Security Praxis

The Darwinian moment in the EU: The Defense pact

Either it adapts and evolves, or it doesn't survive: here we are at the Darwinian moment of a united Europe, after the alignment between the USA and Russia. Once again, conflicts over borders and nationalities in the East catalyse turbulent changes in the world order. The fragile imperial peace in Ukraine is an existential problem not only for Kyiv, but also for the European Union. However, the main issues that characterise the historical discontinuity of the era we live in are also centred arou ⋙

Defense pact, Ukraine, Trump, social darwinism, academic freedom, European Union

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 ⋙

Interview with Kako Nabukpo, University of Lomé (Togo) Part II

This is the second part of the interview with Kako Nubukpo – Full Professor of Economics at the University of Lomé (Togo), former WAEMU Commissioner in charge of Agriculture, Water Resources, ⋙

panafricanism

Interview with Kako Nabukpo, University of Lomé (Togo) Part I

During this interview, Kako Nubukpo – Full Professor in Economic at the University of Lomé (Togo), Former WAEMU Commissioner in charge of Agriculture, Water Resources and Environment, former Minister of Long-term ⋙

Anthropocene

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 ⋙

Syria

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 ⋙