From Island Studies Journal, Russell King (Sussex): Geography, Islands and Migration in an Era of Global Mobility; Agneta Karlsson (Aland): Sub-National Island Jurisdictions as Configurations of Jurisdictional Powers and Economic Capacity: Nordic Experiences from Aland, Faroes and Greenland; Owe Ronstrom (Gotland): Island Words, Island Worlds: The Origins and Meanings of Words for "Islands" in North-West Europe; Stephen A. Royle (QUB): "Small Places like St Helena have Big Questions to Ask": The Inaugural Lecture of a Professor of Island Geography; a review of Islands: A Trip through Time and Space by Peter Conrad; a review of Remote Control: Governance Lessons for and from Small, Insular and Remote Regions; and a review of The Case for Non-Sovereignty: Lessons from Sub-National Island Jurisdictions by Godfrey Baldacchino and David Milne. A look at why New Zealand is a lifestyle superpower. From New Internationalist, a profile of the island republic Sao Tome and Principe. Michael Ruse on why the Azores are worth knowing better. Indonesia is a democracy, but many Papuans do not want to be part of it (and more). Geocurrents takes a look at news from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, and a series on ethnic strife and cultural solidarity and territorial disputes in Melanesia. Caribbean crime-fighting: Wracked by violence, the islands recruit foreign police chiefs. No country is an island: Whether volcanic or nuclear, disasters anywhere in our interconnected world affect us all.
