Sören Köpke, M.A.

political scientist and journalist. He holds an M.A. in political science and English and American Studies from Leibniz University Hannover, and a Ph.D. in political science from Technische Universität Braunschweig. Since 2018, he has worked as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Organic Agriculture, University of Kassel. His research focus is on political ecology, rural development, and the international politics of Asia.

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• Nr. 164/165 (2022) Research Note 140–55 {:en}Authoritarian Developmentalism in Contemporary Sri LankaAfter the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009), the victorious Government of Sri Lanka was confronted with the need to “win the peace” and re-build the nation in both material and ideological terms. The rule of Mahinda Rajapaksa (president 2006– 2015), an example of authoritarian populism in power, was characterized by an infrastructure … von by Sören Köpke
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• Nr. 150/151 (2019) Rezensionen 139–40 {:en}Paul Chambers and Napisa Waitoolkiat (eds.): Khaki Capital. The Political Economy of the Military in Southeast AsiaCopenhagen: NIAS Press, 2017 Political power comes “out of the barrel of a gun”, Chairman Mao (1965: 225) is frequently quoted as having said. The cover of this collected volume spots a variation: “Economic power ‘out of the barrel of the gun’”. This lays the foundation of what the work is about, namely the economic … von by Sören Köpke
• Nr. 147 (2018) Asien Aktuell 105–20 {:de}Sri Lanka: Rekonfiguration des Singhalesischen Nationalismus?Sinhala nationalism is the constitutive political ideology for the majority of Sri Lanka’s Buddhist, Sinhalese-speaking majority. This article argues that since the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War (2009), this political ideology has undergone a reconfiguration — now oscillating between competing interpretations. Current president Maithripala Sirisena, elected in 2015 and governing in a unity … von by Sören Köpke