Security Praxis

Turkish universities’ long and hard struggle for autonomy

“We do not want a trustee rector.” Not a day passes without people in Turkey witnessing a new anti-democratic attempt. Boğaziçi University, one of the most prestigious universities in Istanbul, has been shocked with a sudden and unexpected appointment of the university rector. The core higher education values such as institutional autonomy and academic freedom is getting worse day by day. The process of disqualifying the university’s main components such as academics from the decision-making power about whom would guide them, has begun after the coup attempt in 2016. The democratic governance of ⋙

Turkey, academic freedom, scholars at risk

Research Highlights

Contrecarrer l’Extrémisme Violent au Sahel: le Rôle de l’UE en Discussion

Café débat le 14 Janvier 2021, 16h00 - 18h00 (UTC +1 Rome, Bruxelles, Niamey) 15h00-17h00 (UTC Bamako, Dakar) ⋙

Contrecarrer l’Extrémisme Violent au Maghreb: le Rôle de l’UE en Discussion

Café débat le 13 Janvier 2021, 14h00 - 16h00 (UTC +1 Rome, Brussels, Tunis, Rabat), en ligne sur ⋙

Conference on Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Continuity and Change

9 December 2020 – 9.00-11.15 (CET) – Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies – Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa (online on ⋙

warbling security

Turkey

From the “Zero Problems With Neighbours” doctrine to an aggressive foreign policy posture: a paradigm shift in Turkey’s regional strategy (2)

Alongside the military intervention in Syria and the outbreak of renewed hostilities with the PKK, Turkey has also focused its foreign policy ambitions on Libya and the eastern Mediterranean. These ⋙

Turkey

From the “Zero Problems With Neighbours” doctrine to an aggressive foreign policy posture: a paradigm shift in Turkey’s regional strategy (1)

In the last decade, Turkish foreign policy has experienced a series of upheavals that have not only changed Ankara's behaviour towards foreign countries but have also affected the domestic political ⋙

scholars at risk

The double-vulnerability of scholars at risk: from exile to precariousness in the neoliberal Western academia

Scholars are being persecuted by illiberal regimes due to their exercise of academic freedom. In a previous article, we focused on the situation of Turkish scholars signing the Declaration of ⋙

scholars at risk

Academic freedom and the precarious situation of scholars at risk

Even in societies where it was long taken for granted as a key liberal value, academic freedom is currently experiencing a significant setback in many countries across the world, as ⋙

UNSCR 1325

Whose agenda, whose agency? Women's participation in peace and security

The conference “Celebrating 20 years of UNSCR 1325: Past, present and future of the WPS Agenda”, analysed the often-steep path of the implementation of UNSCR 1325, trying to chart the ⋙

UNSCR 1325

Women, Peace and Security post-2020: de-colonize, de-militarize the Agenda

Among the several stormy changes that 2020 brought, it marked an important anniversary: the UN Security Council adopted unanimously its resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) twenty years ⋙

scholars at risk

Academics matter: Emergency Action for Ahmadreza Djalali

We, members of ERIS, are concerned about Ahmadreza Djalali’s case and ask the Iranian authorities to take immediate action to suspend the capital sentences issued against Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali. ⋙

refugees

Pushbacks, pullbacks, backscattering: evolving forms of digital refoulement at the EU borders

After the so-called 2015 “refugees’ crisis”, the European Union and its Member States have given new impetus to the externalisation in border management and outsourcing of migration policies, accelerating a ⋙

nuclear weapons

Long live the nuclear arms race? The end of nuclear taboo and the Chinese problem

On November 3rd 2020, the Americans will choose their next president and the implications will influence the rest of the world’s political and economic affairs for the next four ⋙

Italy

Securitization of Islam in Italian counter-terrorism: Muslims as “suspect communities”

The negative perception of Islam in Italy has increased over the last years. Recent surveys show that Italians overestimate the presence of Muslims (accounted for 20% of the population, while ⋙