Security Praxis

The Anthropocene impact on the de-peripheralization of the Arctic

The Arctic is among the world's most climate-fragile regions, being very responsive to temperature increases. In the Anthropocene epoch, the Arctic’s “surface air temperatures have warmed at approximately twice the global rate”[1]. The ocean has lost a significant part of its permafrost due to global warming. While these environmental changes are often perceived as a global catastrophe, the melting of the Arctic ice cap is not unanimously regarded as in need to be countered; “for the five Arctic ⋙

Anthropocene, Arctic, Alaska, UNCLOS, North Pole, Polar Silk road, deperipheralization

Research Highlights

AfricaConnect seminars: Chad’s new alliances and old challenges, Pisa 13 Feb

Seminar: Chad’s new alliances and old challenges. An “island of stability” in a volatile neighbourhood? Speakers: Enrica ⋙

Presentazione L’attivismo islamico nel Maghreb, di E. Sigillò, M. Ramaioli. SSSA 15/01

Presentazione del libro L’attivismo islamico nel Maghreb. Politiche e ideologie contemporanee, di Ester Sigillò e Massimo Ramaioli, ⋙

Presentazione volume Migrazione e governance digitale, Sant'Anna 18/12

Una riflessione collettiva sulle pressanti questioni teoriche e pratiche, giuridiche e politiche connesse al crescente utilizzo di dispositivi ⋙

Captagon: beyond Syrian regime downfall

Introduction The recent fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime , led by the rebel-jihadist group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (former Jabhat al Nusra) and others, seems to have reshaped Syria’ ⋙

NIJAR

Negotiating Peace with Militant Islam in the Sahel: Insights from the NIJAR Project

The sight of Al-Qaeda’s flag flying over Mali’s Bamako International Airport after the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) attack in late September highlights a stark reality: in ⋙

7 October

Combat Cuties: the (self)weaponization of Israeli women soldiers’ image

• Disclaimer: This blog post adopts a critical perspective on tweets and online content that explicitly trivialize and hyper-sexualize women's bodies, essentially amounting to sexual harassment. It includes such ⋙

Fentanyl

The silent threat: Fentanyl's emerging impact on Europe

Introduction Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is distinguished by its exceptional potency—surpassing that of heroin by fiftyfold and morphine by a hundredfold. Its pronounced potency elevates the risk of overdose ⋙

Bangladesh

Bangladeshi Migration in the Mediterranean: Processes and Players

In 2024, EU statistics revealed a concerning trend: up until May, 4,537 Bangladeshi individuals had irregularly crossed the central Mediterranean route, marking the highest number of migrants from a ⋙

film

Reimagi(ni)ng the Resistance: the 2023 movie production

Looking back to the film production of 2023, I believe that we, as out-of-time film lovers, have to be happy for such a quantity of engaging and (politically) engaged movies. ⋙

Macedonia

Is the Sun (still) a star? North Macedonia 2024 elections and the EU integration process

Introduction In the early 2000s, when the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) became the first Balkan country to sign the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SSA), obtaining the candidate country ⋙

Libya

Insights from the workshop “Governance in Libya: political, economic and security challenges” 27 May, SSSA

Thirteen years of uncertainty, divisions, and local, regional, and international challenges marked Libya’s fragile governance of its unremitting conflicts. The workshop “Governance in Libya: political, economic and security challenges” ⋙

BDS

What is the point…?

How do we as educators tasked with creating and fostering active learning, critical thinking and civic engagement — the core aims of higher education institutions — continue our work in light of ⋙

Libya

Human Transit in the Central Mediterranean: Insights and Future Work from the SHUT-MED PRIN Project

Human mobility across the Central Mediterranean Route (CMR) is once again on the rise, and this phenomenon has significant political (securitization) and theoretical (securitization theory) implications. The project titled " ⋙