Security Praxis

Neighbouring the War: Transnistria and security concerns for Moldova

With the war in Ukraine overpassing its first anniversary, the rhetoric of a potential extension of the war to Moldova through Transnistria raises serious concerns. The president of Moldova, Maia Sandu, in a press briefing on 13 February warned about Russia’s prospective plans to destabilise Moldova. It was Ukraine’s president who initially unveiled them. On its side, on 23 February the Russian Ministry of Defence issued a warning regarding a potential attack on Transnistria by the Ukrainian Arm ⋙

Transnistria, war, Moldova

Research Highlights

AfroSecurity Seminar - South Sudan: Conflict drivers and peace tools - 4 May 2023

In the context of the AfricaConnect Transdisciplinary Seminars, the Sant'Anna School is happy to present a seminar on ⋙

AfroSecurity Seminar - "Unrest at Europe's external frontier": Afromediterranea book series launch - 3 May 2023

In the framework of the AfroSecurity Series launched within the AfricaConnect project at the Scuola Sant'Anna, Prof. Strazzari ⋙

Seminario "Processing Citizenship e dinamiche sociotecniche di gestione delle popolazioni ai confini europei" 20 Aprile 2023

Nel contesto del corso in "Governance dei confini e tecnologie digitali: questioni di diritto e di sicurezza", la ⋙

warbling security

peru

The phenomenon of "terruqueo" in Peru: stigmatization and racism in the spike of protests against the government

Peru is in a state of political turmoil. The ex-president Pedro Castillo, who had been in power from July 28th 2021 until December 7th, 2022, will be remembered as the ⋙

Palestine

The politics of unseeing surrounding Muhammad Al-Asibi’s death

Muhammad Al-Asibi, 26 years old, died on Friday night, 31 March, after being shot by the Jerusalem District Police next to one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. ⋙

Climate politics

The military and the climate: restricted access area

Although substantial and pervasive, the contribution to the climate crisis of military institutions all over the world often goes unnoticed. The military contributes directly to the climate crisis, as its ⋙

Russia

Resisting Putin’s propaganda: successes and failures

Since World War I, combatant parties have used propaganda to sway public opinion. Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine offers a vivid illustration of how propaganda has evolved into one ⋙

human rights

8 March- International Women’s Day: Where do we stand? Contributions from ordinarily extraordinary voices around the world

On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2023, we decided to ask several outstanding women and men who work from different perspectives on women and girls’ rights around the ⋙

Reviews

Risky pleasures: (re)viewing Rebel as researchers

In the last few years, we have been involved in researching the topic of repatriation and reintegration of returnees from Syria and Iraq to France and Belgium. The topic is ⋙

Russia

Authoritarian regime and academic freedom in Russia: a conversation with Arseniy Petrov

Co-authored by Ester Gallo (Associate professor at Department of Sociology and Social Research at University of Trento). After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, not only Ukrainian academic circles but also ⋙