Security Praxis

Security expertise in Georgia: a social network analysis

In Tbilisi, the think-tank experts, NGO directors, and other civil society actors who spend their working days debating Georgia’s foreign policy and drafting grant proposals on confidence-building or security sector reform remain donor-dependent and largely detached from wider society. Outside observers noted this around the time of the Rose Revolution, and the situation has not changed drastically. “Due to the fact that [Georgian] NGOs do not represent broader parts of society,” writes Oliver R ⋙

Georgia, network analysis, NGOs

Research Highlights

Conference: Afghanistan, Gender & Justice - 23 Sept 2022 @SSSA

The DirPolis Institute of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies organises an international conference on Afghanistan, gender ⋙

Past and Present: Why Rosa Luxemburg now? Call for conference papers 24-25-26 January 2023

Conference organized by the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. Abstract Deadline: September 15, ⋙

SGOC General Conference on Organised Crime (4–6 July, Pisa&online)

The Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in collaboration with the Standing Group on Organised Crime (SGOC) of ⋙

warbling security

Turkey

Diplomacy, legacies and weapons: How is Turkish foreign policy towards Africa changing

by Akram Kharief* Turkey’s engagement in Africa has experienced a significant change in the last decade, most notably in North Africa. Turkey features a more assertive presence across the ⋙

Israel

Deserted truths: a posthuman approach to the study of insecurity in the Naqab/Negev

Protests erupted in southern Israel’s Negev region in mid-January 2022. Bedouin residents revolted against the Jewish tree-planting tradition of Tu-Bishvat. The event was organised by the Jewish National Fund ⋙

migrants

Ukraine, Afghanistan and Belarus: What EU emergency response to ongoing migration plights?

In less than a year, three new scenarios of crisis emerged within the EU and at its external borders. The takeover by the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2021 further ⋙

terrorism

Counter-terrorism and the fight against Al-Shabaab in East Africa: Time for a more targeted approach

On 3 May 2022, militants of the terrorist group Al-Shabaab entered the African Union (AU) military base in El-Baraf, Somalia, engaging in a fight against Burundian forces that caused dozens ⋙

Sahel

A Jihadists’ schism in central Sahel: conflict epilogue or prelude to a new escalation?

The war on terror in the central Sahel has not yet reached a strategic breakthrough, as shown by the uninterrupted escalation of violence striking the region since 2015. A closer ⋙

Interviews

Can empathy influence leadership, security, and high-stake situations? A conversation with Claire Yorke

Can empathy influence leadership, security, and high-stake situations? The War in Afghanistan (2001), the Covid-19 pandemic (2019), and now Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (2022) are all events that have ⋙

Russia

Kremlin’s spy mania and resistance in Russian academia

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many anti-war protests have taken place in Russia. As a result, many students and scholars have faced police violence and persecution. Maria Rakhmaninova is ⋙

European Union

Frontex’s evolution from the undisputable to the untenable EU border agency

Fabrice Leggeri, the Executive Director of the European Union border agency "Frontex", resigned on 29th April 2022 following the release of the initial findings of an anti-fraud investigation. Last February ⋙

migrants

Landscapes of (in)security in Calais

The people on the move in Calais are now 2.000, according to Human Rights Watch’s estimates, but they used to be at least 10.000. Their numbers have ⋙