Politics, conflict and criminality: firearms proliferation in Ukraine

Guest author(s) on Field, European Union, Ukraine, arms trafficking, Donbass, SAFTE, small arms, light weapons
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by Francesco Buscemi and Ekaterina Golovko

In June 2016, Grégoire Moutaux, a French national, was apprehended at one of the Ukrainian-Polish border crossing points while trying to smuggle 5 AK-pattern assault rifles, thousands of bullets, 2 anti-tank launchers, detonators and explosives into Poland. Ukrainian and French authorities later revealed Moutaux was planning to use those weapons during the European football championship to

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Education and language: global and local strategies of Sahelian jihadism

Katia Golovko on Debate, terrorism, Sahel, Mali, education, Burkina Faso, Boko Haram, al-Qaeda

Growing insecurity in the Sahel and especially in Central Mali and Northern Burkina Faso is characterized by lack of control of the central government over big parts of the country's territories and active and consistent presence of jihadist groups recurrently attacking both military personnel and civilians. Although targets are multiple, the scope of attacks »

Barabbas' version: Analysis of a major terror attack in Rome, A.D. 64


by Mario Ragazzi
 
Our correspondent reports from the great city of the Caesars. A few months ago,…

Mutually Constitutive State-building Processes in the Borderlands of Myanmar


by Francesco Buscemi
 
Myanmar arguably hosts one of the largest concentrations of state-repelling ethnic minorities. Nevertheless, with…

The Unbearable Lightness of R2P: The Rohingya Case


by Igor Milić
 
The sterile current debate about the ‘responsibility to protect’ the Rohingya minority highlights one…

Cyber and Human Vulnerabilities: Who Is the Ethical Hacker and Why Should We Care


by Anita Biscaro
 
Cyber and human vulnerabilities are mutually dependent and the so-called ethical hackers seem the…

Researchers at risk in Central Asia (part II)


by Philipp Lottholz
 
Researcher safety in peace, conflict and security studies in Central Asia and beyond: Making…

Researchers at risk in Central Asia (part I)


by Philipp Lottholz
 
Researcher safety in peace, conflict and security studies in Central Asia and beyond: Making…

Regeni, the media chorus sides with the counter-revolution


by Francesco Strazzari
 
Instead of looking into the mechanisms that shield the executioners from prosecution, Italian media…

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