1. What is national self-determination? According to scholars, what problems can make self-determination “an enemy of the freedoms it is intended to protect”? Who are the Rohingya? How has their place in Myanmar society been contested over the years? How is it that excluding or persecuting others can strengthen a group’s sense of identity? Compare the events of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar with the events which played out in Rwanda, and just recently with the Kurds, how are those incidents similar or dissimilar? What is the correlation between global migration patterns and genocide?
