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Jan 14, 2025 | 
fredericksburg.com | William Crawley
Racial integration came slowly to the University of Mary Washington. Although the epochal Brown decision in May 1954 mandated an end to racial segregation in public schools—and, by inference, in colleges as well—it was not until almost exactly 10 years later that the barrier to the admission of Black students to Mary Washington College (as it was then known) was officially removed when the Board of Visitors formally approved a desegregation policy.
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Dec 29, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | William Crawley
My friend and colleague David Page, who has died aged 80, was the former editor of BBC Urdu and other Asian language services, a scholar of Pakistan’s history and a committed advocate of aid to Afghanistan. David had been the first editor of the BBC Pashto language service that was set up in 1981 following the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
fredericksburg.com | William Crawley
Student life at the University of Mary Washington was enlivened from its earliest days by a number of annual events that evolved into traditions. Notable among them were Devil-Goat Day (athletic contests between classes), the fanciful spring May Day celebration, and several formal dances.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | William Crawley
The very prospect of Donald Trump’s re-election to the American presidency is shaking the world. To his opponents at home, he is a convicted fraudster, sexual abuser and incompetent leader with little commitment to democratic principles and rule-of-law. For allies abroad he is a potential danger, threatening to rip apart long-standing security arrangements. In Europe, this includes abandoning Ukraine and pulling out of NATO.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | William Crawley
It was fascinating to read the interview between Nitin A. Gokhale and MJ Akbar in your March issue (‘Capacity counts’), as it offered a very perceptive view of Russia’s continuing war in Ukraine that might not be very palatable to many Western readers.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
fredericksburg.com | William Crawley
Roughly a half-century ago, Mary Washington College (now the University of Mary Washington) experienced a number of notable changes — a reflection of the volatile temper of the times. Within a few years on either side of 1970, such developments included the end of venerable May Day celebrations, the abolishing of student dress codes, and the arrival of male coeds on campus.
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Mar 2, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | William Crawley |M J Akbar |Amit Agnihotri
North Korea has fired multiple cruise missiles towards the sea off its west coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, in the latest sign of heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula. The missiles were fired at around 7am North Korea time on Jan. 24, and the launches were being analysed by South Korean and US intelligence, the JCS said in a statement. Further activities by the North were being monitored.
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Mar 2, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Amit Agnihotri |William Crawley |M J Akbar |Yvonne Gill
Escalating US-Iran tensions and the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict may impact the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor, warns Amit Agnihotri Increasing tensions between the US and Iran over Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are a pointer that the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza has expanded in the volatile West Asian region and can further cloud the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC). The project was launched in September 2023 during the G20 Summit in New...
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Mar 2, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | M J Akbar |William Crawley |Amit Agnihotri |Yvonne Gill
During a recent interview with StratNews Global’s Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, author and commentator MJ Akbar discussed the second anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war and its global fallout As the war in Ukraine rages into its third year, how does one assess the conflict as it stands today?
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Mar 2, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | William Crawley |M J Akbar |Amit Agnihotri |Yvonne Gill
There is no shortage of books about Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi –apparently some eleven thousand, and counting –and the emergence of another one may call for a brief explanation. MJ Akbar’s own scholarly and insightful contribution on the Mahatma, Gandhi’s Hinduism; The Struggle against Jinnah’s Islam, was published only three years ago and reviewed in these very pages at the time. So why more?
