where it appeared as part of the institute’s ongoing analysis of geopolitical developments in the Red Sea
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