migrants Would-be Refugees and Migrants as Tourists in Tuscany's Mugello The fallacious nature of the Italian hosting system for migrants and asylum seekers. Micro-level, decentralised Accoglienza Diffusa is the predominant approach to the ‘management’ of the migratory flows from the ⋙
Debate First they came for... Academic (or otherwise) freedom threatened in Turkey. Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s lynching and defamation modes are again on the headlines, this time with the charges and accusations ⋙
academic freedom For Academic Freedom in Turkey The editorial board of Security Praxis shares the concern expressed by scholars, researchers and political analysts for academic freedom in Turkey. We endorse the Public Statement of the Presidents and ⋙
Culture ENDURAsphere: the total terrorism solution On the 12 January, 2016, in a press conference at the European Parliament, an activist group called The Yes Men, masqueraded as the Global Security Response, presented ENDURAsphere, an anti-terrorism ⋙
activism Walking between Praxis and Practices Since critical approaches have been injected into the realm of Security Studies[1] the assaults on positivist postures have mounted. Over the last two decades, Critical Security Studies (CSS) embarked ⋙
asylum seeker Tahriib, Titanic, and Residence Permit Seekers Old and new Somali migrations flows to Europe, between voluntary and forced relocation. Drawing from field work at the local Somali community based in Florence (Italy), in this post I ⋙
Culture Under the Sycamores Luca Rastello, journalist and writer. 9 July 1961 - 6 July 2015. The curtain opened and he passed away. Luca Rastello’s corageous work must be known across all those ⋙
asymmetries Job (security) hunting or, the job that wasn't there On the quality and the quantity of the quest for international jobs today. Adopting a generation-graphic approach I reflect in this post on the dynamics revolving around international jobs applications. ⋙
borders Peripheralizing Europe How We Can Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Peripheries. Peripheralizing Europe (“an east/south encounter of translocal politics and practices”) is the title of a meeting that has ⋙
criminal justice Human capital? The making, unmaking, and remaking of subjectivities In this essay I reflect on the notion of ‘human capital’, steered by the latest Paolo Virzi’s movie with the same tittle, and its implications on our subjectivity, relying ⋙
EU My Name Is Isolation On traveling with a Kosovo passport in the European Union gated community. In visa application procedures, I have no identity. My identity is my passport and my passport is my ⋙
CIA In-Court Securitising Speech-Acts On the endless need for the re-securitisation of state security. The so-called ‘Copenhagen school’ of security studies has stirred the waters of international relations theory, and perhaps of social sciences ⋙
biopolitics Crossing through the darkness once again “Unless the world learns the lessons these pictures teach, night will fall... but by God’s grace, we who live will learn” Shown recently at the Documentary Film Festival DOCVILLE ⋙
Culture Richard the Third is back in town The Shakesperian villain reincarnates in Congressmen Underwood in the tv series "House of Cards". Series are more and more the best we can expect in the solitude of ⋙
Debate On Structural and Latent Violence Where does violence hide? A reflection on invisible and epistemic violence that we have received. If you downgrade racism and violence to the commemoration of ‘Zwarte Piet’ in the Netherlands ⋙
drugs policy In 2016 Heads of States Can Change the Course of International Drugs Policy. Where Does the EU Stand? While virtually no one in Europe would dispute the failure of drug wars, the EU stays away from the driving seat of international change. In the context of global drugs ⋙
