Security Praxis

2024 Senegal elections: a dilemma between winners and losers

The Senegalese presidential elections held on the 24th of March 2024 achieved a historic result, marking the third “alternance” in the country and thus emphasizing Senegal’s posture as a bastion of democracy in the Sahelian and West African region[1]. Bassirou Diomaye Faye becomes the fifth President, marking a turning point in Senegalese politics. Faye has been presented as the Pastef candidate (“African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity”, formerly dissolved in July 2023) by h ⋙

Senegal, presidential elections, elections

Research Highlights

AfricaConnect Conference Series, May-June 2024 SSSA Pisa

AfricaConnect Conference Series African Security: Conflicts, Change, Connections Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna | Pisa May-June 2024 6 May, 17. ⋙

CfP The Kurds and the ‘Other’ in a Post-Sectarian Middle East

Special Issue proposal by RISC for the journal Afriche e Orienti (ISSN 1592-6753) The Kurds and the ‘Other’ ⋙

Final conference ETRA-ID project “Engaging Traditional and Religious Authorities in the Sahel" 14/03

The ETRA-ID project “Engaging Traditional and Religious Authorities in the Sahel: The Role of Interreligious Dialogue” is inviting ⋙

Chilean geopolitics under the military dictatorship of Pinochet

September 11, 1973: as Colonel Guillard announced on the radio, the Chilean Armed Forces and the Carabineros "begin the historic and responsible mission of fighting for the independence of ⋙

Palestine

Violence, nonviolence and the Palestinian struggle for liberation: the debate after 7 October

The brutal attacks by Hamas on 7 October and the genocidal slaughter in Gaza that followed have reignited a reflection on violence and its use in liberation struggles and in ⋙

China

Deconstructing geopolitical imaginary in China’s cultural diplomacy toward Malaysia

Introduction Since 2013, when China’s President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Chinese government has paid special attention to Southeast Asia. Seeing itself rooted in ⋙

neo-fascism

Italian neo-fascism in Latin America. Counter-revolutionary warfare between two continents

This contribution is based on the author's newly published book The anti-communist dream. Italian neo-fascists in Latin America (Roma Tre Press, 2023). After years of mainstreaming violent jihadist ⋙

Interviews

Unfolding the relational dynamics of violence in Israel and Palestine: an interview with Benoit Challand

After 18 days since Hamas fighters carried out a surprise attack on southern Israel and 11 days of relentless bombing of Gaza by Israel at the time of writing, the ⋙

Gaza

Focus on Palestine-Israel conflict: statements, reading lists, online resources

ERIS members are collecting and listing below statements, reading lists, petitions, and open letters with reference to the Palestine/Israel conflict. Content is continuously updated. Summary Academic societies statements Academic ⋙