The Rohingya Crisis and the Two-Faced God of Janus: What Lies Ahead

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The Rohingya Crisis is now in its fifth year with no end in sight. While the international community has supported the displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh by providing humanitarian assistance, what is needed now is to investigate the short-and long-term implications of the crisis from the host country's perspective. Also, it is imperative to examine the current political situation, which was caused by the Myanmar military coup in February 2021. It has cast a dark shadow on the possibility of a negotiated repatriation. In this volume, scholars from Bangladesh and Canada have reflected upon the security situation, the pandemics impact on the Rohingyas, inter-group conflict, environmental impact and burden sharing aspects, the informal labor situation, NGO intervention for resilience mapping, and diaspora activities. For both academics and policymakers who work in the fields of conflict resolution and peacebuilding, this book will show how not intervening early in a crisis can have long-term consequences.

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Amidst a world of human suffering, this volume reminds of the ongoing challenges and complexities of the Rohingya refugee crisis. It offers essential up-to-date research for academics, represents a critical resource for international policy analysts, and signals difficult moral questions for educators of global citizenship.

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Kawser Ahmed is adjunct professor of political science at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Helal Mohiuddin is professor of sociology at the North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.